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    Zira Zira
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    Dragoon Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by BarretOblivion View Post
    The cold hard data is right now, RPR is not. RPR is the lowest melee dps right now. (Yes, it's below NIN) after all the other melee jobs got buffed/reworked because the weren't in a great place (except MNK, MNK's been hot since 6.0). RPR is not the only major job balance issue right now.

    Currently:
    WAR/PLD/RDM/BRD/MCH all are underperforming to an extreme degree if you look at logs and you speak with top teams who cleared the tier. When players are being forced to swap JOBS to hit DPS checks you have a gigantic massive issue. While many would argue 'just nerf the overperforming ones' the issue is SE has balanced the current raid tier and the ultimate around the current balance they had with the bulk of other jobs DPS. To nerf the outliers would require a nerf also to some of the DPS requirements of the tier (which they are never going to do) mainly for 8S.
    Now to specifically point out at RPR, RPR has been on the downward trend hard since the other melees (again besides MNK) got buffed/reworked particularily looking at around when DSR released. RPR is pretty darn terrible specifically in DSR, partly due to the nature of the fight being burst focused and RPR basically needing a portion of their burst to be reliant on a 'gauge' that they can't fill or do anything at all to build during downtime (WHICH THERE IS ALOT IN DSR).
    Cold hard data says on P8SP1 reaper is on par basically with drg on rdps and ahead on adps, just because it's the lowest doesn't mean it needs a buff, the bottom part of the melees are well balanced.
    Everything indicates that playing RPR vs DRG is not a dealbreaker, if you are having issues with enrage it's most likely someone else in your party playing something that is underperforming like WAR/PLD/MCH/RDM/SMN/BRD, not reaper, reaper does not need a buff, all those other previously mentioned jobs do.
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    Last edited by ZiraZ; 09-10-2022 at 05:40 AM.