can we talk about casters

[Dohmi-Zeiva]

They made it up. The tax doesn't exist. The classes just don't do as much deeps. It's a silly term for silly people.

You dont need to use third party tools yourself to know any of this information. Because plenty of other people use them and the results are then logged on specific websites for everyone to see.

Casters are universally lower than melee. Stop burying your head in the sand and stop derping on about third party tools. We all know they are widely used for better or worse they are here to stay.

Heck, SE have buffed certain jobs after the masses have complained about their damage. After they themselves verify it. Balancing is an ongoing thing, as to be expected. But the players shouldnt just sit on their hands and say nothing. SE aren't perfect and we should all help each other the improve this game.

EDIT, I was actually meant to quote the person you quoted. My bad.

[Ransu]

Ya, switching to BLM this tier has made me realize that BLM should be outshining the melee by a mile. It takes so much more effort to be consistent and play well than my SAM. I loved my SAM, but damn is BLM way more rewarding. Just a shame its constantly behind the melee while having to work much harder.

[Izar_Chillen]

I love casters

They allow my gaming chair to move around easily whilst im sat on it.

[zabu]

That is the sad part, people never care about caster.

[Rithy255]

I actually agree, I think BLM should be around samurais level, RDM/SMN should be given a boost to compensate a bit.
Phys ranged is another case, they shouldn't be above melee or BLM. (They should be a bit above rdm/smn considering both bring a battle raise, but it shouldn't be too much).

Yeah sure we should focus on balancing jobs in their "own categories" but it would be nice for more party comps aka double caster or double ranged comp, Not saying Melee shouldn't be top either just that they really don't need to be that far above the rest considering fight design.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Part of the "ranged tax" is that physical ranged jobs are supposed to have mobility as well as utility spells to make up for the lower damage, playing as a support/DPS.

Of course, machinist currently offers no unique utility (their only non-role utility is Tactician, which might as well be a role skill since it's functionally identical to Shield Samba and Troubador), while also having the worst damage, but that's another problem.

[Zomkei]

rip rdm smn and mch. may you be remembered by the dev team that you still exist

[Doc_Seraph]

Kupo <3 I would love a reason to play blm again kupo <3 they are very cool when they go dodge dodge boom boom kupo but now its more dodge dodge and spark <3 kupo