Quote Originally Posted by Ransu View Post
Ranged tax never applied to casters. Not sure why OP clumped them into it.
Because that's the only justification I can think of for why casters and ranged physical are - as a group - putting out less damage than melee.

If this casters being taxed for their range isn't the case, why is BLM consistently doing less damage, on average, than every melee job, despite MNK and RPR's additional defensive utility, the generally higher survivability of melee jobs, and BLM's hardcasting requirements?