Quote Originally Posted by Mithron View Post
Because BLM would still do more damage because RDM tax comes from Embolden, not Verraise. As long as BLM did even 1% more DPS, it would be worth bringing. Why take Verraise in farm if you don't need it because no one's dying?
1.) Raidbuff value is counted towards the job who provided the raid buff and the metric to compare DPS jobs with is rDPS, which accounts for buffs (i.e. the buff on your personal DPS gets subtracted and added to the buffer instead).

2.) No you would absolutely not bring a job for a 1% dmg difference (which is about 0.125% group DPS if we weigh DPS:tanks:heals as 50:30:20 ratio and assuming the damage values are roughly the same). For such a marginal DPS gain you are better off dropping the extra damage and bring high-impact utility like DPS Raise or group defensives.

Prime example for this: Shadowbringer BLM vs SMN for god knows how long