A question for SCH mains and enjoyers

[ty_taurus]

There was a lot of MCH doomposting for 3 years, but that was less about the SHB redesign and more the fact that SE just didn't bother to give the class the balance checks it needed, leaving it to get outscaled by it's counterparts at an alarming speed. As for reworks that are 'regarded as good' (after the initial kneejerk):

Exactly. There are DPS jobs that get heat, but a lot of that heat is in relation to balance issues, not design. Red Mage continues to get a lot of criticism, but that criticism has nothing to do with its general rotation and gameplay and everything to do with the design team's insistence of heavily taxing jobs for range, mobility, and utility, far more than necessary. They're not asking for a rework of the job, just that they properly balance its damage output. The gap between Black Mage and Red Mage is a gap of like 800-1000 damage a second which is insane. Red Mage just needs that gap to be smaller.