I play Viper, a melee job that has no party buff, no unique party mit, no personal mit, and is meant to do as much damage as possible while dodging hearts like a madman to stay in melee range to make it all worth it.
In the upcoming raid, my dancer is going to partner the pictomancer over me, a caster that has a raid buff, a raidwide shield, can sit comfortably at a distance, and does more damage than me.

I'm just throwing my hat in here, I really hope they help out the game balance because I think a lot of people, especially black mage players, will not get invited to raids