Quote Originally Posted by CaedemSanguis View Post
well, pct have party's utility + raid buff
picto should be a bit behind RPR/DRG/NIN/etc

for the caster spot, group will need to choose between : blm = max damage (and by max damage, I mean blm adps > picto rdps), pct = high damage with utility, smn = low dmg but rez, rdm = very low damage but free rez

for the highest adps class, to my mind it should be : viper (hard positional + no shield) > blm (long cast + lack of mobility) > sam (shield + less positional to do compared to viper), but it's just my opinion, as long as those 3 have the highest adps (mch should be a bit behind since ranged)
I would argue that i fights remain as they are with 100% uptime than they should pay a tax for it.

Casters all have tools for movement, but it’s not as easy as not having cast times. NIN, DRG, RPR all have utility. RPR in particular has both a party wide damage up as well as a party heal. DRG used to have dragon sight.

Groups are always going to prefer the Rez for progression. It feels bad that caster is the only role that is essentially divided in half. I think PCT and BLM should be able to compete with melee DPS for the 4th slot.