Quote Originally Posted by Taranok View Post
I'll never understand this line of thought because the implication is that somehow res should be taxed. If res is that big a problem then just remove it from casters outright. PCT should be balanced as a buffing DPS. Simple as. It is not a 'power caster,' it should not be balanced with BLM because BLM is in the greedy DPS category alongside SAM, VPR, and MCH.

Frankly, standard comps should be 1 caster, 1 melee, 1 phys ranged, and 1 whatever the hell you want, with 1 of those 4 being a greedy DPS. The game was a lot better when people brought 2 phys ranged or 2 casters instead of exclusively 2 melee, and trying to pretend PCT should be in the same category as a greedy DPS is just woefully disingenuous to how greedy DPS need to be balanced. PCT is no different than a RPR in my eyes, in terms of how it should be approached for balancing.
A bit of a late reply but I will post my thoughts.

Rez should be taxed, at least I think so, theirs a argument to be said if DT will have "body checks" but even in situations where theirs body checks quick rezzes and having a caster able to rez will always be more valuable in Progression then yes. Also It should be balanced with black mage considering raid buffs, I'm not saying that it should deal similar amounts of damage to BLM but the total dps (including pictos raid buff calculations) should be very similar (Picto should be in similar lines of melees who provide a buff, while BLM Should be in a similar spot to Samurai).

If we had Summoner and Red mage do the same damage as Black Mage or Pictomancer their would be a massive reason to never pick either Black Mage or Picto theirs a clear reason why neither are usually above Black mage, I don't think they should be.

If they want to remove Caster rez I'm more then happy for both to do similar damage (Well Summoner should debatably get more casts per minute if we want to be fully fair), but I'm not aganist or for this, simply I'm just against Red mage having rez and doing similar numbers as Black mage currently, I mostly play Black mage anyway so it doesn't really effect me.

I guess this is walking the tight rope of homogenization where all jobs in a category have to bring very similar things on the table or high end players will be upset about numbers if things aren't changed, while on the other end people will be upset about taking uniqueness theirs always going to be trade offs to keeping rez or taking it away.