We cannot achieve balance while DPS jobs have utilities

[Tunda]

categorizing range as a support job is not a good idea..

and I don't think would be healthy for the game..

Machinist is great job as DPS roles.. it just need a fix on their risk and reward aspect, example PvP Machinist kit would be healthy for the job.

After thinking about it I have these hot takes:

1- Remove role skills: As a black mage I use swift cast only while using flare star(they can make flare start instant cast and that's it), Addle I don't use it and I don't think it is healthy for BLM to use it.
other jobs fit more for these skills.

2- Job gauge problem in the game:
game just introduce new systems that overlapping with mana, Warrior rage, Monk chakra, Reaper gauges.
these systems killing the resource management in this game.

if we are for example introduce a "true support job" logically one of their skills is to restore party mana like Astro and I think white mage before.
increasing mana is type of increasing not only damage but healing and tank utility.

Removing mana regen in combat would be a solution and mana regen would be weather 123 skills or specific abilities like BLM ice phase.

3- Add some kind of boss rage mechanic (new bar other than HP):
some other games have the ability to increase boss rage (in this phase boss damage increase and defense decrease)
it is like prime time for support jobs.

4- party composition
Light party : 2DPS/1SUPPORT/1HEALER/1TANK
Full party : 4DPS/2SUPPORT/2HEALER/2TANK

we can increase the difficulty for dungeons and raids in the context of increasing damage received.
raids and dungeons need to be bigger