Thread: DNC 7.0 is in its worst state.

Originally Posted by Ramiee

I hate the 2min meta but I don't think raid buffs are a bad thing theres just way too many, if phys range isn't allowed to do high damage it should be the objectively best buffing role in the game to compensate and no other jobs ESPECIALLY DPS jobs should come anywhere close to how good the buffs phys range give if this is how they want it to be.

Adding to this, but I think a lot of why phys ranged feels so bad to play is because of how purely passive that ‘support’ ends up being. Like, Bards don’t sing anymore, they just hit a button and that’s it. Dancer is going the same way with Standard Step now being a pure dps cool-down thanks to Finishing Step lol. Utility is either ‘press and forget’ crap like Minne / DR role skills, or functionally redundant like Paean (nobody needs Esuna lol) and Improvisation (a channel you literally cannot channel due to dps loss thus making one question why it retains such functionality in the first place). Machinists have lost literally everything supportive except Dismantle lol, and how look that’s going for them.

I still find it hard believe people would come to the dps role most strongly associated with support with the notion ‘man I can’t wait to go inflict wanton death and devastation upon my enemies as a Poet/Dancer/Machinist lol. I mean, Machinist maybe lol, but even with that as a selfish dps it’s never going to top the charts because of the ranged taxes.

We don’t get the damage to make up for how support has been spread across every role. We don’t get active ways to support the party outside bland-ass cool downs lol. We don’t even get to feel like a supporter; it’s like they want phys ranged to really know that they’re simply the worst role in the game. The amount and/or value of party support other roles have compared to phys ranged really is just kicking us while we’re down (and they’re kicking us in the no-no zone)