Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
Then there is the fact that that there isn’t a single phantom job that provides both sustain and damage to yourself.
Oracle, Oracle is right there, just use Judgement every time and you will still be dishing out a ton of damage while healing yourself, and tempting as it may be, you don't have to click Starfall, I have been able to keep my party alive without any Healers as a VPR Oracle between Phantom Rejuvenation and Judgement.

Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
the downsides of strong jobs like oracle and beserker feel like they were balanced around tank sustain
Oracle, to me, feels like is balanced around Phantom Rejuvenation, you are supposed to time the two so they line up, notably you should have ~120k HP in OC as a DPS, and Phantom Rejuv heals just over that, guaranteeing you will always be at full after using Starfall and Rejuvenation, it's just a fact that you can negate a downside of "lose HP" with "gain HP", but I am not seeing you argue that Oracle is balanced around Excog.

Berserker is absolutely balanced around WAR specifically though, that much I agree, but that's because they are (thematically) the same Job, the question here is more if Berserker should be an offensive-leaning Phantom Job, but WAR, in terms of vibes and aesthetics, always felt like it should've been a DPS to me.