Job Complexity and Difficulty

[Raikai]

Going back to MCH again even, there's a lot of people that want it to stop being a "selfish" DPS and be turned into a buffbot like BRD and DNC, but there's a reason I don't play those jobs (and downright hate BRD). Well shucks, which MCH mains does Square-Enix cater to then when it comes to changing the job? Because somebody is SOL no matter what they do.

People want that because there's no way to balance MCH in the Phys Ranged group without overhauling it as a whole.

If you leave MCH as a selfish dps trying to do some semblance of rDPS parity with BRD and DNC, both of them will still blow MCH out of the water because how better stats (and good players) scale with the buffing support.

If you buff MCH's selfish dps to be on par with the upper tier of rDPS rankings (above Ninja), then suddenly BRD and DNC are severely outclassed in the Phys Ranged slot.

For the latter option to work they need to actually overhaul the role/slots that the aiming jobs have in PVE, which honestly it would be for the better. I think it's the most problematic role atm (with healers), if it was not for that % party composition buff, I bet we wouldn't see a lot of BRD/DNC/MCHs on static groups.

[Aravell]

Isn't there a middle ground where there is a baseline "script," but the ability of players to interact with the boss beyond chip damage impacts how the fight plays out?

We had that in older fights where CC played a role, but I assume the dev team viewed that as causing conflict in the party (for whatever reason) and removed it. Although we did get a taste of the old encounter design again in M6S adds phase, which is probably why a lot of people say it's too hard.

I think it's the most problematic role atm (with healers), if it was not for that % party composition buff, I bet we wouldn't see a lot of BRD/DNC/MCHs on static groups.

If not for the party % buff, why take a physical ranged job at all when VPR can stack up to over 8 seconds of disengage time and SMN only has 3 casts a minute while also bringing a res?