Also something that no one is taking into account with BRD or Archer is that they can use their attacks more frequently than other classes. They have a lower cooldown timer across the board without using Skill speed food. They're always casting something and they're casting it a lot faster than anyone else. No matter if it's a DOT or DD skill. The recasting of a DOT doesn't drop their DPS that much cause in less than 1 second they're casting bloodshot or heavy shot or what have you anyway, all while being on the move. I'm not advocating that SMN does more or less damage than anyone. I'm just saying that if you're going to compare a class to another you need to know BOTH CLASSES well before you can make an informed statement. I'm a LNC/DRG and even I'm a bit O_o over how much damage Archers/BRDs can put out given that in 1.0 they were a strict support class.