Best DPS class in the game?

I like this thread. People have been all over Bards for dealing damage, but it's more likely due to never having to stop attacking for movement/casting that is burning folks.

BRD has the worst dps out of all 5... If people know how to actually play their class.

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Originally Posted by Thotor

Unless parsers are broken, Summoners does barely more damage than a warrior tanking.

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parsers dosnt take into account dot properly plusyou have to take into account summons, as well into that

Did someone cast Revive on this thread O_o

All I can say is bards are the lowest DPS and black mage or monks or summoners are the highest.

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Originally Posted by MisakiSatomi

BRD has the worst dps out of all 5... If people know how to actually play their class.

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Yeah, on a training dummy.
In actual combat, where other classes lose DPS due to constant movement (melee friendly fights, anyone?) BRD comes out on top - mobility is too large of a factor still.

I think the fact that noone can agree on which class is the best and which is the worst speaks volumes about how well balanced and different the classes are.

Or it speaks volumes about how terrible the combat log is for parsing =P

Either way, I'm happy that noone's going home crying because their class is just far and away unviable or bad.

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Originally Posted by pandabearcat

I think the fact that noone can agree on which class is the best and which is the worst speaks volumes about how well balanced and different the classes are.

Or it speaks volumes about how terrible the combat log is for parsing =P

Either way, I'm happy that noone's going home crying because their class is just far and away unviable or bad.

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It's more the latter, IMO. Shitty combat log means everyone is just fumbling in the dark with a lighter.

SUMMONER BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

your wrong, oh so wrong. SMN still tops BRD hands down... no question

It's like Black Mage > Summoner > Bard > Monk/Dragoon, though; a skilled/geared monk stacking skill speed can hit 300 DPS in Coil.

Dragoons can hit high numbers as well, though; they have to put a butt load of work into it, where as other classes don't have 20 button rotations to hit their high numbers.