which job does more dps blm or drg

i main a drk but want a secondary dps class. deciding between drg and blm. which does more dps

BLM if you never have to move. Join the BLM fun club today.

All the Fire 4's.

updates can either nerf or buff classes so there isnt one for certain.

Solo on a dummy i would say BLM.
But in a real fight all comes down to the mechanics and the players skill in the job.

Just go BLM. Better AoE, better single target, no penalty for switching target and better sustain unless a fight has a lot of movements.

Yeah it all depends on fight. Lots of movement required then DRG FTW.

I haven't leveled a Black Mage high enough yet, but it always looks like Black Mage gets the next most aggro after tanks when I fight as Dragoon, Ninja or Tank, so that tells me it's Black Mage.

Black mage

Very high DPS
Can always DPS despite movement mecanic (because a skilled Blm is always pre-positionned)
Infinite ressources
No position
No combo

Plus good group support (virus, physic, EfoE, Apokatastasis)

Both are great classes and both have its con and pro's. I play DRG over BLM because I simply stopped BLM. I loved playing it before but I also love DRG. If you love to be a melee stick to DRG. If you love a bit more challenge, meaning casting your spells and while you need to move, go for BLM. BLM is nice in both burst and aoe, while DRG has the highest burst of all the melee's.
DRG gives more DPS to bards 10% more. While BLM has nerfed virus which means this only applies to physical dmg, eye for eye is good and apokatastsis which is amazing for magical damage.

Try them both out and see what you like the most. Don't go for a class because 1 has higher dps than the other, they are both very good. Playstyle is a bit different as you know, melee vs caster. Good luck choosing :).

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Originally Posted by Aaiko

updates can either nerf or buff classes so there isnt one for certain.

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Because of this, I'd recommend picking the one you like the best and stick with it. :)

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Originally Posted by AnaviAnael

Because of this, I'd recommend picking the one you like the best and stick with it. :)

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Honestly I don't expect any change aside from the already announced NIN and BRD buffs. The next change will probably be at 3.4 (which is a gear reset anyway).

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Originally Posted by Thyranne

Honestly I don't expect any change aside from the already announced NIN and BRD buffs. The next change will probably be at 3.4 (which is a gear reset anyway).

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What kind of buffs for NIN btw? Unless there is a topic I missed for it.

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

What kind of buffs for NIN btw? Unless there is a topic I missed for it.

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They are buffing NIN AoE damage.

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Originally Posted by Thyranne

They are buffing NIN AoE damage.

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Looking forward to it.

Go Black mage for them 14k Fire IV crits. :P

I main Blm and love it. It's hard though at times to maintain a rotation with all the floor aoe's bosses generate these days. Nothing like seeing a 10k crit or more Fire IV though. :) I'm growing to love Summoner now which is what my alt is using as a main for dps. She rocks Astro, Pally and Summoner. I'm also leveling Blm now on her account too just for the fun of it.

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

I main Blm and love it. It's hard though at times to maintain a rotation with all the floor aoe's bosses generate these days. Nothing like seeing a 10k crit or more Fire IV though. :) I'm growing to love Summoner now which is what my alt is using as a main for dps. She rocks Astro, Pally and Summoner. I'm also leveling Blm now on her account too just for the fun of it.

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Haha yeah! XD. I used to play blm in 2xx and loved it but felt so weird being lvl 60 and have a whole new rotation, not like I mind it but it felt so weird for me and then again I'm pretty bad at it, so I stopped completely. Imagine Ravana with astro buff, foes with battle voice and trick attack. Those crits numbers!