Best DPS class in the game?

[Warlyx]

Monk ,the stacking buffs in the long run will help , plus is melee ,wear leather and has positional attacks and nearly no burst and aoe ...makes sense that has the best dot.

drg has positional attacks too , but has some burst and aoe.

Blm is going to be king in aoe fights

brd in fight that punish melees.

summoner ? who knows....maybe in 2 target battle so can stack dots on both ....

[Iskander]

in terms of long term DPS: While proper TP management can allow for sustained DPS amongst the melee DPS classes (DRG and MNK), the fact remains that eventually they will run out of TP in a longterm battle (i.e. boss fight). If/when they run out of TP, they must wait for TP to regenerate. This highly affects DPS numbers when you calculate the fact that the TP management system doesn't have a way to infinitely regenerate TP like the BLM's MP management system does. Now the LNC/DRG has a skill that allows for a portion of TP to be restored (Invigorate). Calculating this, you have a way to continue your TP management for DPS. Done correctly, you'll be able to handle melee dps more efficiently.


BLM's are more suited to infinite sustained DPS due to the fact that they can pretty much infinitely regenerate their MP. Their concerns more fall into what skills to use how and when. They are magnificent DPS, however, they are stationary. Melee DPS can attack while on the move, while BLMs have to remain still in order to inflict DPS (except Scathe).

[Ericyu]

Too many changes has been made to jobs. We won't know who does top DPS atm until a couple weeks down the line. Most of all its going to depend on the player.

[Emblemelite]

WTB in game parser

[Kennison]

While i realize this can be irrelevant depending on exactly what kind of fighting and where. I haven't seen anyone mention limit breaks here. Isn't Bard limit break a healing spell. Depending on the fight that could be a pretty big drawback based on the fact that there are already a lot of classes that can heal with limit breaks. To be fair... i neve played 1.0 so my bias comes from FFXI, but without seeing any numbers i have to say BLM is the best caue they get sleep and fantastic looking robes!!!

[Starrwind]

I plan on leveling a Dragoon! Just gotta spare the TP.

[Malix]

DRG TP management is not that bad at 50 and you have to bear in mind that there will be times when you are not on the boss, this is when burst can work to your advantage.

[Ownage]

Guys i know this is NOT the right place to ask this, but since i cant create a thread right now... let me ask u guys a dumb question... does the equipment of the jobs will be abble to dye? I mean... i really enjoy MNKs but that yellow outfit is just not cool... if we could dye it black or red maybe... so does anyone knows if those job outfits can be dyeable?

and sorry for asking this in here =(

[DomoNeeko]

The dps class played by a competent person.

i don't like answers like this. correction. any answer that doesn't relate to the question. apparently, some need to analyze the question longer than others to answer it properly. with all else being equal (same skill, same internet connection latency, same PC performance), the highest potential is THM which will eventually become a BLM in this update of the game.

Some of the definitive sounding answers I see from people are really interesting lol.

it's really not definitive because they changed damage equations for p4 versus p3 from what i've heard so it hasn't been tested by the community at max level. my answer was more from known trends and personal experience.

[justbekuz]

Where is the info on what jobs/classes you need to level in order to reach the advanced job/class? I've seen conflicting info.