Best DPS class in the game?

[Draucant]

WARRIOR!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwwY9y6O3hw

[Beowolf]

thaum>arch>pgl>lnc...i'm hesitant to put acn betwix archer and pgl only got to 16 on phase4 weekend.
^and this is being that i love mnk anyway, but thats my list.

[Judge_Xero]

My vote is for Bard as "best"

[VayneSolidor]

The one that does their job properly

[Jingai]

I've not made it past PGL yet, but I'd be inclined to say MNK for sustained DMG and DRG for the harder hitting bursts. Although, THM/BLM would most likely out dmg both in just sheer raw bursting power.

[Brevity]

I think archer would come out on top for the average player because it requires less work to play near optimum dmg, than a pug fx. The work involved with regards to positioning, maintaining dots and also avoidance during ae phases seems, at a glance to imply that you'd have to work at close to 100% optimum all the time to wring top dmg out of the pug. While Im sure the Bard requires skill to play well, it just seems like a less stressfull experience overall. I am currently aiming for pug, but during the betas I felt I had the same dps on the archer with much less effort involved.

Also, did they really remove conj from the bard feed? Because that would be awesome.

[Burlman]

i tanked in phase 3 and 4.. but in both phases Archer by far pulled the most hate.. especially above 30

Yep during Beta 2-4, I was able to lvl my MNK, DRG, and ARC to at least lvl 15 and ARC's Burst DPS is higher than MNK, DRG. Also, when I was playing my GLD Archers by far pulled the most hate as Giaus mentioned. Now I haven't tried an ACN/SMN but from what I've seen their DoT is really good!

[Subucnimorning]

Monk obviously because of glowing fists

[Risingstar]

Wow is monk really all that low? Yeah positioning, blah blah blah, but greased lightening mach iii, Fists of fire and good gear should widdle mobs out pretty fast.

[Subucnimorning]

Wow is monk really all that low? Yeah positioning, blah blah blah, but greased lightening mach iii, Fists of fire and good gear should widdle mobs out pretty fast.

In my opinion of what I saw in phase 3 I would say no. I played pug to 35 and lancer to 30. I didn't notice a big difference. Then again comparing these before max level I'm not sure is worth the debate.