Quote Originally Posted by Billzey View Post
I think you are overestimating BLM's DPS. They may be best at AoE damage, but the entire speed of the run depends on both trash+boss kills. Any DRG/BRD should have no trouble pulling higher DPS than BLM over the entire run. In fact, my fastest runs have always been with DRG + BRD.
After several hundreds of pugs in 2.2, my experience is very different. BLM + BLM absolutely melts everything. Other classes simply don't even come close. A raging strikes flare crit on 6 mobs is way way beyond anything any other class can dish. SMN can get close but only with great luck on the bane spreads.