Quote Originally Posted by Lavieh View Post
The amount of people that say SMN is a sustained DMG class, Makes me cringe.

Damage from DOTS =/= Sustained DMG.

NIN/DRG and MNK deal better Sustained DMG than SMN.

SMN's DPS has a small RAMP up then falls continuously with every dot re-application through-out the fight.
SMN's DPS fluctuates very little throughout the entire fight, what word are you going to use to describe that?

No other DPS can sustain their numbers as well as SMN when it comes to dealing with mechanics or impromptu situations.
The jobs you listed are susceptible to a variety of things to make their dps take a sharp dive, such as: Dodging mechanics, running out of TP, travel time between enemies, invulnerable periods, denied access to positionals, activating the Limit Break and more.