Best theoretical 1 tank 2 healer 5 DPS set up?

[Kuwagami]

If you have only 1 tank, as the topic creator suggests, and you have to rely on Ninja for the slashing dmg buff, the DPS loss of ninja having to keep it up instead of using Aeolian edge is bigger than the DPS gain of PLD.

this might be why I'm such an awful ninja then... (that and hellish mudra lag making me lose half my ninjustsu but that's an other subject)

Oh well, we all gotta learn something new every day. Point taken.


(don't take the first sentence you quoted too seriously btw. I just love making fun of tiny exaggerations when I see them ^^)

[Reiryuu]

Why not a WAR tank? If they apply Storm's Eye, the NIN can DPS harder too.

Because a Ninja's dancing edge debuff (increases slashing damage dealt) does not stack with Storm's Eye from warrior.

[aisustrong]

Because a Ninja's dancing edge debuff (increases slashing damage dealt) does not stack with Storm's Eye from warrior.

yeah, thats why you do want a war

also all these people talking about war not having cooldowns, innerbeast and storms path
stop trying to play war like pld
when you play war like war, it isnt lacking at all in survivablity (and is even better than pld if you dont have a healer, like solo content)
really, only advantages pld has is
option of stun spam, better oh shit button in terms of not dying, tempered will not being tied to their not die button and not binding them, and cover and stoneskin (though storm's path is 10% damage reduction debuff)

[Phyllo]

I'm sure as hell I can't output 800+ dps as a war. While I'm sure as hell PLD can do these 400+ dps (there is a parser of that on CT3 on this forum)

PLD sword oath > WAR > WAR under defiance > PLD shield oath
if we're talking about raw dps.

(we're talking about CT2/CT3 here so PLD in sword oath is perfectly acceptable as MT btw)

Lol kuwa, if you cannot go above 800 as war with melded gear there's a problem, currently my only melded piece is my belt and I oftenly hit for 1200 to 1500 with critical hits

[SpookyGhost]

Tank depends on if WAR no Defiance (-Unchained opener) + NIN DPS is higher than PLD Sword Oath + NIN DPS. Also depends on if Hallowed is needed to skip stacks like Ifrit EX and if you bring a NIN at all (in which case WAR wins because WAR will out DPS a PLD without access to SE/DE).

Healers will always be WHM/SCH.

DPS would ideally be: 1 BRD 2 MNK 1 NIN 1 BLM.

SMN can replace BLM depending on the encounter, but BLM is a consistent choice.

All that said, nothing in the game requires an optimal set up right now. Whatever's available is what you should use.

[Ashkendor]

Lol kuwa, if you cannot go above 800 as war with melded gear there's a problem, currently my only melded piece is my belt and I oftenly hit for 1200 to 1500 with critical hits

Er. He said he doesn't do 800+ DPS, not that none of his hits land for 800+ damage.

[Kuwagami]

Lol kuwa, if you cannot go above 800 as war with melded gear there's a problem, currently my only melded piece is my belt and I oftenly hit for 1200 to 1500 with critical hits

err...

Er. He said he doesn't do 800+ DPS, not that none of his hits land for 800+ damage.

^This

dps has little to do with big hits.

Well... that's not entirely true. :P

overall dps *mumble mumble* yeah shortcuts are bad

They're factored in but they do not contribute as much as one may think.

[SpookyGhost]

dps has little to do with big hits.

Well... that's not entirely true. :P

[Mishini_Dracoto]

Lol kuwa, if you cannot go above 800 as war with melded gear there's a problem, currently my only melded piece is my belt and I oftenly hit for 1200 to 1500 with critical hits

dmg = damage || dps = damage per second.

hopefully that clarifies the discussion

DPS on PLD imo is very easy. Everything is easy on PLD imo. But most things can be done better on WAR.

That being said, I've queue'd some Duty Finders as MRD, where only one tank is necessary. I take the extra cross class skills such as Blood for Blood, Raging Strikes, Invigorate, etc. With no intention of tanking this makes me a viable DPS. (At least, as far as we're concerned with random groups you get in a Duty Finder, since I'm optimized for DPS, I'm doing more than most DPS in there, unless I get lucky with another really good DPS in there)

Circling back to OP. . . . if it's single target dmg, then you wouldn't want BLM's. Also, your healers would change based on the type of damage your party is receiving. Sort of. If you include Limit Break damage, you want to push for different classes. . . so I always prefer WHM+SCH.

Best Single Target composition : WHM + SCH + MNK + DRG + BRD + NIN + SMN + WAR (WAR rotating SE & BB combo's.)
best AoE Composition : WHM + SCH + BRD + BLM + BLM + BLM + BLM + WAR (Overpower)
Best Ranged-DPS Single Target: WHM + SCH + BRD + SMN + SMN + SMN + SMN + WAR/PLD

ranged-dps might also beat out the standard composition. I don't actually know the dps ceiling. Really you'd need to calculate that, and also factor in the slower-building Limit Break guage from stacking four of one job in there.

[Ehayte]

WAR | SCH | WHM | NIN | NIN | NIN | NIN | NIN

WHY!?
WAR keeps up Eye, that allows NIN to not use DE and go for the more potent AE combo
You have 83% uptime on Trick attack, which is another +10% DPS
A good SCH with Eos means a lot of uptime on DPSing for both WHM and SCH
WAR's tank stance dmg is better than PLD tank stance DMG.

Assuming we are talking a real fight with actual mechanics, you will probably need the WHM AE heals.