Best DPS after Black Mage

[LunarEmerald]

BLM definitely has the best raw power. Nothing can beat the wondrous feeling of seeing those 12k+ crits.

Obviously though the mobility is an issue, and the melee classes have them beat there. I'd say that Monk really has the best consistent high-damage output, but the payoff for that is dependency on positioning and that its DPS suffers the most if you drop your combo. Ninja suffers less if a combo's dropped, but also requires the most effort juggling its buffs, debuffs, and combos along with Ninjutsu to maximize its DPS. I find Dragoon to be the happy medium with easily maintained combos, buffs and debuffs, and minimal DPS loss with a dropped combo; which is why it's my go-to for learning new fights.

At least it was until I started tanking more, but you get the idea.

12k crit? wildfire laughs at that. Right now wildfire can hit around 17k.

[ZhaneX]

12k crit? wildfire laughs at that. Right now wildfire can hit around 17k.

Maybe so, but that's once every couple of minutes to get all the buffs off CD.

Not consistently with nearly every single hit interrupted only by the occasional Fire, Blizzard 3 or Blizzard 4 to refresh buffs.
Not to mention 12k was a lowball at ilvl235-ish...

[Johaandr]

12k crit? wildfire laughs at that. Right now wildfire can hit around 17k.

i dunno depends on the player i did 17,9k as blm no biggie