Quote Originally Posted by Giubba View Post
Utter thingies.
Nope, sorry. Dragoon and Monks are pure dps melee class. Black Mage and Summoner are pure dps magic class (they are "casters"). Ninja, Machinist and Bard have support abilities to help the other members of the group while a Machinist can, for example, lower his dps by turning his turret into a Tp or Mp fountain so the other classes can keep up the high numbers. As ToppeHatte stated, there is a reason why a party composition has a mix of them.