DPS 4.0: MNK, DRG, or NIN?

[Mysticales]

So wait, things changed? MNK is now the AOE goto and DRG is the best single target DPS?

I thought before 4.0 it was vice versa?

[Exiled_Tonberry]

So wait, things changed? MNK is now the AOE goto and DRG is the best single target DPS?

I thought before 4.0 it was vice versa?

Before 4.0, Monk was best single target and AOE DPS.
But they had little to no utility.

Now Monk has a single utility skill, but Les damage than everyone. SE is so weird with these things.

[Estelle9lives]

So wait, things changed? MNK is now the AOE goto and DRG is the best single target DPS?

I thought before 4.0 it was vice versa?

To clarify, while pre 4.0 MNK had higher individual DPS than DRG, DRG's contribution to raid DPS vastly outshined MNK. Disembowel alone would add over 200 raid DPS for your BRD/MCH, over 400 for both. Not to mention Battle Litany (15% raid wide crit buff) while providing solid individual DPS. MNK was by far the least "ideal" melee to have, since it's own DPS couldn't touch all the raidwide DPS/utility that a DRG or NIN would provide.

A few things changed with SB. MNK now has a raid wide buff, albeit a small one (5% damage buff for all nearby party members except the user, for 15s), but it's potencies have been nerfed across the board. As neither me or anyone else is at endgame (Savage yada yada) yet it's hard to tell where it's at. DRG on the other hand, had Disembowel slightly nerfed (from 10% to 5% on piercing debuff), but still has Litany and got yet another support buff (10% damage buff to self, 5% for a chosen party member for 20s), so I believe it's gonna end up in a good place.

If you want a melee with very high burst/individual DPS, SAM seems the way to go.

[Mysticales]

Oh I know SAM would be, but again, Alt Char, Jump Potion. Thats why im torn between DRG vs MNK. =p