Is threat # an indicator of damage output?

[xyaie]

It is NOT a good indicator at all.
Monks have no threat drop
Bards and lancers (as well as conj) do
Buffs generate threat, so classes who buff more often will generate more threat
For whatever crazy reason bards in general generate more threat (keep preaching that if you want kevee, but im sure many of us have tested it. my GF's bard doing her rotation with a weaker bow (for the sake of the test) doing 100 dps generates more agro than my dragoon doing 175 dps)

dragoon's threat drop cuts their threat in half it's current value.

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