DPS=Damage Per Second

[Beurling]

MNK is probably the best right now on single target. If you find a good one.

BLM hast the highest overall potential. Though since 75% of this game is about dancing in combat, they usually aren't at the top.

BRD is the easiest to be consistent with regardless of the situation.

SMN is pretty OP, and sounds like what the OP is after.

Perfect answer.

And to anyone who says skill or fun matters in this thread, you missed the point of the thread completely.

[Evangela]

BRD and SMR

oh wait... you don't like these jobs.

[ICEMANxPRIME]

Thanks for the response, it adds character. It's not that I don't like them, even though I said it like that. They are good classes, but I want a BRD to be a BRD and a SMN to be a SMN. And by that I mean the ones we grew to love in the past.

[Rated_R]

What about LNC/DRG? Are they that bad to not even be in the discussion?

[Shneibel]

What about LNC/DRG? Are they that bad to not even be in the discussion?

I dont conside DRG as DPS, but as DD

[Rated_R]

ahhh ok. Makes perfect sense. Thanks!

[Reslin]

I dont conside DRG as DPS, but as DD

DPS and DD are the same thing. A DD class is a class that's based around dealing damage. A DPS class is a class designed to do as much dps as possible. All DD classes are designed to do as much DPS as possible. All DPS classes are based around being damage dealers.

[Shneibel]

DPS and DD are the same thing. A DD class is a class that's based around dealing damage. A DPS class is a class designed to do as much dps as possible. All DD classes are designed to do as much DPS as possible. All DPS classes are based around being damage dealers.

DD stand for Direct Damage (melee), and there are dots. It is a good thing to seperate those 2 and no they are not exactly the same.

Base dmg of DRG come from his DMG skill while BRD is crit & dots. But lets get back to the topic of the tread

[Darkstride]

DD stand for Direct Damage (melee), and there are dots. It is a good thing to seperate those 2 and no they are not exactly the same.

Base dmg of DRG come from his DMG skill while BRD is crit & dots. But lets get back to the topic of the tread

DoT and DPS are not the same thing. A DoT is simply a damage over time effect as opposed to damage dealt in a single attack. Damage per Second is how you gauge a Damage Dealer's (DD's) sustained damage, regardless of the source of the damage. Once job, for instance, may be able to have high spike damage while another job is able to consistently deal moderate damage that equals out to a higher overall DPS average. Whether or not damage comes from direct melee or magic attacks or if it comes from DoT, the average output is still DPS.

Since when did DD stand for melee damage?

[Marenwynn]

It depends on what you mean by "overall best." If you mean what does the most damage, then probably MNK. But if you mean what brings the most to the table, then it's BRD by a landslide.