Quote Originally Posted by Teleniel View Post
pretending to take a perfect player perspective. Dragoon, Monk and Black Mage can all do amazing DPS... unfortunately in a real world (and casual friendly game) they suffer GREATLY compared to Summoner and Bard. The major problems as I've seen them listed:

Dragoon : Jumps leave you vulnerable while you're locked in animation
Monk : Maintaining Greased Lightning is very difficult in movement intensive fights, or when required to use specific combat strategies (silencing ADS)
Black Mage : Damage bursts are inconsistent (firestarter/thundercloud proc), also few useful damage boosting cross-class actions
Summoner : pet-AI is horri-bad.
Bard : actual perfect world DPS is low compared to other classes, however maintaining a standing NEAR that level is much easier. While support abilities feel lackluster... ask a group if they want them and I'd be surprised if they say no.
Right on the money!!