Quote Originally Posted by Kasue View Post
on ST <20-30s it will be DRG>MNK>BLM>SMN>BRD
on cleave SMN>BLM>BRD=DRG>MNK
These are not correct. Monks effectively start with a -40% damage debuff (dragon kick, twin snakes, greased lightning x 3), they will be the worst ST dps on fights less than 30 seconds long unless they use PB. Bards have really high single target burst (if they burn barrage, they are undoubtedly the highest single target burst) due to multiple off-global attacks and a lot of cooldowns.

Bards are also substantially better than BLM at cleave fights (Wind Bite/Venomous Bite on all targets, Flame Arrow under them, no cooldown Blood Letter/Heavy Shot spam). Summoners are pretty high because of Contagion + Bane, but losing Thunder will hurt them in this category, not sure by how much.