Best DPSing "Class" discussion

[PArcher]

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As long as everyone is great at their job, MNK = SMN > DRG > BLM >> BRD in terms of single-target (boss) damage. MNK and SMN fight over top depending on each fight and the mechanics in them (should the MNK lose GL3, its game over, and that can happen in many fights. If there's any possibility of multi-dotting...SMN has a good chance of winning). DRG is next being about the same in most fights (and can also multi-dot pretty well), BLM is only "better" if there is a lot of AoE and/or they get a lot of procs (very few procs puts them closer to BRD in terms of damage, and don't say BLM shine T4, I've out-DPSed good BLM in T4 as a SMN, and I'm not a SMN) and BRD is BRD (they too can be "better" when multi-dotting)

And I've seen terribad examples of every class; BLM pulling barely 100 DPS in the first two phases of T4, BRD who only used Heavy Shot, MNK who don't dance, DRG who don't buff, SMN who only Ruin spam. There are bad players in all jobs. Get over it.
I find it funny that DRG and SMN were probably the most sought-after DPS jobs for Coil2 statics on my server for a while, as far as advertisements I saw were concerned (occasional BRD, some MNK [usually for statics with a DRG already], very few BLM). Few people play SMN (and less play it well) and the good DRG are said to be kept under lock and key by their statics (which is actually more true than you'd think; many DRG are like tanks, only being a DRG with people they know.)

[Huntington]

If someone wants to test SMN's abilities with B4B and other actions, they need only gear their ACN the exact same way as the SMN down to Allagan gear so it's even, use all the abilities it has access to then like Internal Release and so on, plus Aero, then factor in the stat differences that a SMN would have and see what the result is. I'm sure this wouldn't be very hard to do with someone that knows how to do it, I myself don't, but ACN can do all of the things if you've leveled it that would make SMN having them broken as hell.