Nin BiS?

[whiskeybravo]

Minor corrections as I try to figure this out.. NIN auto-attack is not as weak as BRD (most likely due to BRDs low weapon damage), and a MNK with no buffs actually seems the weakest. I have MNK DRG and NIN equally geared for the most part, all have 570 attack power (solo), an with regular buffs/damage debuffs AA damage highest->lowest was DRG (250-270, HT and Dis) MNK (230-250, GL3 and DK) NIN (200-230 DE). I didn't get to check BRD w/ disembowel but AA was 170-200 at 564 attack power without it.

[Viridiana]

Minor corrections as I try to figure this out..

The actual damage they're hitting for doesn't matter as much as the DPS they do for auto attack. You have to remember that all auto attacks are normalized at 100 potency per 3 seconds. So your DRG and BRD will be doing attacks close to or higher than 100 potency (depending on weapon delay) every 2.8 to 3.2 seconds (maybe longer depending on the bow), whereas your NIN and MNK are doing something around 80 potency every 2 seconds or so. So if I take your NIN and DRG numbers and figure out AA DPS, DRG gets about 87.84 (assuming High Allagan) and the NIN gets approximately 95.56 (again, High Allagan and assuming Huton buff). The MNK wins hands down at 106.67 AA DPS. BRD's only hope of really catching up is Barrage, which gives an extra 6 or 8 attacks per 90 seconds. Due to the high delay on the High Allagan Bow, the math I use will only show 6 extra shots, which is a bit disadvantageous for the BRD, but whatever. If we add in a ~10% buff to the numbers you give, it becomes 190-220 (rounding for ease of use), which is 61.01 DPS without Barrage, approximately 74.68 with Barrage (nevermind that Barrage and Hawk Eye are used together).

Of course, all that math I did assumes that you had the High Allagan weapon for each class, but that's because if I just switched weapons around all willy-nilly the numbers would be useless.