Logic behind the DPS classes?

[DarkStar]

First off, punching someone ONCE doesn't do nearly as much damage as, say, exploding them with fireballs. That's why, as a MNK, you'll never see yourself doing as much damage per-hit as a similarly geared BLM. However, you hit a lot faster than they do, meaning in about the time it takes them to cast a single 1200 damage fire spell, you've hit the enemy 4 or so times for about 300-400 damage per hit, not counting crits.

As for actual logic behind punching someone as opposed to stabbing them, this is a fantasy world where you ride around on large yellow birds, fight mobile carnivorous plants, and return to the last crystal you attuned to when you die, rather than actually dying. I don't think real-world logic applies.

[Chiramu]

As for actual logic behind punching someone as opposed to stabbing them, this is a fantasy world where you ride around on large yellow birds, fight mobile carnivorous plants, and return to the last crystal you attuned to when you die, rather than actually dying. I don't think real-world logic applies.

This is not just video game logic, getting hit with a blunt object hurts like being stabbed but it hurts in different ways. Being hit with a metal fist is GOING TO HURT! That is not video game logic. Getting stabbed with a lance or pierced with arrows is GOING TO HURT! Again, not video game logic.

The only illogical thing is the lack of elemental resistance, this is a gameplay choice however.

OP, if someone punches you in the face will it not hurt as much as someone stabbing you in the face? It will hurt the same amount, the only different is one is piercing and the other is blunt damage. They hurt in different ways.

[ClaireAbigail]

The same logic as why fire magic is effective against ifrit and ice with shiva. Or how a falling meteor (Mage lb3) doesn't damage the land at all. Also the fact that bards never restock on arrows. Basically, if you'll try to use logic in game...nothing would make sense.

[Xhominid]

The same logic as why fire magic is effective against ifrit and ice with shiva. Or how a falling meteor (Mage lb3) doesn't damage the land at all. Also the fact that bards never restock on arrows. Basically, if you'll try to use logic in game...nothing would make sense.

Doesn't stop people from whining about skimpy costumes...

[SpookyGhost]

Monks hit pretty hard, pretty quickly.

Lore-wise the combat for each job makes sense. Monk quickly whittles away at the monster, BLM has massive bursts of damage at a relatively slow rate, SMN infects diseases and festers them which is why they're DoT based, DRG is burst heavy because they need to kill dragons quickly (especially with their jumps, one of the keys to their burst rotation), BRDs... pew pew, and Ninjas are a mix of burst (ambush) and quick attacks (stealthy).

Though SMN is really weird in that their connection with the pets isn't the basis of the job (it's more like an Arcanist learning how to summon small aetheric versions of Primals and that's as far as that went), the rest are in line with what they actually do.

[Jonnara]

DRG is dead most of the time because Ishgard can not win the war with the dragons for love or money (especially with their elusive jump, one of the keys that gets them falling off the platform in Titan EX)

Fixed it for you about that dragoon part. See above

[Cyrus-Wallace]

They attack the monster's vital points. o/ While the others are brute force.

[jfrench5462]

Mostly because hitting someone in the face does more overall damage, cause it's blunt. A arrow does piercing damage, so only at that direct spot you would feel it. I'm more wondering about where bards get all those arrows... I'd rather have some mechanic where you have different kinds of arrows/quivers you can buy with extra status effects on them, instead of a unlimited supply...

Wait...what? I understand questioning an endless supply of ammunition, but thinking a punch in the face is more harmful than an arrow through the face is a little foolish.

[Saccharin]

I know this is a fantasy game, but what are your inputs behind the logic that punching enemies would cause more damage than arrows, explosions, poisons etc.

Simple. Gameplay.

Who would play jobs like Monk if, for instance, a Black Mage did ten times the damage of a Monk.

[kyuven]

It's the same reason why Bards deal less damage than other classes. Bows have historically been one of the most terrifying weapons with unrivaled stopping power for thousands of years. Yet in this game they deal less damage than any other melee weapon by a wide margin. And i'm talking on a per hit level, not combos. Doesn't really bother me than a monk that hits 3-4 times per attack in a 4 attack chain deals more damage than a single hit, but the autoattacks...
And it's looking like machinist might end up in the same boat...