Thank goodness, I don't think anyone tries to lock players based on class out of party anymore. Often times, my comps that I build tend to be 2 Melee DPS (MNK/NIN/DRG, no overlap), BRD, and BLM/SMN.

However, I do see people preferring the MNK+NIN comp to the MNK+DRG, NIN+DRG comps. The reason when I ask this is often "They do more damage."

And I have to face facts with that, I don't think DRG's do as much DPS as NIN/MNK does in encounters. Again, haven't gotten my DRG to i130 yet, so that may be something I can test and play around with a little more when I get there.

I do agree with most of the sentiments listed here - they're not nearly in as bad as a situation as they were pre-2.5, when they were more of a laughing stock than considered a competative DPS. But I do believe they still udnerperform compared to the other classes.