Opinions on Melee dps?

[darrow]

Leveled all my jobs to 50 but haven't really touched melee DPS since. Mulling over which to bring to 60.

While I refamiliarize myself with them would love to hear how some 60's feel about melee jobs. What do you find easy/hard or fun/annoying to play and why?

[bgerein]

I like playing as Ninja only problem i have with it is Mudra Lag, i tried levelling DRG and MNK, DRG i just found boring and Monk was fun but alot of moving.

[Ranen]

Same, out of all 3 melee I really enjoyed Ninja, but can't even make it the main cause of extreme mudra lag. My next bet would definitely be Dragoon, they're currently the strongest melee dpswise from what I've read, so it's a good option. But if you have little to no lag issues then I'd definitely recommend ninja.

[Mcfromnc]

Drg has the highest damage potential but is also most punished by mechanics with that 60s recast on botd. Ninja and monk have abilities to better recover from invulnerable periods from the boss. So smacking a dummy with a drg should get higher numbers than smacking a dummy with a ninja but that doesn't mean you will get the same results in a raid or primal.

[Ryaz]

DRG are currently the strongest dps when played well. I prefer the way Ninja flows, though. I'm lucky in that I don't have much Mudra lag, which helps. I've been debating which one to level next myself.

[Kogasan]

Just wondering why's it seem just some people get extreme mudra lag. Since I've upgraded from a ancient PS3 to a ps4 I don't seem to have lag at all not even mudra lag.

[Ryaz]

Just wondering why's it seem just some people get extreme mudra lag. Since I've upgraded from a ancient PS3 to a ps4 I don't seem to have lag at all not even mudra lag.

On PC, it mostly has to do with your ping. My ping is usually between 15-30, which is really good. Others aren't so lucky.

[Havenae]

Torn between ninja and drg myself...

Love the feel and complexity of ninja, hate the mudra lag.
Love the mobility and the straight forwardness of drg but hate that everywhere you turn there's another dragoon.

What to do...

[Marxam]

Torn between ninja and drg myself...

Love the feel and complexity of ninja, hate the mudra lag.
Love the mobility and the straight forwardness of drg but hate that everywhere you turn there's another dragoon.

What to do...

Go monk. One of the highest dps (probably still the highest in raids) in the game with great raid utility. Mantra and Dragon Kick are staples in any serious prog group. I main warrior but my dps alt is a mnk and its by far the most flexible dps in terms of damage, positional, and play style, which I love. I'f you played monk in ARR the rotation is the same except the opener has been altered slightly but other than that we got a lot of ogcd moves that are easy to input so learning mnk at 60 is not that much different than at 50.

[fm_fenrir]

Go monk. One of the highest dps (probably still the highest in raids) in the game with great raid utility.

MNK and DRG are functionally equivalent as far as damage goes, but I found MNK to take more time to get back up to speed once you have to disconnect. DRG's the more forgiving of the two when you don't have the luxury of standing there whaling on a dummy, since BOTD lasts a long-ass time compared to GL, and you can ride out the window for your fourth hit for 8 seconds, giving you literally "as the buff expires" capability to keep BOTD up.