Strongest Job Lorewise?

[Eisen-Zorn]

I would say that the strongest job, lore wise, would be tied between Summoner and Dark Knight.

The SMN job consists of summoning and controlling aether to form primal-egis. That's pretty amazing on its own, but the later quests actually delve in to mastering Allagan secrets and the SMN actually takes out Ascians alone.

The Dark Knight job has The Abyss. Which, according to the lore, is an almost infinite fount of power at their disposal. However, taking in too much of the dark power will consume their humanity. Think of them like The Hulk, where they probably have no limits on their power. However, drinking too much of that power is probably dangerous to them and everyone around them. I think this is why the lore states that the Dark Knights must control their Dark Side at all times.

[Amiaze]

I haven't played through the DRK quests but, so far as I know, it's a tie between WHM and BLM, since they're essentially two branches of the same mage type. They have the power to manipulate aether at will, and that's literally the fabric for everything we see in FFXIV. And some can do it better than others, as we see in the CNJ storyline.

As for the weakest, I would argue that it's either MCH or AST. MCH does use aether, but it's limited by the technology that you have. Most of your strength comes from an attachment and a turret, and I'm not sure how well the aetherotransformer you carry can actually, well, transform aether. I'm sure it has limits on what it can do. I'd have to read the story again.

AST might also be the weakest because you're literally shuffling fate. You're reading what is supposed to happen to someone and attempting to change it, but how it changes isn't always set in stone. Lore-wise, an AST might be able to turn the tide of battle...but there also might not be much that they can do say, in a war setting, since so many people's fates hang in the balance (no pun intended). They might be able to save one or two lives, but not hundreds. BLM's meteors and WHMs raise ability easily trump that.

[dank1]

Dark Knight because the lore says I'm nearing god like powers as the warrior of light and the warrior of light happens to be a Dark Knight

[Xelious]

The lack of monk love is real in this thread. Lorewise monks are the strongest job hands down because they basically become god when they open all 14 chakra gates. I rank Black Mage second though because casters in general wield vast amounts of power.

[DPZ2]

Lore-wise? It just doesn't come up. At all. The jobs out there aren't held by anyone else we know except ourselves, and we have a decided advantage, being the Warrior of Darkness and Light (conjecture there, but ...)

[Izsha]

Really guys? People are talking about char str and every 3rd post is "mch have to deal with RECOIL! They strong too bruh!"

Mythril Heart (war) 1v1ed a behemoth by ripping its limbs off with his bare hands. Gtfo with your 'recoil'. Seriously. No one cares about your stupid recoil.

[Freyyy]

Really guys? People are talking about char str and every 3rd post is "mch have to deal with RECOIL! They strong too bruh!"

Mythril Heart (war) 1v1ed a behemoth by ripping its limbs off with his bare hands. Gtfo with your 'recoil'. Seriously. No one cares about your stupid recoil.

Mythril Heart was the manliest man.

WAR is the strongest. Get rekt with your mages people.

[hagare]

Mythril Heart was the manliest man.

WAR is the strongest. Get rekt with your mages people.

TOO OP!
nerf fell cleave please