Strongest Job Lorewise?

[Volsung]

Especially that time when a mage was about to get shot in the face, and a magical barrier just completely blocked the attack.

the mage did have primal power

[Jonditaru]

I would have to say the strongest within lore would be SMN. Weakest would be BRD for what they originally are; a person that sings for people and boost their morale..

[Lemuria]

Strongest: WHM, BLM
Weakest: MCH

White Magic was the counterpoint to the devastation wrought by Black Mage. While it's primary purpose is to heal wounds and rejuvenate, it was banned due to it's misuse with many White Mages becoming power hungry and using their abilities to do harm. The damage caused by White Magic presented such a problem than the elementals themselves destroyed many White Mages, scrubbing it from the world.

It wasn't until a long time later that White Magic was returned. To heal the Twelveswood, select few were given this power who are now known as Padjal. The offspring of a chosen few would have strong mastery of White Magic and would remain youthful. It's intentionally kept rare so as to ensure it is not given to those who are not worthy of holding such a power.

So, basically the white magic we're using in the game is the tiniest tip of a very large and very powerful iceberg. Same goes for Black Magic. We're essentially limiting our own mastery of the skills to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. Should a Black or White mage come into the full power offered by the magicks, they would easily match and perhaps even beat Louisoix Leveilleur in terms of raw power.

And I remind you that Louisoix fought the mighty primal Bahamut on equal footing, and at his strongest.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Magic Classes aside, cause, determining which is the strongest between them is literally an e-peen competition.

I`d go either with Dragoon or Warrior for stronger class. And Bard for weakest.

[Lemuria]

Magic Classes aside, cause, determining which is the strongest between them is literally an e-peen competition.

I`d go either with Dragoon or Warrior for stronger class. And Bard for weakest.

Surely Machinist would be the weakest, since it doesn't require strength to fire a gun? Pulling back on a bow requires a decent amount of strength. Lore wise, I'd argue Warrior is supposed to be the strongest physically as they're basically the same as berserkers. Though obviously that's a far cry from the reality of the game mechanics.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Surely Machinist would be the weakest, since it doesn't require strength to fire a gun? Pulling back on a bow requires a decent amount of strength. Lore wise, I'd argue Warrior is supposed to be the strongest physically as they're basically the same as berserkers. Though obviously that's a far cry from the reality of the game mechanics.

Machinist has to deal with the gun recoils, these are not exactly recoiless modern guns. They are arquebuses... They hit back like a mule, being able to fire them constantly with one hand is far more stressing than tensing the bow.

About the melee, and this is where the real fun stuff is. Not only raw power (Warrior and his Berserker status) are to take into consideration, but martial dicipline, strategic thinking, historical background, etc, etc, etc. Here i think is where, we could have our "Deadliest Warrior" episode.

Warrior vs Dragoon vs Monk vs Paladin vs Dark Knight vs Ninja.

My vote is on Dragoon because of their overall formation as a Knight which includes anti-dragonic warfare and thats awesome, basically their lore background involes them being able to learn their aerial combat and strategic behavior of dragons. They might lack the strength (warrior or darknight) or the martial dicipline (monk or ninja) but they combine a bit of them with a deeper knowledge about real warfare. After them, i would even put Paladins because such formation.

While not directly powerful, I'd like to point out that AST have the limited ability to control time. That is an extremely powerful utility; even 5 or 10 seconds of stopped time and you can finish a battle.

There's also that one theory that Astrologian magic blocked out the sky and caused the Ice age Umbral era.

AstroLOLgian also in some ways, you could say, has future vision and also controls fate to a point... Kinda OP in my book.

[EdwinLi]

Surely Machinist would be the weakest, since it doesn't require strength to fire a gun? Pulling back on a bow requires a decent amount of strength. Lore wise, I'd argue Warrior is supposed to be the strongest physically as they're basically the same as berserkers. Though obviously that's a far cry from the reality of the game mechanics.

Well you have to keep in mind that gun making has been in Eorzea for years already. Blacksmiths are constantly improving on guns to advance the technology and most likely have solved a lot of recoil issues allowing easy use for one hand no matter the person's strength.

MCH skills do show some recoil but only slight push up on a shot.

[Causality]

Surely Machinist would be the weakest, since it doesn't require strength to fire a gun?

Clearly someone has never fired a gun or knows about recoil.

[CosmicKirby]

Clearly someone has never fired a gun or knows about recoil.

Much less seen the size of the bore on MCH guns. Even the lalafell MCHs are firing unreasonably large calibers with little effort. But hey, most of the martial stuff in this game makes no physical sense.

[UBERHAXED]

And I remind you that Louisoix fought the mighty primal Bahamut on equal footing, and at his strongest.

But then SMN>WHM because they can channel this power at will. Oh and dragoon seem to have no problem taking down dragons. Hell even the allagans can apparently easily capture and control hundreds of them. Makes white mage seem kind of weak in comparison.