the 2016 Frontline tier list

[Dimitrii]

MCH would like to have a word with you.

He probably means in the sense that its so easy to use even for unskilled players and can be used on the move and from safe distances. I dont think he actually means its the strongest burst among all dps cause its definitely not.

[Houston009]

He probably means in the sense that its so easy to use even for unskilled players and can be used on the move and from safe distances. I dont think he actually means its the strongest burst among all dps cause its definitely not.

Yeah, its not easy to do. However, it can be used on the move and from a pretty safe distance as well.

[Cherub]

He probably means in the sense that its so easy to use even for unskilled players and can be used on the move and from safe distances. I dont think he actually means its the strongest burst among all dps cause its definitely not.

Yes, pretty much. Thank you for clarifying in my stead.

[Houston009]

Yes, pretty much. Thank you for clarifying in my stead.

No point in trying to educate,I give up. smh.

[Kyani]

To be honest I feel like Putting AST SMN and WAR into their own SS+ Tier.

Not a single one of those classes performs best-in-role in Seal Rock, funnily enough.

AST is strong at kiting, but it lacks emergency throughput - outside of ED and Retro, AST is completely beholden to the GCD. Synastry is very strong in-group, and Lightspeed is powerful, but AST gives up the healing power of White Mage and the burst power of Scholar in exchange for mobility. Mobility doesn't win large engagements, and Astrologian lags behing both other healers in that scenario.

SMN is very strong against disorganized players, and at picking players off, but it has a fatal flaw: It cannot actually kill players under the effect of Testudo, Thrill of War, Focalization, or tank LB, even if they aren't wearing VIT gear or otherwise protected. Their non-crit burst is only in the neighborhood of 10k, and they create almost no pressure outside of it. A group of coordinated summoners can rain Deathflare, but any class is powerful over VOIP - Summoner struggles to contribute "real" damage outside of idealized scenarios, and a SMN-heavy team withers when their opening burst fails to secure an advantage.

Warrior is an offensive juggernaut, and the closest of the three to "best", but truth be told: there's enough damage out there, no matter what tank you're playing. Warrior's damage is fantastic, and Holmgang / Thrill of War are quality utility, but it's really hard to say it's "better" than Paladin's ability to lock down a player (especially a healer) for 4 full GCDs.

[ChelsBee]

Sorry haven't been able to post for a few days, someone got the joke on page 3

You would haven to make a tier list for each job type. PLD, DRK, and WAR all function completely different than WHM, AST, and SCH and should be in no way compared to them in the same list.

The thread's over we can all go home now

Hey everyone

[Holicccc]

Excuse me by why is the straigus reyist class not S tier?

[Pibz]

Also, Dark Knight is bad and your best case scenario is being a slightly beefier Machinist turret.

[*]DRK - Less useful than a PLD, less DPS than a WAR. When I heal vs these you almost just ignore them.

Most burst explosive tank doesn't have dmg in PvP.. k
I don't have enough nopes for this..

As people have already said, tanks are extremely balanced for Seal Rock with different uses between them. Wolves Den is a whole different beast and DRK suffers extremely there because no plunge and no C&S makes it lose two essential (probably the most at that) abilities for PvP.