Most Sought-after DPS class?

[Kaimishi]

So if we were to rank the DPS in terms of how sought they are...

So i'll try help with understanding what's going, you've to understand that the "most sought classes" is defined by the META, embodied by less than 1% of the players. I'll try to map it for you based on my experience and my knowledge of the game. I must add that any class is good enough to clear and what actually matters the most is, the skill of each player.

The most historical and set composition is : PLD - WAR - SCH - AST - NIN - DRG - BRD - MCH.
Since the last buff of the monk, it seems that a triple melee could have a chance I can't confirm it right now : PLD - WAR - SCH - AST - NIN - DRG - MNK - BRD.

Therefore, you've up there the most sought classes as they're META in terms of optimization and speedkills. Speedkills means that if someone dies, they'll wipe and restart so there's no need of raising for example. Take in mind that depending on the fights, META is not set. It seems that SMN could be META in o7s for example.

Now, to "prog" and to prog really quickly, you want the ability to raise to see the upcoming mechanics. If you look at the world first race, they always use a RDM that can raise like crazy. They'll also use a WHM thanks to his insane capacity to heal and top up players really quickly. Note that I'm refering again to highly efficient players who clear day 1, in less than 24h. They basically see a mechanic once, then perfectly execute it on the next try. They also deal an unhumain amount of DPS which let them actually use classes that DPS less than others - with higher learning curve because optimization in dps is not really the thing at this point.

The typical META prog : PLD - WAR - WHM - SCH - NIN - DRG - BRD - RDM.

So you can already see the pattern here : the most wanted DPS classes are Ninja, dragoon and bard.

Ninja being the less played class by the mass, can be considered as the most sought in that sense even though they're all three super wanted - also being called "The Holy Trinity".

Now for the ultimate prog (UCOB), many group would often replace the RDM by the SMN because of its insane DPS, some utility and the capacity to raise (not like the RDM tho). Also the turn was harder, more punishing, more wipe hence more time to practice which would allow classes with lower learning curves. You could see different compositions but the only class that would remain was the ninja.

A general ranking would be more like :

- Ninja - Solely because on my experience it is hard to find a ninja.
- Dragoon
- Bard

- Red Mage - Summoner - Depending on the difficulty of the turn and the DPS of the group. If your group prog really fast and has enough dps, rdm is a good choice. If your party do not aim to rush the content (in a day, or in a week) or struggle with DPS, SMN would be a better choice. Heavily populated jobs.
- Machnist. Heavily sought for speedkills and good substitue for the bard, very low populated class.
- Monk - It's a really nice class because it has mantra and brotherhood which makes it totaly fine but nowhere close to the NIN. Will usually be considered if getting a ninja is too hard. Moderatly populated class.

- Black Mage.
- Samourai.

I hope this can be helpful.