Most Sought-after DPS class?

[Makeda]

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.

I hope this can be helpful.

Thanks, that does help.

I've got an Elezen that is at 55-RDM 54-BRD and a Hyur at 60-MNK 34-Ninja...
- two alts I just started to refocus on.

I could switch what I'm doing with the Elezen and go back to Bard. The Hyur looks like a long slog in Palace of the Dead if I want to do Ninja.

Spent the morning with the Bard guide open on one window and playing the Bard in "Palace of the Dead" where I got lucky to group with other bards 3 times - thus far notice I can never match to even half their DPS. If I switch to Red Mage, I can usually flip that and be double of any other red mage, and reliably #1 for the run. That of course is Palace of the Dead where people just spam random stuff... but their random stuff outdoes my 'solid attempt to master a guide based rotation, by double...

I also notice Bards in general in there are usually the bottom end of the DPS. I get that they bring buffs but do they sacrifice a LOT of DPS as a result? It seems like you might be boosting group DPS by 3%, but bringing 30% less DPS than the next class up. And that's for even the other bards that are putting me to such shame.