Quote Originally Posted by Ryuuisamu View Post
Well that's the conundrum I've reached regarding Ninja. I've not tried it yet, but from what I've seen of it, it's incredibly cool to play, but its personal DPS is extremely lackluster compared to its utility.
ninja can have a very high personal dps after it's fully optimized for the fight. do keep in mind though, even if you aren't on the top, you being that role brought a substantial amount of raid dps for the party.

To go monk or samurai is fine as well, but know to be a selfish dps and still get accepted into higher tier content, you need to really be good at the job. As a pure dps, your only role is to bring high damage. High enough that it makes up for not buffing the party's dps. Its much easier to be accepted as a mid tier ninja than a mid tier sam.