To clear up some misconceptions about pug.

Pug might seem like a poor dps in leve/sp parties but its not the case in NM fights.
Other melee like Mrd and Arc might look like they do more dmg because they have bigger burst dmg and better weapon skills.

From my experience on NM fights best melee dmg wise goes like this Arc = Pug > Lnc > Mrd. This is only considering Uraeus and Buffalo since gob, dodore, mosshorn all have adds and aoe dmg will be superior. On the aoe fights pugs still do great dmg if not the best on actual NMs themselves.

Pugs are great tanks on Uraeus and Buffalo even Dodore if you distance tank with mdef. Can tank goblin ok if you have a off tank seperate the NM from the adds, but mosshorn and his minions will rip you a new one.