Quote Originally Posted by AnonymousBard View Post
Because (at least for BRD, dont know about DNC) He has one of, if not the best AOE rotations and sustained damage plus utility. In RPG's in general you will find that most dps builds revolve around two archetypes (with obvious exceptions): Burst damage dps (which in FFXIV is Melee/Casters) and sustained dps (ranged dps). Sustained damage dps is normally weaker per attack and overall than burst dps but in trade, you get a steady amount of damage being applied to the boss to beat any enrage timers, normally better AOEs, and a little extra utility to boost the usefulness.

EDIT: My response was not to the post above me, but I'll throw my 2 cents into that hat as well.

SMN is just OP right now. There's always something better than other things in RPGs. Just the way of the world. And in that world, its the SMN right now.
DNC would be classed as burst, as you save up 3 fan procs for burst windows, and with everything that is not 1,2 single or aoe combo being 50% chance, and espirit being random depending on job, it can vary widely on dps, the best dnc in the world could have a difference of 1k dps between their best and worst despite doing nothing wrong due to insanely bad and good luck. No other job has that level of variance when doing the exact same rotation in any fight yet Dnc is also inherently lower due to being physical ranged.