Ranged DPS jobs - disappointing?

[Eliadil]

Uuuuh, tanks shouldn't be dealing more damage than you unless you don't know what you are doing as said DPS or dying alot. The difference between a tank that is at the top and just a mediocre ranged dps is about 5k dps which is about 33% difference. Which is fine.

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However, saying Tanks are getting close to physical ranged dps is o incorrect its baffling. I am a top 5% GNB and I am still 4-5k behind the DNC in my raid and they are a green parsing DNC, meanwhile Healers can out DPS tanks....

What's true at max level may not be for a beginner under lvl 50, probably not decently geared, with a tank at max level and decently geared, in a dungeon.

[Sylvain]

What's true at max level may not be for a beginner under lvl 50, probably not decently geared, with a tank at max level and decently geared, in a dungeon.

Very relevant to the discussion

I wonder what is the dps gap between a sync tanked and a naked dancer in sastasha .
Here number could bring some valuable insight on the current tank/ranged balance in savage encounter at lv 80

[Rasikko]

..oh.

Actual title: Bard Job...disappointing?

I dont play DNC anymore, nothing more to prove with that job. No one cares about RDM and it's not a bandwagon job...almost regret having left it on the back burner, but back at it and has reclaimed its place as my main DPS job.

[AnotherPerson]

I like DNC because it's a fun job - has the style and has the procs, has some basic healing / shielding / buff abilities. The storyline itself makes it fun to have multiple dancers in a party because it just looks really nice and has tons of AoE control.

Running double dancer <lv 76 dungeons with lots of trash mobs is imo the best (only because of espirit with double dancer having an issue). If Tech Step was a stackable effect like the storyline quest, it would be really good. Unfortunately, game balance says no and I heard they were going to take steps to remove having duplicate classes in next patch, so that's a bit of a shame.

[ty_taurus]

I like DNC because it's a fun job - has the style and has the procs, has some basic healing / shielding / buff abilities. The storyline itself makes it fun to have multiple dancers in a party because it just looks really nice and has tons of AoE control.

Running double dancer <lv 76 dungeons with lots of trash mobs is imo the best (only because of espirit with double dancer having an issue). If Tech Step was a stackable effect like the storyline quest, it would be really good. Unfortunately, game balance says no and I heard they were going to take steps to remove having duplicate classes in next patch, so that's a bit of a shame.

You might be the only person who prefers a multi-dancer comp. I love this job so much, but I hate seeing another dancer in my party. All it does it greatly disrupt both of our rotations since we have to constantly watch for the other using tech step/Devilment and make sure we're not overlapping. Normally I just wait till after they burn both to start mine, but then it gets messy once they inevitably wait too long and fall off their timing, which happens quite often.