Best DPS class in the game?

[WickedNinja]

Time will tell, but from a biased opinion, im hoping MNK will take it, but truth be told, Square has always loved archers style dps..least this game wont break the bank to shoot arrows, that was rough xi

[Malix]

Where is the info on what jobs/classes you need to level in order to reach the advanced job/class? I've seen conflicting info.

they've changed it since 1.0 and i cant remember the new list.

[Ericyu]

A PUG has dots, he actually has 2 of them. Once he gets at 15 from the class quest, Touch of Death. And another one at level 30, Demolish. The Dragoon has 2 dots as well and so does the Archer. THM has 1 if you don't pull from any other classes and the Summoner has 3 I believe if you don't pull from any other classes.

Also PUGS now have 3 dots now because they pull from MRD and they can obtain fracture.

[Onji_T]

Right now I have to lean toward bard being the best dps. Based only on what I know currently, they have some very nice AoE capabilities.

[Dervy]

Bard is the strongest DPS class (even though its a "support" role). I think It's evenly split between a DRG and BLM. I honestly want to believe Summoner will be the strongest DPS class with its summons... But we can only hope.

[Bith]

i want to believe dragoon is but i haven't played the other classes yet. gah i cant w8 to log in already >.<

[NoctisUmbra]

Some of the definitive sounding answers I see from people are really interesting lol.

[Edrie]

I leveled LNC to 20 and PUG to 19. I have decent gear 3/6 dungeon drops but no dungeon weapons. In one run, the party had an archer that was basically tanking he took so much hate. We had a number of mobs reset to full because the archer ran too far. In another run, the party had an arcanist with a carbuncle that basically tanked. (BTW carbuncle on capt in sastacha is a really bad idea if the arcanist doesn't pay attention)

[OrganizationXIll]

I think PGL will have the highest possible DPS. If you can use it right and keep all of your buffs on, it can have up to a 30% damage boost and its speed increases too although I don't have any numbers yet.

[Technyze]

To many factors come into play here. How long is the fight and is there bard buffs? From what I tested in phase 3 though they are all pretty close in DPS, which to use will mostly be determined by that which has an advantage of each encounter.