Best DPS class in the game?

[Rochetm]

For AoE there is no question that Blm is tops. If you are questioning that you are very confused. Smn is likely second in AoE. Followed by Bard, Monk and Drg that all do about the same damage in AoE (read their abilities).

For single target its almost certainly Smn and Mnk on top followed by everyone else. The longer fights go on the better these two get.

Overall the balance is pretty good and SE has already pointed out issues with melee that they are planning to fix.

[Grailer]

Before I had relic I hated BLM , they would steal agro from my PLD by mistake almost . Now I love them they are the best DPS class in game . Bards are 2nd because they have mana song which is super useful .

Only reason DRG would be the Limit Break I guess . Apart from that they suck from my experience.

For example in coil turn 1 the DRG would sometimes get hit when the boss ate the adds, whereas the BLM would stand back and pew pew pew .

[Zer0mr]

Before I had relic I hated BLM , they would steal agro from my PLD by mistake almost . Now I love them they are the best DPS class in game . Bards are 2nd because they have mana song which is super useful .

Only reason DRG would be the Limit Break I guess . Apart from that they suck from my experience.

For example in coil turn 1 the DRG would sometimes get hit when the boss ate the adds, whereas the BLM would stand back and pew pew pew .

Thats because the DRG you had weren't very experienced. Bring a T5 Dragoon in there to Coil T1 and watch him destroy something.

[EasymodeX]

There was a Dragoon I saw in a pug Titan last night who was pulling 104 DPS and tried to friend me.

I declined.

[Teeko]

There was a Dragoon I saw in a pug Titan last night who was pulling 104 DPS and tried to friend me.

I declined.

You only talk to people who can pull 105 dps.

The nerve of that guy!

[pandabearcat]

You should've asked if he was using the panda rotation.

PS I only talk to dragoons who use the panda rotation.

[Genesiser]

You should've asked if he was using the panda rotation.

PS I only talk to dragoons who use the panda rotation.

What is a panda rotation?

[EasymodeX]

That's a good point. I'm going to use that as my filter for friendinvites from now on!

[matic]

So what's up with DRG being pretty much lowest dps aside from like, bard? And having no meaningful utility to make up for it aside from buffing bard? And getting buffed in 2.1 but so is at least Monk. Kinda eyebrow-raising.

Also, disagree with the above. You don't have a monk in your group. They destroy on single target.

[Hooplahs]

So what's up with DRG being pretty much lowest dps aside from like, bard? And having no meaningful utility to make up for it aside from buffing bard? And getting buffed in 2.1 but so is at least Monk. Kinda eyebrow-raising.

DRG have one of the highest single target DPS in the game. Only reason why people think they do low dps is because you see 90% of players only spamming the 3 way thrust combo rotation (which easily makes you the lowest dps in the game...). Also, with the cast time reduction on jumps, our dps will be increased even further.

(Meant that Monk is higher than Dragoon given optimal DPS). I don't disagree that Monk is the highest DPS in the game. But in Coil, there is no point of running two melee, and if you have bards, its better to run with a DRG that can provide Disembowel Debuff.