Best DPS class in the game?

[Reika]

Until people see 50 smn in action, BLM. Pugilist would be a close second tho.

I see mostly answers from low level people in this thread, and wonder if any high levels did any lvl50 testing as I did.

As a 50, I can say @ 50 it will be blm, mnk, brd, drg. Currently unknown where to place smn, but it might be before or after mnk. you will not see the power of thm before lvl40, and the true power at lvl 46 when you have all your highest damage spells available. before 40, it only has a measly 10% damage increase, can only get up to 2 stacks of astral fire, and fire III is a waste of MP and not worth casting for its cast time and MP cost, even when under umbral ice, UNTIL you can have umbral ice III, @lvl40. It deceives you into believing it is a weak class and other classes are better or close to it, but you need to level it up to see the truth.

Misconceptions also constantly arise about how BLM does its damage. it is NOT a burst dps. Its main attack can be used at the same speed as any melee dps, 2.5 seconds in between 400+ damage fire I's @50. IF and only IF they change it so that recast time starts after the spell actually gets cast, then they will become burst DPS. It also has the easiest rotation that does not even need cooldowns or require applications of damage increasing buffs to do this damage, and the buffs from its astral fire stack on top of its maim and mend traits making fire do extreme damage for the intervals between fire I's you can do, including the instant manaless fire III chances.