Best DPS class in the game?

[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.

[Ericyu]

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.

lol people are speaking from 1.0 data. Everything has been completely revamped in 2.0. It should all be clearer down the line.

[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.

[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

[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)

[ilJumperMT]

Probably because there isn't a buff/debuff icon to let people know heavy thrust's 10% damage is applied. Also, in phase 4 I didn't see any damage difference when using a skill after HT or not. Example with arbitary numbers. Vorpal strike did 100 damage without use of HT and did 100 damage after a HT instead of 110 damage. Maybe I'm missing something with heavy thrust?

Actually there is a buff to show that you have Heavy Thrust buff and the damage difference is easy to see.


I have as pulled aggro on both LNC and PGL. I use assist tank macro and I even pulled aggro during boss fights, so I was not attacking different mobs then tank.