Best DPS class in the game?

[pandabearcat]

while i agree summoner might very well be top dps, i dont believe your post contributes to that at all. 1 low HP mob (not a full boss, burstable down in a few seconds) not only speaks for how much you can burst rather than actual dps on a 3-8 minute boss fight, you are also considering 1 test of each pair, and a total of 2-3 players skill/gear and using it to predict what a class is capable of, or what a class performs on average.

Are you saying SMN has more burst than BLM?

=D Joyous day.

(note this post is not necessarily sarcastic.)

Also unless you can't flank or backstab I don't see a bard outdpsing a dragoon, even if disembowel buffs bard damage.

[xyaie]

Are you saying SMN has more burst than BLM?

=D Joyous day.

(note this post is not necessarily sarcastic.)

Also unless you can't flank or backstab I don't see a bard outdpsing a dragoon, even if disembowel buffs bard damage.

actually, kind of, yes. in this situation. a summoner can have all of his DoTs rolling, fester and do the little pet big boomy thing. they could replicate this as many times as needed. All that together in a few second period would out damage flare convert flare. beyond that the majority of a black mage's best "burst" is depending on RNG procs. now overall totally new target that you havent spent your time setting up on (normal bursting down a target) a black mage dominates.