Best DPS class in the game?

[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.