Best DPS class in the game?

[TaitoTots]

Granted I'm only level 34, but I seem to outdamage everyone as archer, I have to wait a little while before attacking otherwise the tank has a hard time taking agro back, that and if the tank dies I tend to kite the boss on my own, aslong as it's not ranged.

[Niwid]

A dragoon will never run out of TP unless they are spamming AoE.

[aswedishtiger]

from my experience much like the majority of replies Id say DRG and BLM are best

[Kalvarien]

I can't speak for end-game class balance as of yet. Errors, and work have kept me from level racing like I usually do. However, through parsing mid-level dungeons between guildies who I've known to be good mmo players for a long time, I've observed that most of the dps classes are right in line with each other. For the most part my DRG will win on a short fight because of burst CD's. However, on a long fight my friends and I would often be 2-3 hundred damage apart on a boss, for overall damage.

The only class so far I have noticed lacking a bit is summoner (of course including the pet dps)

[XNihili]

Good DPS is the difference between 30min dungeon runs vs 15min dungeon runs. It's the difference between being able ignore adds and burn down a boss vs kiting/killing adds. If you like casual teams that take twice as long to get something done, that's fine. Some of us like efficiency.

Are you talking about the very best DPS who will allow the 15min dungeon run versus the 2nd best that is only allowing to do it 30min ?
Meaning that a badly equipped best dps is better than a perfectly equiped 2nd or 3rd best ?

[MoonMarshall]

I'm a tank. I find that a lot of DPS use nothing but AOE which makes my job harder than it needs to be. My question is: Is it unreasonable to ask the DPS in my group to lay off the AOE a bit and use more single target skills?
Please don't flame. I just want nice, smooth runs. I'm just not sure if any of the caster DPS needs to rely on AOE more than single target, though I would think that they do not.
Thanks in advance!

Edit: Before anyone asks, I do mark my targets, I wait for TP and MP to restore, and I ask for advice if I'm not sure how something should be tanked. In other words, I do my best to get along with the team and keep it fun and organized for all

[Ambacht]

No it's not wierd to ask ppl to ease up. I even held back on Ifrit since I kept getting the aggro.
But pplndont seem to get everyone just started and even tanks are just learning the ropes.
I do want to ask you to stay on topic and forum, since this is a dps topic on a dps forum and your post is very misplaced.

[MoonMarshall]

No it's not wierd to ask ppl to ease up. I even held back on Ifrit since I kept getting the aggro.
But pplndont seem to get everyone just started and even tanks are just learning the ropes.
I do want to ask you to stay on topic and forum, since this is a dps topic on a dps forum and your post is very misplaced.

Misplaced? I figured asking the people who play the role was the best place to ask and this seems to be a thread that gets looked at by all DPS classes... But thanks for the response.

[Ambacht]

Ah thought it was something like that, then yeah fair enough.
GL tanking mate

[Kyp]

I find that DPS is more often the problem than tanks,
not following marked targets (or even bothing to mark targets if the tank doesnt know how)
not watching the agro indicator, its very obvious, and it shows you the mob your looking at, if your climbing up slow down your dps