Best DPS class in the game?

[OrionInerghem]

Funny how the BRD bashing began and stopped----> dead tread until someone necroed...

Yes, BRD seemed like an OP class, but once the serious game began:

single target:
1.MNK
2.BLM
3.BRD or SMN
4.DRG

Not too many brave enough to put this up, or test it, but I have witnessed some experiments with MRD that could challenge spots 2 or 3 for single target damage, given the fight doesn't take too long (huge burst with cds popped, strings of 1200+ crits, 4-5 in a row, may do for a great pvp dps spec) that's with DRG/MNK ilvl60 gear and Titan's axe.

AOE:
1.BLM or SMN
2.BRD
the rest fall on bonus damage for 1 and 2.

LOL
Do people even realize how amazing BLM is for AoE? My main in is BLM, I have SMN with Relic and it has NOTHING on my blm, not even a contest when it comes to AoE, nobody does.
Here's just an average Screen shot from WP run, nothing special, just the usual:


So that's 11,218 DMG in one nuke, Which was convert> switftcast> and flared again so roughly 22,000 DMG in about 3 secs.
Nothing else in this game can touch that.

And that's not counting the continuous Fire II> Blizzard II that can be done as filler.

[Rochetm]

For AoE there is no question that Blm is tops. If you are questioning that you are very confused. Smn is likely second in AoE. Followed by Bard, Monk and Drg that all do about the same damage in AoE (read their abilities).

For single target its almost certainly Smn and Mnk on top followed by everyone else. The longer fights go on the better these two get.

Overall the balance is pretty good and SE has already pointed out issues with melee that they are planning to fix.

[Grailer]

Before I had relic I hated BLM , they would steal agro from my PLD by mistake almost . Now I love them they are the best DPS class in game . Bards are 2nd because they have mana song which is super useful .

Only reason DRG would be the Limit Break I guess . Apart from that they suck from my experience.

For example in coil turn 1 the DRG would sometimes get hit when the boss ate the adds, whereas the BLM would stand back and pew pew pew .

[Zer0mr]

Before I had relic I hated BLM , they would steal agro from my PLD by mistake almost . Now I love them they are the best DPS class in game . Bards are 2nd because they have mana song which is super useful .

Only reason DRG would be the Limit Break I guess . Apart from that they suck from my experience.

For example in coil turn 1 the DRG would sometimes get hit when the boss ate the adds, whereas the BLM would stand back and pew pew pew .

Thats because the DRG you had weren't very experienced. Bring a T5 Dragoon in there to Coil T1 and watch him destroy something.

[EasymodeX]

There was a Dragoon I saw in a pug Titan last night who was pulling 104 DPS and tried to friend me.

I declined.

[Teeko]

There was a Dragoon I saw in a pug Titan last night who was pulling 104 DPS and tried to friend me.

I declined.

You only talk to people who can pull 105 dps.

The nerve of that guy!

[pandabearcat]

You should've asked if he was using the panda rotation.

PS I only talk to dragoons who use the panda rotation.

[Genesiser]

You should've asked if he was using the panda rotation.

PS I only talk to dragoons who use the panda rotation.

What is a panda rotation?

[EasymodeX]

That's a good point. I'm going to use that as my filter for friendinvites from now on!

[Hooplahs]

Most of DRG dps comes from correct rotations of a crap load of skills. If you do it perfectly, you are definitely up their on top DPS single target with monk easy. Easy to play, hard to master moreso than other classes minus monk.

In my coil group, I'm usually (90% of the time) on the top of DPS charts on all bosses (minus adds) and my group has two bards, 1 SMN or BLM.