Quote Originally Posted by Bushido_Brown View Post
I think I'm one of the few that is glad to see every one of these people switch jobs. If poor dps is keeping any party from winning, I assure you it's not because of the 1 drg unless they are bad at their job at which case please switch to NIN to help boost your sub-par dps. Mantra has never saved a raid I've been in, ever, and if it does for any other groups it was because everyone was getting hit by things they shouldn't. Have fun trying to get into pugs that already have their NIN spots filled.
have you noticed that both groups that beat the t13 enrage ran double monk?

dps disparities are more noticeable when you're undergeared for content and on the forefront of progression. I never said that DRG wasn't viable as the dps different isn't that big but it's still there and there's just no benefits to it. Yes, if you go in t10 or t13 a month later with like i120 and i130 weapons then yeah, it doesn't matter what class you have.

I have 4 pentamelded crafted pieces, and I'm maxing damage how ever possible and enrage is still an issue.

Once again, mantra and dragonkick debuff doesn't save raids usually but it saves the healer mana and helps. It's also way more noticeable when you're pushing progression than when you're i120 with an extra 1k hp or something.

I mean, even if you could beat all the current content as a DRG which it probably is possible, there's no still actual benefits in going as a DRG over monk or ninja as you do less damage, take more damage and have zero utility. Disembowel doesn't count as utility, it's a straight dps buff which still puts us below the other 2 melees.

I been maining DRG since 2.0 and the reason I still play it is because I enjoy it even though I know that going monk or ninja will benefit my group more in every single way.