Are Monks weakest DPS?

[ilJumperMT]

This is why everyone talking about DSP and rotations should be posting in the Monk Temple thread. With a title like this one you're gonna get people shining in just to bash Monk DPS without any solid evidence. One of his reasons why Monks are bad is because its "hard" LOL. I been talking about the use of Impulsive Drive in your rotation and starting to think it may not be that useful on boss fights. It seems like constantly moving your chain is more effective and helps keep GL up.

Lol Dragoon are squishier then monks, while they have the lower dps.

They still have their job. Burst DPS on adds, something monk cannot do or black mage

[Spythe]

Lol Dragoon are squishier then monks, while they have the lower dps.

They still have their job. Burst DPS on adds, something monk cannot do or black mage

I don't know about squishier but every class has their rolls in raids, I find it funny how soooo early into a new game the only thing people seem to care about is raw DPS numbers which normally means nothing unless you're wiping to an enrage or not downing a boss quick enough or running out of mana.

[Sygmaelle]

Lol Dragoon are squishier then monks, while they have the lower dps.

Funny, didn't find anyone yet with my current lvl of gear in pug able to deal as much dps as I could, simply because most of monks aren't managin to keep up their 36% dps buff all the time + dots and the rest.

If anything dragoon is amazing on sustained dps and it goes ridiculously high when crit is involved. Gotta love Chaos Trust. Otherwise this is how its workin atm :

-> Monks and Dragoons for sustained single target dps, dragoon have crappy aoe but it help
-> Black Mage and Bard for bursty encounters, this is where it get crazy
-> All the rest for your normal dps. Altho I'd say that Scholar is kinda crazy if your targets are properly debuffed non stop