What's Best? DRG, THF, SAM?

[Ikonic]

Here's a few logs of some pt's I was in last night. This should show that DRG can be a good dmg dealer as well as THF and SAM. In no way take this as what every DRG, THF, or SAM should be.

The THF (Rhikku) had the following gear:
Marauder's Knife
Calveley's Dagger
Long Boomerang
Merc. Capt. Doublet
Nomad's Mantle
Swordbelt
Magna Gauntlets
Spike Necklace
Drone Earring x2
Deft Ring x2
Leaping Boots
Magna M Chausses

I did not get the gear of the other pt members, however here are their jobs/lvls at the time beginning of the pt.

Ikonic WHM45/BLM22
Iguzigu THF45/NIN22
Coalesce DRG43/WAR21
Brill PLD45/WAR22
Krullin RDM43/BLM21
Voc MNK45/WAR19
Schism PLD44/WAR22
Loomis SAM46/WAR23
Akrasia SMN46/WHM23
Rhikku THF43/NIN21

Please not that you will need to add the Wyvern and the DRG to get total dmg the DRG did, same way with Avatars and SMN.

Also note that both MNKs I pt'd with really really sucked (first one not logged), had underlvl'd (if not wrong) subs, bad equipment, and didn't know how to play the job. Other jobs seemed to work pretty well.

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[Slayerz]

i dont understand, how can u play mnk wrong?? it is such a simple job!(compared to every other job ever!)

[Striveldt]

aw shit slay, you did not just say that to Ike....man your ass is grass. Have at him Ik, I'll hold his arms.

[Slayerz]

lol i realized what i said after i said it, but what i meant was mnk is really easy to play up to my max lvl (as ive never lvld past 30)

[Ikonic]

tsk, tsk. MNK can be a simple job, but especially towards the later lvls it takes more skill than just targetting mob and hitting it.

MNK is the only pure melee dmg dealer in the game. it's what we're designed for, plain and simple. we have no magic, we have no alternative function, we are to hurt and to hurt a lot.

especially towards the later lvls we have to balance our dmg. we have to do just the right amount of dmg to balance on the hate line. we have to hurt the absolute most we can without hurting enough to become the tank. this takes both skill and great gear.

MNK has no rival when it comes to backup tank. we have the same base VIT as PLD. we also are the only job with Guard, the job with the highest Evasion (not counting THF), we have Counter, and we have Dodge. add to that when we have a WAR sub and we have Defender and a few other special traits.

MNK may be one of the simplier jobs to play, but do note that (like any job) in order to become a great MNK takes skill and dedication.