By slipispsycho 2010-01-24 00:59:01
Short answer, No.
Explination:
It's relative as most things in this game are... Is a RDM an equal nuker to BLM? No... However it does surpass WHM/BLM in nuking (and yes I realize it's a ridiculous comparison, but illustrates my point quite well)
I'm currently 70 Dancer, and often end up partying with a friend of mine who's 67 Thief (we're both taru btw) The only way I out damage him, is either I use Building Flourish and Wild Flourish, and he doesn't use SA or TA, and even then it's pretty rare, his WS does less then it generally does for him, while mine gets up to the limits of my capability.
I haven't tried yet, but I've been meaning to see if I constantly use Steps and Reverse Flourish, if that would equal out his inherently painful WS and Triple Attack (I.E. a somewhat equal DoT) I do know that I could get off atleast 2 WS's to his one using this method. That much has been done repeatedly, while farming lower leveled mobs with 0 reason to save TP for anything (and trust me he used it as soon as he got it every time)