I started the free trial as a white mage. It’s simple and straightforward healing and when I was little my big brother named the white mage in FF1 after me.
As someone who took black mage into the current savage tier, yea. That sounds about right. Every fight is extremely painful but I keep playing it anyways bc I love suffering, apparently
I... kind of agree, yeah. To know where you have to be for certain mechanics is one thing, but to know that PLUS where you have to place your little black mage hula hoop is another.
Hello, that is me, I am the masochist. For extra masochism on top I run the current tier in PF so that the party won't actually take me being a BLM into account.
Yeah…I’m a pretty new BLM player, I fell in love with it at the end of Shadowbringers and finished all of Endwalker with it. I love how the rotation feels and I’ve never felt so good playing a class and successfully dodge an attack (god bless slidecast) and I’d love to keep playing BLM even later on (savage and such) but everyone keeps telling me I shouldn’t do that, it’s just not really viable currently - fights are to difficult, your party needs to work around you and the fact that you are a BLM too much etc. Now I’m extremely conflicted because I’m a huge people pleaser and I don’t know if I should play the class that I play and be potentially useless or should I keep leveling other classes (currently sage and dragoon)…
@@nanamioyu6056 BLM is very much a viable job for savage content, only thing it needs is for you to take a couple more runs to find out where excactly you can get away with what. The fights are designed in a way that every job can handle them and BLM is one of the strongest dps if you can play it well. There is a lot of movement which makes people think that it's bad for BLM, but if anyone actually looks at BLM's toolkit there's plenty of options to allow movement, you just need to utilize them right. I have cleared the current tier to the end of the last one on BLM as well as done the new extreme trial that people say is a nightmare to BLM. Do not let other people tell you what job you should or shouldn't play.
I love Bard, although from personal experience, it seems like most people despise it! XD But it's just so much fun! The little dance animation with the flute for Peloton makes me happy every time I use it.
As a hoopdancer/hula hooper, I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with Dancer. I do not want swords - only circles. I played all the MSQ as WHM though, which might be the definition of insanity, but I'll always love that job.
"We've got primals at home!" LOL! Love it. I've been playing Red Mage lately just to change things up and I'm surprisingly enjoying it quite a bit! You really never know until you jump in and give em a go. Thankfully, this game makes that easy. Also, I started this game as a Black Mage and leveled a decent way up in 2.0 before I realized how crazy that job can get. Moved over to White Mage after that, haha!
I’ve been maining red mage through the savage tier (I’ve only made it through P2S so far) but I like the mobility for a caster and the damage isn’t trash, but when I can get a healer up to lb3 I feel like a god
@CJ She lived in Ukraine and was literally fearing for her life and safety a few weeks ago. She IS brave and strong, like all Ukrainians affected by this horrible, pointless war. Keep your salt to yourself
The only thing I really have to say is that I enjoyed those jokes way more than I probably should have. I literally laughed out loud. As for favorites, I haven't played all the tanks and healers yet, but my favorite DPS are Samurai, Red Mage, and Dancer. So far I think Astro is my favorite healer and Paladin my favorite tank but They're only about lvl 50 so I still have a lot to learn.
I just want to do a quick comment for anyone who might love dancer mobility and say that if you like a lot of mobility specifically, you might like ninja a lot. At level 90 you get two charges of a targeted teleport on a 60 second CD, but every raiton you do adds another charge, and you do 7 raitons every two minutes, so if you used every charge that's 11 teleports. Btw, did I mention that every raiton you can also use as a targeted enemy dash immediately after? Which means you can potentially have 18 dashes every two minutes? And you have a couple decent ranged up time options. It can be a complicated job and has some very busy burst windows, but if you really like mobility, try ninja.
@@dononejeme1528 hey, I played Nin in ShB and then dropped it for SAM at the start of EW because the initial design pass on it was not for me. Now in 6.1 they flipped by fixing all the ninja jank and then broke samurai so now I'm back lol. But yea it was my first max DPS in ShB I love it.
@@none-hx9fg it took me a bit to get used to the mug change and working it into my rotation, but man it's actually so good once I got used to it just feels so smooth
Dancer is my favorite job in the game right now. Watching your streams inspired me to try it out while I was new to the game in Shadowbringers progressing MSQ and now I am in the middle of Pandaemonium Savage with it!
Personally from what I’ve leveled: Tanks: Paladin, I’m a sucker for the sword and shield combo, I really am. I just find it really fun, especially with the Endwalker additions. Healer: Don’t have a particular favourite. But if I had to choose 1, it would be White mage. Holy is just, so good. The free stun is honestly amazing, and the Lillies are always helpful especially with the buff to the Blood Lily. Melee Dps: Dragoon, no questions asked. I love this job a lot, I love the aesthetic, the glam and the rotation is such fun. If I didn’t main my main Dragoon would be my main. I am wondering what the 6.2 changes are gonna be, and I hope it’s more of a QOL type instead of a significant rework. Ranged dps: It’s tough to say, but if I had to choose just one I would go with Bard. I do quite like the glamour options and I just think it’s neat. Caster dps: It’s not even a contest, it’s Summoner, and by a lot. It’s the first job I picked when I started, it’s the job i went through the entire story with when I started at the tail end of ShB, and the first I got to 90. I’m especially liking the aesthetics Endwalker added, I love the rotation, it feels like a constant burst, and I always love the summoner archetype. My only issue with the job is it’s a little to simplistic for its own good. Maybe add in more oGcds, or dots, I don’t know, just something to help spice things up.
For me personally: For a tank, its Warrior. I've always loved WAR, from when I started the game up until now. Although, I don't just default to warrior because that's what I started as, I genuinely dislike DRK and PLD's rotations and DRK is currently the worst it's been for a long time for me, and especially experience-wise, you just spam TBN, it's the worst for dungeons and the least fun tank for most people currently. GNB is busy, and I like busy jobs, so it's a close second to WAR, but WAR's self-healing is amazing to use, and I love the style of the job. For healers it's SCH. SCH is on the same level as BLM where you need to be a masochist to enjoy it. But its super satisfying to use the toolkit they have effectively, Deployment Tactics, Emergency Tactics, Recitation, Expedient and Protraction all feel amazing when you get great value out of them, and to get great value out of them you need to know a fight, so it pays off to replay content more as SCH than other jobs in a way. It feels more rewarding instead of healing by pure reaction like WHM. AST is a close second though, because like I said earlier I like busy jobs. For Melee DPS: Ninja. I preferred old Monk (I know, criminal) so I'm in a bit of a weird spot right now. I enjoy reaper, but it does get boring for me. I understand the rotation for every class is the same. But for Reaper it feels especially repetitive for me. I enjoy Ninja as it's busy and from time to time you need to change your rotation slightly to adapt to the situation while managing mudra charges. So that would be my favourite right now. For Caster DPS: BLM, nothing compares to playing BLM well in a fight, it means that your planning for mechanics paid off, and also that you were still able to completely manage your rotation while avoiding everything (usually). BLM feels as rewarding, if not more than SCH for me. For Ranged DPS: (Probably) Machinist, very busy, and I like the burst-window style of it. I don't mind Dancer, but I've never enjoyed Bard. I haven't played them for little while, but I disliked the proc-chances, it felt super annoying that my DPS and rotation was decided on if those randomly procced or not.
@@scotch1148 I just can't decide between Paladin and Warrior. I played both to around 35 (yes, pretty low, lots of skills missing, but that doesn't matter here) and while i'm normally a Pally-guy in MMOs, the Warrior has somehow the better feedback with his skills. With the Paladin it feels like "whirling" around with the sword, and the Warrior is just BAAAMMM...so satisfying 😅 MSQ is at around 45, so i just wait for Dark Knight 😁
@@christianstachl I have to say, since making the original comment, my opinions on jobs have definitely changed a lot. I'm only going to talk about tanks though because my comments are always way too long. Favorite tank now is definitely, by far, GNB. After replaying through all of Endwalker on an alt as GNB, and doing most raids, GNB comes out on top. Warrior is still the best for dungeons, but I find GNB more fun. It feels like it has way more mitigation options than the other tanks, (even though they don't really, maybe one or two, but they just have some really short cooldowns on skills) which makes dungeons super fun and not as boring as they are with WAR for me. The job especially stands out in raids and trials though. The burst window is super satisfying to get right, getting all of your DoTs and cartridges used up before it ends is super exciting, tense almost, since the time window can get super strict. Managing your cooldowns/party-wide mitigation makes for decent filler between burst windows too. After raiding a bit on my main as Warrior I realised how repetitive it actually is. I mean of course it is, but you're really spamming a 3 hit combo and fell cleave and that's essentially it. You get extra moves that proc when you use the upgraded version of berserk (Inner Release) but the burst window itself is pretty much the same from 70 onwards. The satisfying aspect of WAR's heals and large-number burst window wore off for me. And I still have the same problems with Pally and DRK. Dark is pretty much the worst tank up until they get The Blackest Night, which is why you rarely see them in content below 70 or whenever they get TBN. And I don't really enjoy how much the rest of DRK's kit leans into it. Pally can get massive numbers, but they still don't do that much damage. Their rotation is also super unforgiving. As GNB if you miss something in the burst window you can still continue pretty well. It's much more difficult as a Pally. Pally's also have a lot of party protection, but GNB arguably has more since they have cooldowns with pretty short timers or multiple uses they can use on allies to protect/heal them. Gunbreaker is just more of a continuous string of large strikes that your character is really leaning into, as much as they can. Like a series of THUNKS each followed by a BAM from the Gunblade itself actually going off and expending the cartridge. Sounds silly, but that's honestly the best way I can describe it to the "BAM" feeling of the single-hit power of WAR haha. The entire 9 second window of your Cartridge combo is suuuuper satisfying. I'd argue it feels better than WAR using their beast gauge with Berserk active. Once you get continuation you're quite literally doing 3-hit combo inside of another 3-hit combo.
@@scotch1148 Really nice insight, thanks for that. I will keep that in mind when i continue with my tanks. Sadly i will have to wait quite a while to try GNB since i'm kinda broke atm only play free trial 😅 But that's ok, there's still a ton of stuff to do up to lvl 60.
Loved the puns and the whole good vibes of the video, you bring happiness to so much people, even with your whole situation, it's truly inspiring, thanks for the awesome content!
To add to this she mentions Warrior of Light as defense for Pally being the main character but tbf 'Warrior of Light" has the word Warrior in it, nuf said lol
PLD is my main but I leveled a War to 60 because unga bunga and self sustain (this was ShB before Pallies got them outside clemency) and I'm not going to lie... Fell Cleave didn't give me the happy brain chemicals that I was hoping for. Its no drill at least. PLD remains my main.
I'll admit, I like some of the Summoner glamours, but the class I keep coming back to is Red Mage. In this game, there are few things as satisfying for me as saving a run by throwing out multiple instant rezzes, getting both healers back into the fight. Also, I love how well it fits the "jack of all trades" image from the original FF1 Red Mage.
MNK is still near and dear to my heart as the first job I leveled to max level and one of my favorite series of job quests. I've had a hard time getting into a healing class, Astro and White Mage didn't do it for me, but finally after getting into Scholar on a friend's recommendation I've finally found my healer calling. I love the aesthetic and I really enjoy the job quests (Tonberry!).
I really love SCH as well, it's, in my opinion the most rewarding healer since you get a LOT of value for knowing a fight and replaying content. It feels so satisfying to get an adlo and then Deployment Tactics off before an AoE. But if you manage to already have a Sacred Soil in place its even more rewarding. Or, using recitation for a guaranteed crit shield before a Tankbuster.
I agree with White Mage- it feels like exactly what a healer should be. It's the perfect encapsulation of that role. I have never played tank in this game, so I have no opinion on them Dragoon is the only melee that feels like I can actually keep up with it, because it's so slow and rhythmic compared to the other melees, and the cyclical rotation is extremely satisfying to execute. So far I haven't gotten Black Mage or Summoner to 90, so Red Mage wins by default for now, but if summoner ever gets a Shiva summon I will play no other job until that ability is removed. And my ultimate main is Bard. I have archery brainrot because of Katniss Everdeen and Legolas, and I also absolutely adore music, and just like with Dragoon, the cyclical gameplay of the songs is just extremely satisfying. I also love Bard because of how much support you give your team; even if you yourself aren't doing very well, you're still probably contributing the most of anyone in your party because you can buff literally everyone the entire fight. Bard is my comfort class; I never feel useless when I play it, and that is what makes it my favorite job in the game.
I'd recommend trying tank as a person that originally hated it. But since 5.0 Shadowbringers launch, they revamped tanking entirely. Just having tank stance on dealling damage enough to keep aggro on enemies. Prior, tanks had a dps combo and an aggro combo, also their tank stances reduced dmg dealt as well recieved, well not anymore of dmg deal debuff, its much easier to do so now and dmg reduction became a LV1 trait all tanks have. If you wanna try, I'd suggest Warrior. My fav Dark Knight tho that one still kinda sucks I love it lol.
I know what you mean but it's weird to see, "WAR will always be my favorite" in the comments of a youtuber who had to leave her home country because of war.
Gunbreaker's my favourite Tank myself, First Tank i actually sat down and learnt to tank with. it's so much fun as for the other jobs my faves are Reaper as well, Red Mage, Sage & Dancer. I used to be a Bard main but i expanded out after ShB
My top five is Machinist, Astrologian, Dark Knight, Bard and Dragoon in that order. I use Summoner as my range magical only for the job role storyline.
Tank: Gunbreaker (FF8 nostalgia and fun to play) Melee: Dragoon (Main Character) Range: Bard (i love Bows) Caster: Black Mage (it has to be right?) Heal: Scholar (For me the most fun Healer cause of the many options u have)
you still have to be in melee range. Melee has low mobility because it is restricted to be in melee range of the boss, restricting the places it is able to be in most fights. A dancer can move at max melee, pre positioning for mechanics, etc..
@@zazethe6553 Not all the time though, NIN still has Mudra for range and they don't always need to pre-position because of their dashes. They also get dashes by using Mudra, so you can use your Mudra, e.g Raiton, when you can't be close to the boss, and then you can dash back immediately, multiple times, because NIN gets a stupid amount of dashes. Even ranged DPS should usually be on at least the border of melee range, they really shouldn't be super far out anyway, since buffs and AoE heals will be given out near the tank and melee DPS. NIN takes the main downside of being a Melee class and pretty much ignores it compared to others, being stuck in melee range isn't really a problem at all for Ninja.
so, this was my first dps job i've maxxed and i might be biased (haven't played anything else on higher levels either) but i really love bard. it's easy to pick up but there's still room for optimization, for the mind work. i used to be a healer main so the idea of being in another support role just spoke really well to me. and the aesthetic is very cute as well, i love all the harp bows!
In the order you covered: Gunbreaker- came from DPS and I love the DPS like rotation Astro- First healer I've leveled... Still working on the others Dragoon- this was my first job it's nostalgic and I love the jump abilities... Also one of my favorites from classic FF games Red Mage- another of my favorite classic FF jobs... And I have a tendency to play jack of all trades classes in RPGs I actually don't have one for ranged... Yet still working on bringing one up Bard is tempting for the perform action, Machinist gives a nice amount of steampunk goodness, and dancer is so pretty
For me I would go with: Gunbreaker (tank) : Visceral. Gnashing fang + continuation combo is really satisfying! Astrologian (Healer) : The class I spent the most time on when I was a free trial player which was over 800 hours. Dancer (Ranged) : DNC is the second reason why I switched from free trial to a sub player. Love the dancing and the mobility. Reaper (Melee) : New class. Voidsent form. And you have a scythe! Summoner (Caster) : Wasn't a big fan before. Endwalker changes made me try again and it was a blast to play with!
WAR - Fell Cleave AST - just like how it plays MNK - Hated it at first (Pre ShB changes) but vowed to learn it, then loved it RDM - love the versatility and utility BRD - only range that doesn't bore me at 90
I don't mind having a more complicated rotation so long as it feels satisfying. I also like jobs with a certain aesthetic. So here's my favourites: Tank - Gunbreaker... because as hella impractical as a sword that is also a gun would be IRL, that's some Rule of Cool going on there. Healer - Sage... because... lasers. Also Discipline was my favourite spec of Priest back in WoW and this kind of plays like that. Melee DPS - Samurai... the whole 'Wandering Ronin' vibe is something I really love and katanas are my favourite type of sword aesthetically. Ranged DPS - Machinist... guns and droids... Much as I love fantasy, I like sci-fi a little bit more. Caster DPS - Black Mage... Mage was my second favourite class to play in WoW, so I never struggled with standing still in order to pew pew. Honourable mentions, though: - Paladin... because my main in WoW was a Paladin and it was my first job in FFXIV too - Astrologian... Astrology isn't exactly my thing IRL with my secular mindset, but I love stars and constellations and they add something special to a fantasy setting's worldbuilding. - Bard... because you can LITERALLY PLAY MUSIC as a Bard. - Dragoon... Because historically speaking, spears and lances were the superior weapon on the battlefield... there is also Estinien to consider. - Red Mage... It's quite unique... I haven't played around with it much yet, but I fully intend to at some point. I also like their lore.
id say give sam a try. the rotation is pretty simple, and i really love the mobility over all the other melee jobs. 6yalm iaijutsu can come in clutch during some mechanics, 10 sec cooldowns on a jump in and a backstep, + the gap close is farther than reaper portals
Perfect timing on the video. Just about to branch out from melee DPS and needed a bit of guidance. I've been maining Dragoon, but switched to Reaper because of it's higher intensity and mobility. I don't know if anything else will match it at high level.
My favorites are somewhat similar: WAR, WHM, DRG, SMN and BRD. I also love the nature flairs on some of these jobs, also the more tribal related stuff in WAR, and it is actually really hard for me to decide between DNC and BRD, I enjoy both a lot. Also I really enjoyed playing SGE and gameplay wise it is very very close to WHM but the aesthetics really push WHM over for me. I started as WAR and consider it my main but I love DRG so much it might be my real main xD
I think I coincidentally followed your path (mostly). I started as Paladin through ARR, switched to Samurai at lvl 50 to go through HW, SB, and ShB. Then I leveled Summoner to 80 so I could main Summoner through EW. Now I've switched to Dancer and I love it, same reason because I can move around SO MUCH. I'm going to use Dancer to learn the mechanics of all the hard content, then I'll feel more confident to try it with other jobs.
This was a fun vid! Felt like I needed to see something positive and light hearted today. For my faves: WAR, AST, SMN. I also like the braindead jobs lmao. Although WAR aesthetic makes me sad. One day we'll get some Job stuff that doesn't look like it came out of an ul'dahn dumpster. I can't comment on the melee, they're around lvl 30 or unlocked lol (can you tell my least fav role lol). And for Phys Ranged, I enjoy them all a little, but I've only played DNC a bit and haven't really played MCH/BRD since capping them in StB. If I choose purely on aesthetic, MCH is the winner for me.
WHM was my first role and is also my favorite healer! I love the number of healing/recovery options. When my dumb butt gets killed and rezzed, I love the number of free healing buttons. Also, between Fluid Aura and Presence of Mind, it's very easy to recover mp or to instantly begin healing/rezzing after I've just been rezzed myself. Though that all said, my other healers need levelling, so maybe my fave will change with time 🙂
The jobs you love most makes sense for your personality! Pretty good list, kinda like how my liking Drk, Whm, Blm, Mch, and Reaper says something about me, lmao
I still haven't worked on my tanks much; the only one I've leveled considerably at all is gunbreaker, which is still lvl 80 for now. But I'm really glad I gave it a shot because it's been a lot of fun! Continuation feels AMAZING to do because it's basically a six-part combo, and is just so satisfying. I started the game as a white mage, and I'm enjoying that well enough, but my favorite healer has been astrologian ever since they added it way back in HW. The aesthetic and animations are just so incredibly gorgeous, and I love the whole theme of using the stars and tarot. My favorite caster is red mage, and this has also been my main since Stormblood. After I got burned out on white mage, I decided I needed to level a DPS and immediately went to summoner. I still love it and I'm so happy with the changes (even though there is a lot of room for improvement still), but red mage was one of two jobs I'd been hoping for ever since the game first started. (The other was dancer, and I got and love both my jobs!) Red mage just feels absolutely amazing and is ENDLESSLY satisfying for me. I love the idea of balancing white and black magic to keep each other in check, and then rushing in with you sword because you're not just a mage, you also have sword skills! The rotation is just so much fun to me. Black mage is something that I don't think I will ever get used to. Obviously my favorite ranged is dancer, but it actually used to be bard until Endwalker! I played archer back in the beta and didn't get back around to it until during Shadowbringers, but I really loved it and was sad that I didn't like dancer as much as I was hoping I would. Dancer just felt too simple and dull, and it felt like something was missing for me. The subtle changes it went through for EW finally made it click into place for me, and pairing that with the changes for bard that I'm less than a fan of (the dots are completely pointless now since they no longer proc your songs! Now is the time for a bard bane!), dancer completely beats that out. I do absolutely LOVE machinist though, and I've always been a fan of it even back when we still had Gauss Barrel. I love all three ranged, but dancer wins it for me here. I only just got reaper up to 80 so I don't think it's had time to grow on me too much yet, but I'm still enjoying it well enough. It feels like a better version of dragoon to me, which is a job I've got kinda mixed feelings about. My favorite melee is actually monk, which is strange because I like NEVER see anyone else playing monk lol. The endless rotation has always been a lot of fun for me, and it feels so fast-paced so I never have a chance to get bored with it. And then with the addition of the beast chakra, I'm just in love with it. Once again, just such a satisfying job to play. They've still got to do something about Anatman and Six-Sided Star, though.
So I think your list was... a list for sure! Most of those jobs I actually haven't tried yet! In your same role order my faves are: Gunbreaker, nothing yet, ninja cause I hate myself, red mage for sure, and lastly bard. I love big damage and pushing a lot of buttons. And bows. Having 1 arm irl I need to live vicariously though my bun XD
For me it's Tank: Dark Knight. Gunbreaker was my favorite when i was playing through Shadowbringers and raiding, but both the Dark Knight and the Warrior (The job i started with) always were there, poking. So, when i decided to dry Dark Knight, the aesthetic, the lore, and the gameplay started hooking me more. And, now i love the Job in PvP, plunging someone and then starting to use your own health for skills, i like how aggresive you can be, and the crowd control with salted earth. Healer: Astrologian. I like the versatility and more miscelaneous components to the class like the cards. Not much to say here, since im not too much of a healer player in XIV, but it is my favorite out of all of them. Melee: Ninja. I love how fast it is, the glamour can be fantastic (there are some amazing knives out there) and i like how it breaks apart from other jobs with the ninjutsu system. (I also love Monk, but ninja is my fav melee) Ranged: This is a tough one, but i'd say Machinist. The "Gun class" archetype always goes to extremes with me, either i love it or i find it extremely boring. Luckily, XIV's take on this archetype went to the first. The firearm glamour is fantastic, some armors look amazing, the use of diferent gadgets and weapons feels good. Caster: Black Mage. Another tough one, i absolutely adore Red Mage's aesthetic, and i will probably go back and forth between these two. But i find the gameplay of black mage an interesting challenge, you need to pay atention to your own things, while paying atention to the fight to maximize your damage output. Black Mage always puts me to think when i can squeeze that extra spell, when i can stop to begin casting again, or how i could save a certain cooldown for a moment of the fight.
I've dipped into all the classes and got them to 90 and I'm in that period of changing my favourite classes constantly cause they're more fun than what I'm playing Tank - As crazy as it sounds, I'm loving Dark Knight and ever since the Living Dead change, I've enjoyed it even more. It may not have Fell Cleave, but you get a buddy. Healer - I've been changing like crazy. Started as Sage, loved it. Went to Scholar cause I wanted to get better, loved it more once I improved. Went to Astro cause it was a class I wanted to tidy up a little, ended up being really good from the off and now it's my go to. Melee - REAPER. All I need to say Ranged - Not been playing these as much but for me, Machinist just takes it for me mainly cause it is super easy to play. But I do enjoy Dancer a lot so it's a toss up between them Caster - Gotta be Summoner. It's went from a decent class to an absolute powerhouse and it is so easy to play now
FIRST! .... to say first... I love how you released this video after I was asking about it in VIB discord haha. Pure coincidence I'm sure, but it's awesome to see a video about it! Edit: It's come to my attention that I've been bamboozled
I’m currently going through shadowbringers and maxed my machinist so had to switch jobs again. Decided to go with dancer and doing right after machinist it actually feels really slow, not with movement of course, but just I’m having to wait around for the next button I can press whereas with machinist there were sooo many buttons constantly that I could hit. I’ve only got it at level 65 right now so maybe it’ll speed up a bit as I level but for now I miss the busyness of machinist. Also I do have black mage at my current max level but I maxed it ages ago and I’m though a number of time during instances in stormblood and shadowbringers that I have no idea how you could do this with black mage.
I'm only just finishing HW, but Dancer has been so so good since I picked it up. I can't see myself ever maining another job. Every attack is instant, simple to to understand, a few cool buffs for the group and myself, and the sets make me a hotty. It's just so perfect in every way.
i cant wait to watch this list of the top 5 best classes in ffxiv! this is exactly the kind of information i've been looking for so i can be adequately judgmental and condescending to my pug members because they're playing the wrong job! thanks, zepla!
For me: Tank: I don’t know yet because I haven’t played enough of any tank to know which one I like or not. Tanking is not my to go role. Melee: Samurai so far, I still need to play more of the other melee classes to give it a more fair chance, but I really REALLY love Samurai. The effects are so pretty with the cherry blossoms, ice, and moon. And it’s just feels so smooth and good to play. Physical Ranged DPS: Dancer, hands down, no questions asked. Dancer is also my favorite class in the game and my main. As a dancer myself, I was INSTANTLY attached to this class. It’s so elegant and pretty. I love the mobility and it’s it feels good to play. Magical DPS: Red Mage. Red Mage is the perfect balance of melee and magic and I LOVE it. It feels so good to play and I love flipping around. I will never forget when I was doing a trial rue, it was Bismarck, and when I was done with my melee rotation and jumped back, I jumped, fabulously of course, off of the edge 🤣 and the rest of the DPS were dragoons and they were mad I took their job 🤣🤣🤣 Healer: it’s a tie between Astro and Sage. Astro is SO pretty and I love the look of it. It’s so sparkly and shiny and it’s right up my alley. Sage is also fun and my main healer atm. I love the shields and barriers and the LASORS. It feels really good to play also.
That's actually pretty crazy how you matched my favourites almost point for point. My main is WHM. I started out as a Conjurer back in 1.0, and I'm sticking with WHM all the way as my number 1. Fave tank is PLD. Fave melee DPS is RPR. Fave magical DPS is SMN. Fave ranged DPS is BRD. As much as I love DNC (I have all jobs capped at 90), my only lament is that for a ranged DPS, it's main AoE melee range only. This means rushing into a crowd, whirling like a dervish. It's great fun, but I trip over AoE's all too often in doing so. Much nicer to pepper them with arrows from a safe distance.
NOW I remember who always reminded me of minfilia, it’s you zepla!!! There’s been times your hair looked like hers (the front part at least) but seriously you have her eyes and look, u should totally try a cosplay haha. Been loving your content silently over the years btw, thanks for getting me through some tough times with your awesome videos and nasty puns
I'm curious to see what you think of Blue Mage. Since it's not any role, but also all of them at the same time, you can make your own rotation, and so on.
Having watched Zepla for a while now I knew straight away which jobs she'd choose. Got them all right. Mine are: Gunbreaker, Scholar, Dragoon, Red Mage, Machinist
Lovely! For me the jobs I like best are Paladin White Mage Bard Ninja Red Mage Uhg! Dancer is so good though! 👍 I started as a Lancer technically, but Bard has been my main DPS since I joined back in Stormblood. Dancer has so much utility, but this expansion has made my dedication to Bard with it... also, we entertain people. A common thing with the jobs I like best are healing and support. Ninja is only level 60 something and I'm enjoying it far more than the others. It's also half Mage and the jutsu combos satisfy my need to Blitz.
One of the big advantages to Summoner - and I know Zepla mentioned this in previous videos - is that the huge simplicity of the job allows you to focus on other things. There are no procs, buffs or debuffs that you would need to pay attention to, so you can basically automate the playstyle. This is great if you're either the raid leader or you're trying to learn a new [difficult] encounter and want to focus on the boss mechanics. In exchange it almost requires you to have a second monitor, because once you learn the playstyle and you know the encounters, it becomes fairly boring and you need to watch some videos on the second monitor to keep you entertained.
WAR: Roegadyn are sexy as big axe rage guy SGE: Roegadyn are sexy with lasers DRG: Roegadyn are sexy with big poles RDM: Roegadyn are versexy while verbackflipping of a vercliff MCH: Roegadyn are sexy with a shotgun.
Question : IF theres more races coming to the game, wich one would you like to see that is already a race in game? (like wolves, serpent ladies etc etc)
I've been a summoner main since i started playing at the end of Shadowbringers. I think i got to 78 before endwalker launch but i've stuck with summoner. I do kinda miss the DOT's and i agree that there is nothing to think about and it's the easiest job to play, however that's part of what makes me love it so much. Because of how simple and easy it is, i can focus on learning fights and mechanics with summoner so i can make callouts to my friends when we're playing and not mess up when i come back as a scholar, dark knight, or any other class
I liked Samurai a lot for melee dps, it was satisfying getting your combos off, and the aesthetic was real nice. The kaiten nerf kinda ruined it a bit, but I think the rotation is still fun. I loved the holy knight aesthetic for Paladin, being able to heal yourself and bail out party members is an interesting concept, plus summoning gigantic blades onto your enemies is super satisfying. Class I’m currently leveling is dark knight, and being the polar opposite to Paladin I’ve found to have a lot of fun with it as well. The edgy sorta vibe it gives keeps me playing it.
I started back in 2.5 as a Lancer cuz I liked the job fantasy of dragoon that changed when I hit ul dah for the first time and unlocked pug and fell in love with monk so much so that I now look for similar martial artists in every rpg I start
Mine were, before I had to take a forced break before EW came out were: Tank: Dark Knight Healer: White Mage Melee: Dragoon Ranged: Machinist Magic: Black Mage Now, I'm forseeing a lot of free time for me in the future so I've been looking up what the jobs do now. Honestly I'm really excited at the way Summoner looks now, I loved SMN before Shadowbringers and it was my top Magic class to play. Really looking forward to trying it out again, seems like a blast.
"I mained Red Mage back in Stormblood, but I got bored with it."
Me, hugging X'rhun: "vergasp!"
The verbetrayal >:0
@@princessjello . _ .
@@princessjello in germany there is a term called "verraten" which means betrayal so..
This expansion, to fill a tank/dps/healer role I've gone with:
Gunbreaker
Gunmaker (Machinist)
Gun-unmistaker (Sage)
ahh the Red-Green-Blue DPS, based
Ah. The Trifecta.
A fellow gun job enthusiast, excellent
You mean Blue Machinist, Red Machinist and Green Machinist.
Same, they just so good.
I started the free trial as a white mage. It’s simple and straightforward healing and when I was little my big brother named the white mage in FF1 after me.
Wtf thats so cute
awww
You have achieved your destiny then
Thats adorable
Bro was destined wtf
"You have to be a special kind of person to play black mage at a high level" It's called being a masochist.
As someone who took black mage into the current savage tier, yea. That sounds about right. Every fight is extremely painful but I keep playing it anyways bc I love suffering, apparently
I... kind of agree, yeah. To know where you have to be for certain mechanics is one thing, but to know that PLUS where you have to place your little black mage hula hoop is another.
Hello, that is me, I am the masochist. For extra masochism on top I run the current tier in PF so that the party won't actually take me being a BLM into account.
Yeah…I’m a pretty new BLM player, I fell in love with it at the end of Shadowbringers and finished all of Endwalker with it. I love how the rotation feels and I’ve never felt so good playing a class and successfully dodge an attack (god bless slidecast) and I’d love to keep playing BLM even later on (savage and such) but everyone keeps telling me I shouldn’t do that, it’s just not really viable currently - fights are to difficult, your party needs to work around you and the fact that you are a BLM too much etc. Now I’m extremely conflicted because I’m a huge people pleaser and I don’t know if I should play the class that I play and be potentially useless or should I keep leveling other classes (currently sage and dragoon)…
@@nanamioyu6056 BLM is very much a viable job for savage content, only thing it needs is for you to take a couple more runs to find out where excactly you can get away with what. The fights are designed in a way that every job can handle them and BLM is one of the strongest dps if you can play it well. There is a lot of movement which makes people think that it's bad for BLM, but if anyone actually looks at BLM's toolkit there's plenty of options to allow movement, you just need to utilize them right. I have cleared the current tier to the end of the last one on BLM as well as done the new extreme trial that people say is a nightmare to BLM. Do not let other people tell you what job you should or shouldn't play.
I always love how she cracks up before delivering the punchlines of her jokes. Never change, Zep. We love you.
its a major part of her charm.
"What if your healer is also Bahamut?"
This is...shockingly accurate.
I love Bard, although from personal experience, it seems like most people despise it! XD But it's just so much fun! The little dance animation with the flute for Peloton makes me happy every time I use it.
I don't really like the concept and aesthetic of bard, but I enjoy playing it for some reason.
Im sorry but, The worst players i see are always bards and they have no excuses lol
People who dislike bard are just really bad at enjoying good music. :D
Yeah the Bard Peloton animation is 10/10.
I love bard as well! It’s my main job.
would love to one day see Y'mhitra's reaction to the lv90 WoL's summoning capabilities!
oh heck yeah, I miss her ;v;
I hope they bring back the old job quest people for the trial series.
As a hoopdancer/hula hooper, I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with Dancer. I do not want swords - only circles.
I played all the MSQ as WHM though, which might be the definition of insanity, but I'll always love that job.
"We've got primals at home!" LOL! Love it. I've been playing Red Mage lately just to change things up and I'm surprisingly enjoying it quite a bit! You really never know until you jump in and give em a go. Thankfully, this game makes that easy. Also, I started this game as a Black Mage and leveled a decent way up in 2.0 before I realized how crazy that job can get. Moved over to White Mage after that, haha!
I’ve been maining red mage through the savage tier (I’ve only made it through P2S so far) but I like the mobility for a caster and the damage isn’t trash, but when I can get a healer up to lb3 I feel like a god
Happy to see this kind of content from zep again. She looks happy and relaxed! Keep it up zep!
@CJ She lived in Ukraine and was literally fearing for her life and safety a few weeks ago. She IS brave and strong, like all Ukrainians affected by this horrible, pointless war. Keep your salt to yourself
The only thing I really have to say is that I enjoyed those jokes way more than I probably should have. I literally laughed out loud.
As for favorites, I haven't played all the tanks and healers yet, but my favorite DPS are Samurai, Red Mage, and Dancer. So far I think Astro is my favorite healer and Paladin my favorite tank but They're only about lvl 50 so I still have a lot to learn.
I just want to do a quick comment for anyone who might love dancer mobility and say that if you like a lot of mobility specifically, you might like ninja a lot. At level 90 you get two charges of a targeted teleport on a 60 second CD, but every raiton you do adds another charge, and you do 7 raitons every two minutes, so if you used every charge that's 11 teleports. Btw, did I mention that every raiton you can also use as a targeted enemy dash immediately after? Which means you can potentially have 18 dashes every two minutes? And you have a couple decent ranged up time options. It can be a complicated job and has some very busy burst windows, but if you really like mobility, try ninja.
Picked up ninja after they gutted my fav job Samurai, I love it so far and I may main it in the next expansion.
@@dononejeme1528 hey, I played Nin in ShB and then dropped it for SAM at the start of EW because the initial design pass on it was not for me. Now in 6.1 they flipped by fixing all the ninja jank and then broke samurai so now I'm back lol. But yea it was my first max DPS in ShB I love it.
Ive mained ninja and i love it
@@none-hx9fg it took me a bit to get used to the mug change and working it into my rotation, but man it's actually so good once I got used to it just feels so smooth
@@brettrichards4048 thats good to hear yeah its so much fun
I also love dancer and summoner, simply because mobility is absolute king, I love being able to move around.
It's nice to see her smiling and giggling like that once again. Stay strong Zep, we're all right here, right behind you.
Are we all in that fire extinguisher?😅😅
Dancer is my favorite job in the game right now. Watching your streams inspired me to try it out while I was new to the game in Shadowbringers progressing MSQ and now I am in the middle of Pandaemonium Savage with it!
Personally from what I’ve leveled:
Tanks: Paladin, I’m a sucker for the sword and shield combo, I really am. I just find it really fun, especially with the Endwalker additions.
Healer: Don’t have a particular favourite. But if I had to choose 1, it would be White mage. Holy is just, so good. The free stun is honestly amazing, and the Lillies are always helpful especially with the buff to the Blood Lily.
Melee Dps: Dragoon, no questions asked. I love this job a lot, I love the aesthetic, the glam and the rotation is such fun. If I didn’t main my main Dragoon would be my main.
I am wondering what the 6.2 changes are gonna be, and I hope it’s more of a QOL type instead of a significant rework.
Ranged dps: It’s tough to say, but if I had to choose just one I would go with Bard. I do quite like the glamour options and I just think it’s neat.
Caster dps: It’s not even a contest, it’s Summoner, and by a lot. It’s the first job I picked when I started, it’s the job i went through the entire story with when I started at the tail end of ShB, and the first I got to 90. I’m especially liking the aesthetics Endwalker added, I love the rotation, it feels like a constant burst, and I always love the summoner archetype.
My only issue with the job is it’s a little to simplistic for its own good. Maybe add in more oGcds, or dots, I don’t know, just something to help spice things up.
For me personally:
For a tank, its Warrior. I've always loved WAR, from when I started the game up until now.
Although, I don't just default to warrior because that's what I started as, I genuinely dislike DRK and PLD's rotations and DRK is currently the worst it's been for a long time for me, and especially experience-wise, you just spam TBN, it's the worst for dungeons and the least fun tank for most people currently. GNB is busy, and I like busy jobs, so it's a close second to WAR, but WAR's self-healing is amazing to use, and I love the style of the job.
For healers it's SCH. SCH is on the same level as BLM where you need to be a masochist to enjoy it. But its super satisfying to use the toolkit they have effectively, Deployment Tactics, Emergency Tactics, Recitation, Expedient and Protraction all feel amazing when you get great value out of them, and to get great value out of them you need to know a fight, so it pays off to replay content more as SCH than other jobs in a way. It feels more rewarding instead of healing by pure reaction like WHM. AST is a close second though, because like I said earlier I like busy jobs.
For Melee DPS: Ninja. I preferred old Monk (I know, criminal) so I'm in a bit of a weird spot right now. I enjoy reaper, but it does get boring for me. I understand the rotation for every class is the same. But for Reaper it feels especially repetitive for me. I enjoy Ninja as it's busy and from time to time you need to change your rotation slightly to adapt to the situation while managing mudra charges. So that would be my favourite right now.
For Caster DPS: BLM, nothing compares to playing BLM well in a fight, it means that your planning for mechanics paid off, and also that you were still able to completely manage your rotation while avoiding everything (usually). BLM feels as rewarding, if not more than SCH for me.
For Ranged DPS: (Probably) Machinist, very busy, and I like the burst-window style of it. I don't mind Dancer, but I've never enjoyed Bard. I haven't played them for little while, but I disliked the proc-chances, it felt super annoying that my DPS and rotation was decided on if those randomly procced or not.
@@scotch1148
I just can't decide between Paladin and Warrior. I played both to around 35 (yes, pretty low, lots of skills missing, but that doesn't matter here) and while
i'm normally a Pally-guy in MMOs, the Warrior has somehow the better feedback with his skills.
With the Paladin it feels like "whirling" around with the sword, and the Warrior is just BAAAMMM...so satisfying 😅
MSQ is at around 45, so i just wait for Dark Knight 😁
@@christianstachl I have to say, since making the original comment, my opinions on jobs have definitely changed a lot. I'm only going to talk about tanks though because my comments are always way too long.
Favorite tank now is definitely, by far, GNB. After replaying through all of Endwalker on an alt as GNB, and doing most raids, GNB comes out on top. Warrior is still the best for dungeons, but I find GNB more fun. It feels like it has way more mitigation options than the other tanks, (even though they don't really, maybe one or two, but they just have some really short cooldowns on skills) which makes dungeons super fun and not as boring as they are with WAR for me.
The job especially stands out in raids and trials though. The burst window is super satisfying to get right, getting all of your DoTs and cartridges used up before it ends is super exciting, tense almost, since the time window can get super strict. Managing your cooldowns/party-wide mitigation makes for decent filler between burst windows too. After raiding a bit on my main as Warrior I realised how repetitive it actually is.
I mean of course it is, but you're really spamming a 3 hit combo and fell cleave and that's essentially it. You get extra moves that proc when you use the upgraded version of berserk (Inner Release) but the burst window itself is pretty much the same from 70 onwards. The satisfying aspect of WAR's heals and large-number burst window wore off for me. And I still have the same problems with Pally and DRK.
Dark is pretty much the worst tank up until they get The Blackest Night, which is why you rarely see them in content below 70 or whenever they get TBN. And I don't really enjoy how much the rest of DRK's kit leans into it. Pally can get massive numbers, but they still don't do that much damage. Their rotation is also super unforgiving. As GNB if you miss something in the burst window you can still continue pretty well. It's much more difficult as a Pally. Pally's also have a lot of party protection, but GNB arguably has more since they have cooldowns with pretty short timers or multiple uses they can use on allies to protect/heal them.
Gunbreaker is just more of a continuous string of large strikes that your character is really leaning into, as much as they can. Like a series of THUNKS each followed by a BAM from the Gunblade itself actually going off and expending the cartridge. Sounds silly, but that's honestly the best way I can describe it to the "BAM" feeling of the single-hit power of WAR haha. The entire 9 second window of your Cartridge combo is suuuuper satisfying. I'd argue it feels better than WAR using their beast gauge with Berserk active. Once you get continuation you're quite literally doing 3-hit combo inside of another 3-hit combo.
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Really nice insight, thanks for that. I will keep that in mind when i continue with my tanks.
Sadly i will have to wait quite a while to try GNB since i'm kinda broke atm only play free trial 😅
But that's ok, there's still a ton of stuff to do up to lvl 60.
Loved the puns and the whole good vibes of the video, you bring happiness to so much people, even with your whole situation, it's truly inspiring, thanks for the awesome content!
There's an objective way to define which Tank is best. Ask the question: Does it have Fell Cleave?
Paladin? ❌
Warrior? ✔
Dark Knight? ❌
Gunbreaker? ❌
me talking about why I like Warrior is just me listing of warrior skills.
Brilliant. I'm sold!
To add to this she mentions Warrior of Light as defense for Pally being the main character but tbf 'Warrior of Light" has the word Warrior in it, nuf said lol
PLD is my main but I leveled a War to 60 because unga bunga and self sustain (this was ShB before Pallies got them outside clemency) and I'm not going to lie... Fell Cleave didn't give me the happy brain chemicals that I was hoping for. Its no drill at least. PLD remains my main.
@@kjenkins6588 i mean we start as a Warrior (arr trailer)
"I'm a healer but..." an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of Cure II, no?
Why Cure II when you can feed the lily?
Black Mage will always be my favorite, regardless of what anyone says. I’ve been playing it since launch & I love it. Always have, always will 🖤
I'll admit, I like some of the Summoner glamours, but the class I keep coming back to is Red Mage. In this game, there are few things as satisfying for me as saving a run by throwing out multiple instant rezzes, getting both healers back into the fight. Also, I love how well it fits the "jack of all trades" image from the original FF1 Red Mage.
RezMage4Life
MNK is still near and dear to my heart as the first job I leveled to max level and one of my favorite series of job quests. I've had a hard time getting into a healing class, Astro and White Mage didn't do it for me, but finally after getting into Scholar on a friend's recommendation I've finally found my healer calling. I love the aesthetic and I really enjoy the job quests (Tonberry!).
Monke strong together
I'm loving the Monk, really cool flashy move set.
@@savans4734 Missing the OGCD's and positionals but otherwise the changes were good, finishers was a really good idea.
I really love SCH as well, it's, in my opinion the most rewarding healer since you get a LOT of value for knowing a fight and replaying content.
It feels so satisfying to get an adlo and then Deployment Tactics off before an AoE. But if you manage to already have a Sacred Soil in place its even more rewarding. Or, using recitation for a guaranteed crit shield before a Tankbuster.
Monk and sch are my two mains too ❤
Me, an AST main: Ooo, wonder healer what the pick is?
Zepla: I like easy jobs.
*Crosses out Astro*
"Are you ready to hit rock bottom?" - I literally had to pause the video and walk away, I can't even... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOL loved the Paladin and Moon joke, like, how you hesitantly delivered it
I agree with White Mage- it feels like exactly what a healer should be. It's the perfect encapsulation of that role.
I have never played tank in this game, so I have no opinion on them
Dragoon is the only melee that feels like I can actually keep up with it, because it's so slow and rhythmic compared to the other melees, and the cyclical rotation is extremely satisfying to execute.
So far I haven't gotten Black Mage or Summoner to 90, so Red Mage wins by default for now, but if summoner ever gets a Shiva summon I will play no other job until that ability is removed.
And my ultimate main is Bard. I have archery brainrot because of Katniss Everdeen and Legolas, and I also absolutely adore music, and just like with Dragoon, the cyclical gameplay of the songs is just extremely satisfying. I also love Bard because of how much support you give your team; even if you yourself aren't doing very well, you're still probably contributing the most of anyone in your party because you can buff literally everyone the entire fight. Bard is my comfort class; I never feel useless when I play it, and that is what makes it my favorite job in the game.
I'd recommend trying tank as a person that originally hated it. But since 5.0 Shadowbringers launch, they revamped tanking entirely. Just having tank stance on dealling damage enough to keep aggro on enemies.
Prior, tanks had a dps combo and an aggro combo, also their tank stances reduced dmg dealt as well recieved, well not anymore of dmg deal debuff, its much easier to do so now and dmg reduction became a LV1 trait all tanks have.
If you wanna try, I'd suggest Warrior. My fav Dark Knight tho that one still kinda sucks I love it lol.
thanks for sharing the info, and your humor great! :D it was fun to watch.
THANK YOU!!! FOr those very good puns... I will put them to good use! Also nice vid, I liked it very much!
WAR will always be my favorite, the axes are my aesthetic.
I know what you mean but it's weird to see, "WAR will always be my favorite" in the comments of a youtuber who had to leave her home country because of war.
Playing warrior makes me feel badaxe.
@@etowngftddummy I cant even begin to explain How irrelevant your comment about war was.
How cool, our favorites match (except I have yet to really learn Dancer, but will now give it a shot). Thank you sister!
Gunbreaker's my favourite Tank myself, First Tank i actually sat down and learnt to tank with. it's so much fun
as for the other jobs my faves are
Reaper as well, Red Mage, Sage & Dancer. I used to be a Bard main but i expanded out after ShB
3:50 that dad joke is 10/10 approved
My top five is Machinist, Astrologian, Dark Knight, Bard and Dragoon in that order. I use Summoner as my range magical only for the job role storyline.
Tank: Gunbreaker (FF8 nostalgia and fun to play)
Melee: Dragoon (Main Character)
Range: Bard (i love Bows)
Caster: Black Mage (it has to be right?)
Heal: Scholar (For me the most fun Healer cause of the many options u have)
I would love to see a fully personal tierlist of jobs from you. You may also involve some memes in it.
"Nobody else in the game has this kind of mobility, only you have this moblity"
Laughs in NIN
Sasukekw!
XD was just telling myself that Nin technically has more dashes and it hits faster obviously that class now lives in its own dimension
Also a slight permanent increase to movement speed, truly is the most mobile of all the classes
you still have to be in melee range. Melee has low mobility because it is restricted to be in melee range of the boss, restricting the places it is able to be in most fights. A dancer can move at max melee, pre positioning for mechanics, etc..
@@zazethe6553 Not all the time though, NIN still has Mudra for range and they don't always need to pre-position because of their dashes. They also get dashes by using Mudra, so you can use your Mudra, e.g Raiton, when you can't be close to the boss, and then you can dash back immediately, multiple times, because NIN gets a stupid amount of dashes.
Even ranged DPS should usually be on at least the border of melee range, they really shouldn't be super far out anyway, since buffs and AoE heals will be given out near the tank and melee DPS. NIN takes the main downside of being a Melee class and pretty much ignores it compared to others, being stuck in melee range isn't really a problem at all for Ninja.
so, this was my first dps job i've maxxed and i might be biased (haven't played anything else on higher levels either) but i really love bard. it's easy to pick up but there's still room for optimization, for the mind work. i used to be a healer main so the idea of being in another support role just spoke really well to me. and the aesthetic is very cute as well, i love all the harp bows!
In the order you covered:
Gunbreaker- came from DPS and I love the DPS like rotation
Astro- First healer I've leveled... Still working on the others
Dragoon- this was my first job it's nostalgic and I love the jump abilities... Also one of my favorites from classic FF games
Red Mage- another of my favorite classic FF jobs... And I have a tendency to play jack of all trades classes in RPGs
I actually don't have one for ranged... Yet still working on bringing one up Bard is tempting for the perform action, Machinist gives a nice amount of steampunk goodness, and dancer is so pretty
For me I would go with:
Gunbreaker (tank) : Visceral. Gnashing fang + continuation combo is really satisfying!
Astrologian (Healer) : The class I spent the most time on when I was a free trial player which was over 800 hours.
Dancer (Ranged) : DNC is the second reason why I switched from free trial to a sub player. Love the dancing and the mobility.
Reaper (Melee) : New class. Voidsent form. And you have a scythe!
Summoner (Caster) : Wasn't a big fan before. Endwalker changes made me try again and it was a blast to play with!
WAR - Fell Cleave
AST - just like how it plays
MNK - Hated it at first (Pre ShB changes) but vowed to learn it, then loved it
RDM - love the versatility and utility
BRD - only range that doesn't bore me at 90
“We have got primals at home” , I died XD
I don't mind having a more complicated rotation so long as it feels satisfying. I also like jobs with a certain aesthetic. So here's my favourites:
Tank - Gunbreaker... because as hella impractical as a sword that is also a gun would be IRL, that's some Rule of Cool going on there.
Healer - Sage... because... lasers. Also Discipline was my favourite spec of Priest back in WoW and this kind of plays like that.
Melee DPS - Samurai... the whole 'Wandering Ronin' vibe is something I really love and katanas are my favourite type of sword aesthetically.
Ranged DPS - Machinist... guns and droids... Much as I love fantasy, I like sci-fi a little bit more.
Caster DPS - Black Mage... Mage was my second favourite class to play in WoW, so I never struggled with standing still in order to pew pew.
Honourable mentions, though:
- Paladin... because my main in WoW was a Paladin and it was my first job in FFXIV too
- Astrologian... Astrology isn't exactly my thing IRL with my secular mindset, but I love stars and constellations and they add something special to a fantasy setting's worldbuilding.
- Bard... because you can LITERALLY PLAY MUSIC as a Bard.
- Dragoon... Because historically speaking, spears and lances were the superior weapon on the battlefield... there is also Estinien to consider.
- Red Mage... It's quite unique... I haven't played around with it much yet, but I fully intend to at some point. I also like their lore.
Glad to see you 🥹💙💙💙💙
id say give sam a try. the rotation is pretty simple, and i really love the mobility over all the other melee jobs. 6yalm iaijutsu can come in clutch during some mechanics, 10 sec cooldowns on a jump in and a backstep, + the gap close is farther than reaper portals
Perfect timing on the video. Just about to branch out from melee DPS and needed a bit of guidance.
I've been maining Dragoon, but switched to Reaper because of it's higher intensity and mobility. I don't know if anything else will match it at high level.
My favorites are somewhat similar: WAR, WHM, DRG, SMN and BRD. I also love the nature flairs on some of these jobs, also the more tribal related stuff in WAR, and it is actually really hard for me to decide between DNC and BRD, I enjoy both a lot. Also I really enjoyed playing SGE and gameplay wise it is very very close to WHM but the aesthetics really push WHM over for me.
I started as WAR and consider it my main but I love DRG so much it might be my real main xD
Thank you for your wise and super friendly advise and guidance
I think I coincidentally followed your path (mostly). I started as Paladin through ARR, switched to Samurai at lvl 50 to go through HW, SB, and ShB. Then I leveled Summoner to 80 so I could main Summoner through EW. Now I've switched to Dancer and I love it, same reason because I can move around SO MUCH. I'm going to use Dancer to learn the mechanics of all the hard content, then I'll feel more confident to try it with other jobs.
“Get bell soon” lord have mercy lol you gotta stop haha
Good to see you again
Your list is the same as mine!!! Excellent taste, I must say 😆
Nice to see some paladin love, was also my first job when I started a year ago and I love it! ^_^
This was a fun vid! Felt like I needed to see something positive and light hearted today.
For my faves: WAR, AST, SMN. I also like the braindead jobs lmao. Although WAR aesthetic makes me sad. One day we'll get some Job stuff that doesn't look like it came out of an ul'dahn dumpster.
I can't comment on the melee, they're around lvl 30 or unlocked lol (can you tell my least fav role lol). And for Phys Ranged, I enjoy them all a little, but I've only played DNC a bit and haven't really played MCH/BRD since capping them in StB. If I choose purely on aesthetic, MCH is the winner for me.
"Ready to hit rock bottom" LMAO I am freaking DED.
The P in Zepla is for Puns, and I am absolutely here for them. XD
Thank you for putting a smile on my face this morning, I kinda needed that.
Come for the amazing information. Stay for the puns and Jokes. I bloody love this channel!
WHM was my first role and is also my favorite healer!
I love the number of healing/recovery options. When my dumb butt gets killed and rezzed, I love the number of free healing buttons. Also, between Fluid Aura and Presence of Mind, it's very easy to recover mp or to instantly begin healing/rezzing after I've just been rezzed myself.
Though that all said, my other healers need levelling, so maybe my fave will change with time 🙂
“For the crater good” was crazy lol
The jobs you love most makes sense for your personality! Pretty good list, kinda like how my liking Drk, Whm, Blm, Mch, and Reaper says something about me, lmao
I still haven't worked on my tanks much; the only one I've leveled considerably at all is gunbreaker, which is still lvl 80 for now. But I'm really glad I gave it a shot because it's been a lot of fun! Continuation feels AMAZING to do because it's basically a six-part combo, and is just so satisfying.
I started the game as a white mage, and I'm enjoying that well enough, but my favorite healer has been astrologian ever since they added it way back in HW. The aesthetic and animations are just so incredibly gorgeous, and I love the whole theme of using the stars and tarot.
My favorite caster is red mage, and this has also been my main since Stormblood. After I got burned out on white mage, I decided I needed to level a DPS and immediately went to summoner. I still love it and I'm so happy with the changes (even though there is a lot of room for improvement still), but red mage was one of two jobs I'd been hoping for ever since the game first started. (The other was dancer, and I got and love both my jobs!) Red mage just feels absolutely amazing and is ENDLESSLY satisfying for me. I love the idea of balancing white and black magic to keep each other in check, and then rushing in with you sword because you're not just a mage, you also have sword skills! The rotation is just so much fun to me. Black mage is something that I don't think I will ever get used to.
Obviously my favorite ranged is dancer, but it actually used to be bard until Endwalker! I played archer back in the beta and didn't get back around to it until during Shadowbringers, but I really loved it and was sad that I didn't like dancer as much as I was hoping I would. Dancer just felt too simple and dull, and it felt like something was missing for me. The subtle changes it went through for EW finally made it click into place for me, and pairing that with the changes for bard that I'm less than a fan of (the dots are completely pointless now since they no longer proc your songs! Now is the time for a bard bane!), dancer completely beats that out. I do absolutely LOVE machinist though, and I've always been a fan of it even back when we still had Gauss Barrel. I love all three ranged, but dancer wins it for me here.
I only just got reaper up to 80 so I don't think it's had time to grow on me too much yet, but I'm still enjoying it well enough. It feels like a better version of dragoon to me, which is a job I've got kinda mixed feelings about. My favorite melee is actually monk, which is strange because I like NEVER see anyone else playing monk lol. The endless rotation has always been a lot of fun for me, and it feels so fast-paced so I never have a chance to get bored with it. And then with the addition of the beast chakra, I'm just in love with it. Once again, just such a satisfying job to play. They've still got to do something about Anatman and Six-Sided Star, though.
So I think your list was... a list for sure! Most of those jobs I actually haven't tried yet! In your same role order my faves are: Gunbreaker, nothing yet, ninja cause I hate myself, red mage for sure, and lastly bard. I love big damage and pushing a lot of buttons. And bows. Having 1 arm irl I need to live vicariously though my bun XD
For me it's
Tank: Dark Knight. Gunbreaker was my favorite when i was playing through Shadowbringers and raiding, but both the Dark Knight and the Warrior (The job i started with) always were there, poking. So, when i decided to dry Dark Knight, the aesthetic, the lore, and the gameplay started hooking me more. And, now i love the Job in PvP, plunging someone and then starting to use your own health for skills, i like how aggresive you can be, and the crowd control with salted earth.
Healer: Astrologian. I like the versatility and more miscelaneous components to the class like the cards. Not much to say here, since im not too much of a healer player in XIV, but it is my favorite out of all of them.
Melee: Ninja. I love how fast it is, the glamour can be fantastic (there are some amazing knives out there) and i like how it breaks apart from other jobs with the ninjutsu system. (I also love Monk, but ninja is my fav melee)
Ranged: This is a tough one, but i'd say Machinist. The "Gun class" archetype always goes to extremes with me, either i love it or i find it extremely boring. Luckily, XIV's take on this archetype went to the first. The firearm glamour is fantastic, some armors look amazing, the use of diferent gadgets and weapons feels good.
Caster: Black Mage. Another tough one, i absolutely adore Red Mage's aesthetic, and i will probably go back and forth between these two. But i find the gameplay of black mage an interesting challenge, you need to pay atention to your own things, while paying atention to the fight to maximize your damage output. Black Mage always puts me to think when i can squeeze that extra spell, when i can stop to begin casting again, or how i could save a certain cooldown for a moment of the fight.
I'm noticing a pattern and forgive me if I get this wrong
Do you happen to be an edgy masochist?
I've dipped into all the classes and got them to 90 and I'm in that period of changing my favourite classes constantly cause they're more fun than what I'm playing
Tank - As crazy as it sounds, I'm loving Dark Knight and ever since the Living Dead change, I've enjoyed it even more. It may not have Fell Cleave, but you get a buddy.
Healer - I've been changing like crazy. Started as Sage, loved it. Went to Scholar cause I wanted to get better, loved it more once I improved. Went to Astro cause it was a class I wanted to tidy up a little, ended up being really good from the off and now it's my go to.
Melee - REAPER. All I need to say
Ranged - Not been playing these as much but for me, Machinist just takes it for me mainly cause it is super easy to play. But I do enjoy Dancer a lot so it's a toss up between them
Caster - Gotta be Summoner. It's went from a decent class to an absolute powerhouse and it is so easy to play now
I’m definitely not as dedicated as I would “like to be” but every time I come back I can’t wait to play my BARD 💚 love that class
Tbh I'm just happy to see Zep doing well and holding up. Thanks FF
I almost cracked my teeth cringing from some of those puns - glad to see Zepla's getting back into form ^^;
The Fae Axe from Dohn Mheg is quite pleasing to the eye.
Anytime I can't find a glam for my axe, the Dual Haken does it most of the time.
FIRST! .... to say first...
I love how you released this video after I was asking about it in VIB discord haha. Pure coincidence I'm sure, but it's awesome to see a video about it!
Edit: It's come to my attention that I've been bamboozled
"Never seen an axe I like"
- Sighs in Skeggiold
I’m currently going through shadowbringers and maxed my machinist so had to switch jobs again. Decided to go with dancer and doing right after machinist it actually feels really slow, not with movement of course, but just I’m having to wait around for the next button I can press whereas with machinist there were sooo many buttons constantly that I could hit. I’ve only got it at level 65 right now so maybe it’ll speed up a bit as I level but for now I miss the busyness of machinist.
Also I do have black mage at my current max level but I maxed it ages ago and I’m though a number of time during instances in stormblood and shadowbringers that I have no idea how you could do this with black mage.
@3:40 Excuse you, the Ragnarok Zeta WAR axe would like a word
Summoner is my favorite because I can power level them through dungeons without a 2 hour wait time
I'm only just finishing HW, but Dancer has been so so good since I picked it up. I can't see myself ever maining another job. Every attack is instant, simple to to understand, a few cool buffs for the group and myself, and the sets make me a hotty. It's just so perfect in every way.
It's just so flowy
Instant attacks? Holy god I need that
You'd like monk.
i cant wait to watch this list of the top 5 best classes in ffxiv! this is exactly the kind of information i've been looking for so i can be adequately judgmental and condescending to my pug members because they're playing the wrong job! thanks, zepla!
For me:
Tank: I don’t know yet because I haven’t played enough of any tank to know which one I like or not. Tanking is not my to go role.
Melee: Samurai so far, I still need to play more of the other melee classes to give it a more fair chance, but I really REALLY love Samurai. The effects are so pretty with the cherry blossoms, ice, and moon. And it’s just feels so smooth and good to play.
Physical Ranged DPS: Dancer, hands down, no questions asked. Dancer is also my favorite class in the game and my main. As a dancer myself, I was INSTANTLY attached to this class. It’s so elegant and pretty. I love the mobility and it’s it feels good to play.
Magical DPS: Red Mage. Red Mage is the perfect balance of melee and magic and I LOVE it. It feels so good to play and I love flipping around. I will never forget when I was doing a trial rue, it was Bismarck, and when I was done with my melee rotation and jumped back, I jumped, fabulously of course, off of the edge 🤣 and the rest of the DPS were dragoons and they were mad I took their job 🤣🤣🤣
Healer: it’s a tie between Astro and Sage. Astro is SO pretty and I love the look of it. It’s so sparkly and shiny and it’s right up my alley. Sage is also fun and my main healer atm. I love the shields and barriers and the LASORS. It feels really good to play also.
That's actually pretty crazy how you matched my favourites almost point for point.
My main is WHM. I started out as a Conjurer back in 1.0, and I'm sticking with WHM all the way as my number 1.
Fave tank is PLD.
Fave melee DPS is RPR.
Fave magical DPS is SMN.
Fave ranged DPS is BRD.
As much as I love DNC (I have all jobs capped at 90), my only lament is that for a ranged DPS, it's main AoE melee range only. This means rushing into a crowd, whirling like a dervish. It's great fun, but I trip over AoE's all too often in doing so. Much nicer to pepper them with arrows from a safe distance.
That rock bottom joke killed me, but that Garuda joke, err, brought me back?
NOW I remember who always reminded me of minfilia, it’s you zepla!!! There’s been times your hair looked like hers (the front part at least) but seriously you have her eyes and look, u should totally try a cosplay haha.
Been loving your content silently over the years btw, thanks for getting me through some tough times with your awesome videos and nasty puns
For me it is, sorted by role..
Tank: Warrior
Healer: Astrologian
Melee: Reaper
Caster: Red Mage
Range: Dancer
Dancer is my Main-Job.
Managed to guess 3/4 fav jobs for Zepla. Failed on caster dps, I thoght of RDM for some reason... anyways. Fun video, keep it up!
My favorite is FSH
I liked this video the moment you cracked the Paladin joke Zepla 😅🤣❤. Never change
I'm curious to see what you think of Blue Mage. Since it's not any role, but also all of them at the same time, you can make your own rotation, and so on.
just out of curiosity maybe you should do a poll for everyone and see which one is more popular
Having watched Zepla for a while now I knew straight away which jobs she'd choose. Got them all right.
Mine are: Gunbreaker, Scholar, Dragoon, Red Mage, Machinist
grOANNNN THE PUNS I CANT! SWHAT A GOOD VIDEO
With whit mage you get wings that don't allow flight, but with sage you get wings that DO allow flight. I think we know who the clear winner is here
Woah hol up, lightsabres? What is this awesomeness does Zepla speaketh?!
Lovely!
For me the jobs I like best are
Paladin
White Mage
Bard
Ninja
Red Mage
Uhg! Dancer is so good though! 👍 I started as a Lancer technically, but Bard has been my main DPS since I joined back in Stormblood. Dancer has so much utility, but this expansion has made my dedication to Bard with it... also, we entertain people.
A common thing with the jobs I like best are healing and support. Ninja is only level 60 something and I'm enjoying it far more than the others. It's also half Mage and the jutsu combos satisfy my need to Blitz.
One of the big advantages to Summoner - and I know Zepla mentioned this in previous videos - is that the huge simplicity of the job allows you to focus on other things. There are no procs, buffs or debuffs that you would need to pay attention to, so you can basically automate the playstyle. This is great if you're either the raid leader or you're trying to learn a new [difficult] encounter and want to focus on the boss mechanics.
In exchange it almost requires you to have a second monitor, because once you learn the playstyle and you know the encounters, it becomes fairly boring and you need to watch some videos on the second monitor to keep you entertained.
WAR: Roegadyn are sexy as big axe rage guy
SGE: Roegadyn are sexy with lasers
DRG: Roegadyn are sexy with big poles
RDM: Roegadyn are versexy while verbackflipping of a vercliff
MCH: Roegadyn are sexy with a shotgun.
Holy shit that future Dancer weapon, alright time to level that job
Question : IF theres more races coming to the game, wich one would you like to see that is already a race in game? (like wolves, serpent ladies etc etc)
I've been a summoner main since i started playing at the end of Shadowbringers. I think i got to 78 before endwalker launch but i've stuck with summoner. I do kinda miss the DOT's and i agree that there is nothing to think about and it's the easiest job to play, however that's part of what makes me love it so much. Because of how simple and easy it is, i can focus on learning fights and mechanics with summoner so i can make callouts to my friends when we're playing and not mess up when i come back as a scholar, dark knight, or any other class
I liked Samurai a lot for melee dps, it was satisfying getting your combos off, and the aesthetic was real nice. The kaiten nerf kinda ruined it a bit, but I think the rotation is still fun. I loved the holy knight aesthetic for Paladin, being able to heal yourself and bail out party members is an interesting concept, plus summoning gigantic blades onto your enemies is super satisfying. Class I’m currently leveling is dark knight, and being the polar opposite to Paladin I’ve found to have a lot of fun with it as well. The edgy sorta vibe it gives keeps me playing it.
I started back in 2.5 as a Lancer cuz I liked the job fantasy of dragoon that changed when I hit ul dah for the first time and unlocked pug and fell in love with monk so much so that I now look for similar martial artists in every rpg I start
Mine were, before I had to take a forced break before EW came out were:
Tank: Dark Knight
Healer: White Mage
Melee: Dragoon
Ranged: Machinist
Magic: Black Mage
Now, I'm forseeing a lot of free time for me in the future so I've been looking up what the jobs do now. Honestly I'm really excited at the way Summoner looks now, I loved SMN before Shadowbringers and it was my top Magic class to play. Really looking forward to trying it out again, seems like a blast.
"what if your healer was also Bahamut?" Take my like I'm dying