Warrior or Samurai?

Hello, So yea... I'm trying to pick between the two but I don't really know...They're both heavy DDs that specialize in something (been playing hybrid classes my whole FFXI career) War is 45, sam is around 29 from a smn burn (yeah...yeah that long ago lol) I don't want to gimp either and such, and need a main...So I need to pick one to focus on and one only... They both seem equally interesting, I've researched a bit and such, I just don't really know the nitty gritty about both of them. Any suggestions or tips? Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.

Oh and, sorry if this is the wrong section :X I didn't want to put it into the Warrior section, or the Samurai one, and seeing as there isn't a general Jobs forum, I'll just leave this here.

I would go with warrior for now. With current end game not many play or use samurai currently. Samurai is a good sub job for though.

Thanks, I noticed that as well...I remember when /sea all sam and the number was at least in the triple digits .-. yesterday it was like, 29
Warrior is probably the smarter choice

WAR for now I guess but you will find yourself looking at SAM when Abyssea isn't involved.

War is a monster inside abyssea, with sam lagging significantly behind. Outside however, I would say the two are pretty close, with sam ending up on top. Just level both, because with sam being less popular, getting gear for it is probably a bit faster.

Not necessarily representative, due to procs, etc. but in three fights against qilin the other day that I happened to parse, we had 2 uko wars, a non uko war a masa sam, and myself on drg with just a lang +3.

One of the uko wars consistantly did 24-25%, the other did about 12-13, and then the masa sam, the non ukko war, and myself all did 10-11.


The emp DDs were all in the same party so it wasn't that only one of them had buffs or anything, though I can't say what drinks/atmacites everyone was using.

If it's just "what does the most damage" I'd thus recommend war.

Well then...it appears War would be a better choice, good inside and outside of aby, more versatile ect. Thanks for the help guys

You should go with what you like more. I love WAR, because nothing says violence like a great axe to the face. SAM is just not my type.

If you wanna compare facts, remember to also compare the effort it takes. For WAR, you'll likely be asked to skill almost every weapon in the game, unless you wanna give up the versatility you mentioned. Also, to play WAR to full efficiency, you'll need more considerations for gear than for SAM.

SAM on the other hand is ugly. Just some facts.

Depends what you want to do.

Abyssea? WAR.
Salvage? SAM.
VW? Both.

Want to tank? Lean towards SAM.
Want to rape face? Lean towards WAR.

You can do both on either job, yes, but SAM is way easier to cap PDT, which is the biggest thing you'll need. Masamune is also extremely easy, while Ukon, comparatively, is much harder.

I'd like to see these numbers where SAM comes out on top in terms of DD personally.

Take your time/turns playing both jobs and see which one you like the most, They are both very nice to play! ^^b