Easiest to hardest DPS job to play

For ranged, tbh BRD was easier during SB ... Since the MCH rework, clearly, it isn't. MCH has clipping issue on optimization, but no really difficult to play now ...

To my opinion, ranged are equal now and easy to play.

Casters : RDM so far. BLM and SMN ask a few knowledge on each fight for optimization.

Melees hmmmm .... I really dislike MNK to my mind aha. SAM and DRG are easy.

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Originally Posted by zeylos

easy wise, I think DNC and RDM are easier than everbody else. In terms purely fo rotations, BLM is also very easy, but you have to account that since its so immobile its neccesity of knowing the fights ahead of timei cnreases its dificulty severly. Im nto too expirienced with SAM but I didnt find it particularly hard personally. The hardest ones are: For casters, imo SMN (the rotation is like 3 mins lol its huge) but its quite debatable between SMN and BLM tbh, MCH NIN and MNK I'd say

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BLM is probably the hardest job to play well in FFXIV due to the impact of movements on the DPS output of the class, so I wouldn't classify it as easy.

RDM is definitely the easiest DPS to play. Everything about the job is pretty straightforward.
My personal opinion based on each role from easiest to more complicated:
RDM > SMN > BLM
DRG > SAM > NIN > MNK
DNC > BRD > MCH

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Originally Posted by CrystalRainbow

Wow, the order pleople are saying.
Ranged, brd is stupid easy.
Melee, drg because of easy positionals
Mage, they are all harder then above.

But finally.
They are all easy to play but to really push dps to its max that is a different question.

I find brd easy than dancer,
Brd is just shot, move, hit procs, keep songs up.
Dance, is attack, partner, mini game avoid aoe, stack cures.

But I like dancer.

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I think Bard can seem overwhelming to some during gameplay because you have to constantly be on lookout for multiple procs (gauge also increases with chance), quite a lot of oGCD's as well as your dots. They have to pay more attention to their rotation/abilities than most other jobs I would say. Doesn't mean that that necessarily makes the job more difficult though.

The hardest DPS to play is MCH. You have to manage your rotation AND manage to not fall asleep. What other class has to do that?

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Originally Posted by Coatl

The hardest DPS to play is MCH. You have to manage your rotation AND manage to not fall asleep. What other class has to do that?

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lmao. I don't have all jobs maxed but I agree with how MCH for sure looks like one of the easiest jobs I've played. So few buttons, so much room to optimize your rotation. No dots or buffs to look out for. You basically already have your whole rotation at lvl 58 (only addition is a 120s cooldown oGCD at lvl 66).

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Originally Posted by MeanDragon

Hmm I haven'd done BLM , but I hear that is the hardest!

For easiest I would have to say DRG. Straight foward rotations and buffs. Only 2 positionals. Close second would be DNC, which I personally think has the best AOEs in the game.

RDM is pretty easy too.

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BLM can be considered the hardest until you learn how each fight works, since we dont move as much as others.
Once you learn where to place laylines and where to stand in general it becomes quite easy tho.

I think DNC is the easiest DPS. Like WHM, the majority of DNC's skills can fit into 2 hotbars.

'Easiest priority based rotation'.

Probably the most mobile with the dash move(En Avant).

Any challenges that I have with DNC is when I have lag spikes and my procs don't appear. But this is much worse on classes like BRD.

Or hyperfocusing on procs and not paying attention to mechanics.

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Originally Posted by Sheli54

Casters : RDM so far. BLM and SMN ask a few knowledge on each fight for optimisation.

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This seems to be a common misconception of people who don't play RDM at a high level.

RDM is a job that is easy to pick up and do decent numbers, but the difference between an average RDM and a top percentile RDM is all from optimizing the small things in the rotation paired with specific fight knowledge.

Where fight specific knowledge really comes in is from the fact that the job has the melee burst component of the job that is fueled by the white/black mana.

As a RDM player you need to make sure you have the proper mana at the proper time in the fights so you can do your melee combo when it is safe to do so mechanically and lining up with buff windows if possible.

With the RDM doing savage with the scripted nature of the fights, you build an optimal rotation schedule with the fight and then make small adjustments with your white and black mana using reprise to keep you in that schedule.

DRG, SMN and BLM have long but static rotations - the complexity comes if/when you cut said rotation and your DPS drops significantly because of it.
SAM, MNK, NIN, and MCH are easy to use, hard to master, the latter 2 also being more reliant on latency
BRD and DNC don't have many buttons to press, but are reliant on procs and can be overwhelming at times
RDM is all around the easiest - no long complex rotation, no DoTs, no positional, no buffs to keep up, decently mobile, self heal...but bottom tier damage.