Classes you prefer to play at lower levels?

I like Brd and Blm. Brd because it's one of the few jobs now that get an aoe at a very early level. For Blm it's the simpler rotation and I seem to get a crazt amount of thunder procs at lower levels.

Mach but it actually is enjoyable this expansion.
Bard i have always enjoyed, blm while it has been my main for years, low level.. yep is boring.
Monk i never cared for but must have @ 80 and Ninja i find tedious

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Originally Posted by Tlamila

I have to agree on BLM. I used to level it as second main class but as soon as enochian came into play I dropped it and never got back to it. I always want to, because leaving a class at 59 irks me, but ugh.

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This is the same problem I have with BLM so I leveled it using squadrons and trust. Enochain killed BLM for me.

SCH also feels much more powerful 70 and below. I am leveling it but right now but it feels like all I can do to keep people alive is to spam my heals and never DPS.

The only jobs that have gotten more fun for me at max level have been DNC and BRD. The rest have only gotten more disappointing for me the more skills they added.

BLM I wish I could keep at 50 forever, it's 69 right now and I don't enjoy it... honestly I should probably just be leveling it through daily allied raids - I wish I thought of that sooner, actually.
I had more fun on DRG somewhere around 50~60 too, it's 79 now and I've lost all interest.
DNC is fun at low levels but actually gets more fun at high levels.

I’ve leveled most jobs to 80 and the rest are at least 60 aside from Warrior, so at this point it’s hard for me to say who I ‘like’ playing at lower levels because I’d always rather do higher level content. If I had to pick one though, probably PLD or any tank because DPSing at low levels is really boring and so is healing, IMO.

I felt the same way with BLM, only because it felt so different from every other job I had a hard time grasping it that I gave up leveling it. I went back later though, and now that it’s in the 70s it feels great and refreshing to play. Everybody has different experiences and tastes though. Typically I like more complexity.

Summoner or RDM at low levels.

DRG is the only one I enjoyed a good deal at lower levels, but that's mostly because it has the most braindead combo ever.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

Amidst the general opinion that rotations should be more complex and classes aren't complete until you get them to higher levels... is there anything you prefer playing in its simpler form?

I've been leveling black mage to 80 recently, and I don't enjoy it at high levels. Umbral hearts, Fire IV not resetting the counter, don't miss a step or you've dropped Enochian and need to start over... it doesn't make me feel like a powerful mage, it makes me feel like a fumbling one trying to juggle too many spells and doing a poor job of it.

I really like it at level 50 though. It's a simple cycle but I like the rhythm of it, and casting a constant rain of spells without needing so many different steps.

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Weirdly enough I feel the opposite. 80 BLM feels natural, while 50 in particular feels like a bit of a mess. FS procs can be easily overwritten, Thunder never seems to proc and likes to run out too soon, you need to transpose after Flare and wait on MP ticks, there is no sure weave for Manafont, etc. Anyway I don't know if you want to keep playing the class, but if you're having trouble keeping Eno up, try the Sharp Fire rotation with an early Fire 1: Sharpcast either after Xeno, T3 proc, or F3; F3 > F4 > F4 > F1 > F4 > F4 > F3 > F4 > F4 > Despair. This spreads out your fire refreshes and gives you more time to react to things.

On the matter of classes that are better at low level, I can't really think of any, but some classes are more fun at low level than others. AST is the best healer hands down below level 30 ironically. WAR Berserk feels like a meaningful cooldown from the moment it's available. I liked old NIN's Ninjutsu, but that's gone.

I don't care for any of the jobs at low levels. I've leveled them all to 73+ (only 5 left to get to 80). The most fun I've had with all of them that are high enough has been 74+. That seems to be the level when this expansion's "cool ability" is unlocked for most of them. Anything below level 50, though... I'd rather not.

That's pretty weird because I find BLM at level 50 to be clunky, but at level 80 it's perfection. It flows so well, and gains so much mobility.