After BLM and Dragoon what is the easiest class to play ?

Ultimately, all jobs are easy with small caveats that distinguish them.

Monk is positional heavy with an easy-to-maintain rotation that adapts well to all situations
Dragoon rotation, in the 2.x era, was complex but in return had not stacks to manage. With 3.x, they added stack management but simplified the rotation. So it's a bit more like Monk now.
Ninja's complexity comes from Mudra's. Their skills branch off from a single combo, making them the 'simplest' in this regard with the lowest positionals (Armor/Aeolian, and Sneak/Trick depending on situations)
Bard's all about oGCD management
Mechanist is all about Ammo management.
BlackMage is Enochain and minimalizing movement.
Summoner is managing stacks for Trance and DoT's, thus why they only have to maange 3 DoT's.

I get the impression you're not particularly interested in going top tier dps on anything in particular, so easiest rotation is probably paladin

monks are best

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Originally Posted by Eidolon

Ultimately, all jobs are easy with small caveats that distinguish them.

Monk is positional heavy with an easy-to-maintain rotation that adapts well to all situations
Dragoon rotation, in the 2.x era, was complex but in return had not stacks to manage. With 3.x, they added stack management but simplified the rotation. So it's a bit more like Monk now.
Ninja's complexity comes from Mudra's. Their skills branch off from a single combo, making them the 'simplest' in this regard with the lowest positionals (Armor/Aeolian, and Sneak/Trick depending on situations)
Bard's all about oGCD management
Mechanist is all about Ammo management.
BlackMage is Enochain and minimalizing movement.
Summoner is managing stacks for Trance and DoT's, thus why they only have to maange 3 DoT's.

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Worth noting that this is wrong.

I know it's already been addressed but really OP? BLM and DRG are easy? I see very few good DPS that parse appropriate numbers for these classes based on their gear ( in casual content, I do not raid ).

No DPS class is easy. It's only easy if you don't give a good gosh darn about actually being good.

Pick a class you like and learn to play it properly instead of worrying about what is easiest? Unless of course you're just asking for opinions? My opinion? Summoner, but that's because I play it, I practice it, and I continually run duties with it. Any class will become second nature if you practice enough. Anyone can say the same thing about their main DPS class.

If you want easy play PLD.

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Originally Posted by UBERHAXED

Worth noting that this is wrong.

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I would love more input than "This is wrong."

SMN, at a base, manages 3 DoT's and stacks. There's very little in the way of pet management regardless if you use Ifrit or Garuda. Garuda is probably the more complex of the two due to Contagion.

With Contagion, you will want to put a Miasma II up as an extra dot as the extended Miasma II is more beneficial than a regular Ruin I/II.
I can't recall if you're supposed to maintain Shadowflare or not. Been a while since I SMN'd even a little bit seriously.

Easiest DPS to play? Monk.

Hardest DPS to play? SMN

Second easiest DPS to play with minor situational awareness? BRD

Second easiest DPS with no situational awareness? Scholar.

IM GOING TO BITE!!! WHO TOLD YOU DRG ARE EASIER, MOST COMPLEX AND HARD CLASS TO PLAY IN THE WHOLE GAMEEEE111122ONEONEO1NNOEON1OE111!!

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Originally Posted by The_Greatest_Evil

And what class have a easiest rotation after dragoon and BLM ?

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did i overlook op needs a dps job?
why the answer is not a tank job like pld? ^^;

by rotation it is most simple, and tanks have fast queue, in long run, a tank job helps daily roulette a lot.

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Originally Posted by Eidolon

I would love more input than "This is wrong."

SMN, at a base, manages 3 DoT's and stacks. There's very little in the way of pet management regardless if you use Ifrit or Garuda. Garuda is probably the more complex of the two due to Contagion.

With Contagion, you will want to put a Miasma II up as an extra dot as the extended Miasma II is more beneficial than a regular Ruin I/II.
I can't recall if you're supposed to maintain Shadowflare or not. Been a while since I SMN'd even a little bit seriously.

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Shadow flare makes 4. If you use garuda, then 50% of the time (that is, a duration of 30 seconds per minute) then miasma II makes 5. Assuming we are talking strictly single target (which amazingly, zero bosses will fit the description here in AS) then you will on average be managing 4.5 DoTs (that is 4-5 depending on your pet) as well as your oGCD (which includes your aetherial trace moves and pet moves and pet related moves). It's also the only class in which you can have your teammates lower your dps by killing your pets (intentionally or not). Changes obviously in AoE, but so does every class.

But assuming you're an Ifrit user (I mostly use Ifrit in raids) you were indeed missing shadow flare. I wouldn't count dps cooldowns or 2-3 minute cooldown moves as complexity for any class though, since:
1. Every DPS class has them, so "complexity" is equally distributed
2. They are used infrequently (obviously) and are not part of the "core" rotation

All moves outside of this should be counted at part of a classes core rotation. You're also wrong about Ninja. They have exactly the same number of positionals as dragoon:
Ninja: Aeolian Edge, Armor Crush, Sneak Attack, Trick Attack; totaling with 2 rear, 1 flank, 1 front
Dragoon: Heavy Trust, Chaos Thrust, Fang and Claw, Wheeling Thrust

You can't complain about Sneak Attack and Trick attack being mirror moves because Fang and claw and Wheeling Thrust are mirror moves (in fact in discussions, they are literally treated as one move called 4th tier) so even removing both they are even with 3 each. That said, that makes dragoon's only distinguishing factor from ninja the Geirskogul, which (to no surprise) is an easier version of Mudra (3 Geirskogul/minute to 3.5 mudra [you get an extra every 2 minutes] / minute).

In fact, aside from all the stuff that comes with Mudra (i.e. all the moves and bonuses) Dragoon is basically the same class (but easier) as Ninja, both even having a raid usable resistance debuff and 2 DoTs. Replace heavy thrust (15% boost) with Huton (~15% boost) and you have the same core class, one that compensates lower attack frequency with higher attack potency.