with the recent nerfs and buffs, anyone planning to change his/her main job?

I'm pretty sure the secondary stats will help with the nerfs that came to the classes. I'm still really sad for losing the DoT on Dark Knight though.

Still playing Dark Knight/Samurai/X healer though instead of Dark/Ninja/X Healer. I want something slower instead of a fast class like Ninja this time around, so that should help a little bit.

I am disappointed from what I've heard about white mage changes, but I have some hope they'll fix some things before launch. I plan to level it first and depending on it's state either raid with it, or level my astro and raid on astro.

Changing from mains from SCH to RDM. It would be a more lateral move if this was FFXI but I digress. I've been waiting for RDM for eons (still waiting on DNC >_>). If they had RDM AND DNC I'd probably be dividing by 0 on which one to level first/main. I normally try to have somewhat of a "main" for each role.

Casters: I already said RDM will be my first job to level/hopefully main, SMN and BLM both look interesting but i'll probably save them for later.

Healers: AST looks like it's going to be FUN, SCH more of status quo but will level it for familiarity, WHM.... I'll give it a whirl at some point but unless they change its new mechanics it'll probably be the last job I level this expansion (as literally every other job seems more interesting so far)

Tanks: I'll eventually try somewhere down the line, WAR will definitely be first for tanks though, PLD and DRK will be a tossup as I hold the same amount of interest for both of them.

Melee: MNK/NIN both look GREAT but I'll probably lean to MNK first, DRG meh from what I've seen doesn't seem all that different from now (and I'm not a huge fan of it right noweither), as far as SAM I'll hold judgment until I play it (from the early looks of it and the tooltips I'm incredibly scared that it'll be boring, or at least less interesting than the other melee).

Ranged: BRD looks AMAZING, MCH seems like it'll be interesting to at least try out.

Don't like the MNK changes. Will most likely go SAM or NIN. Ninja changes and additions are looking really good imo.

Well, I originally said I would not be changing from DRK and would still tank.

After seeing the major buff to PLD and the gigantic nerf to DRK, I'll likely stop tanking until SE can get their act together. Hello RDM!

I wonder what will happen if the tank population crashes because all the WAR and DRK are like "Nah son" and switch to a DPS class.

In fact I hope this happens so Squenix will take tank balance more seriously and stop buffing us into orbit and nerfing us to the center of the Earth every expac. It's aggravating. Tanks get so little respect in this game.

I been playing PLD / WHM / SMN because they are simple to play and SMN has been dominating normal dungeon AOE dmg.
i will prob continue to play PLD and WHM regardless of the out cries about WHM and how PLD is the weakest among tanks.

DPS wise.. I would like to stick with SAM if SAM can produce proper AOE dmg

Mine's a bit of a twist. Based on class level alone, DRG is my "main" since I got it to 60. But my favorite class was (is?) the Bard. HW killed it for me tho, so it didn't get past 53. with the changes to bard returning it to a playstyle I enjoy, It may be my main again (if it ever wasn't my main, not sure how to classify it).

But on the flip side, with the elimination of cast times on the machinist + the whole burn mechanic is making MCH look very interesting. I was attracted to it when they were talking about HW back in the day, but it fell by the wayside for similar reasons to the bard (cast bars kill my enjoyment). So even though the bard was my main for similar reasons, the MCH may trump it now. Who knows? Gaaa, too many classes to enjoy!.

I'll probably end up playing them all, Like I usually do. Alt-er for life.

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Originally Posted by Furiea

I been playing PLD / WHM / SMN because they are simple to play and SMN has been dominating normal dungeon AOE dmg.
i will prob continue to play PLD and WHM regardless of the out cries about WHM and how PLD is the weakest among tanks.

DPS wise.. I would like to stick with SAM if SAM can produce proper AOE dmg

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PLD is now the strongest of tanks. Aesthetics aside, there is no reason to play any tank except PLD now. And I know a lot of people who aren't willing to trade effectiveness for aesthetics.

Swapping DRK to PLD, keeping AST, probably swapping MNK to SAM or NIN too.