DPS Conundrum

I'm new to MMO's, I rolled a PLD on one server, and then I recently came back to the game and was planning on rolling a Nin. I finally unlocked the Nin's abilities but realized it was very overwhelming with all the Mudras and other things to keep track of. On top of that, every video I watch says you should also level a lancer to 30 to get blood for blood.

My delima is I only have the story line invested in this character, and as this is my first dps character ever on an MMO is there an easier dps character to learn out there. I play with an MMO mouse (12 numbers) and a ps4 controller ( I like the movement better than a keyboard) I'm debating about creating a new character and going for a bard maybe... Just need opinions with people who have played longer than me.

Check the DPS board, they will show the best attack ratio but I'm a lancer and it's pretty simple. Also, when I play with ninjas they seem to only rotate 4 moves. I just focus on my 16 moves with a controller, most of my moves have large downtimes, so I am really only rotating about 3-6 moves over and over. I was actually thinking about giving ninja a shot.

You'll want the lancer levels to get blood for blood for every dps class. Lancer is pretty easy to get into especially since they took out the positional attacks. The "optimum" skill rotation at 50 can be kind of ridiculous though.
The easiest overall is probably archer/bard because of mobility.
The easiest to solo and start with may actually be arcanist -> summoner because you get a pet and a basic healing spell. The attacks are pretty simple but you need to pay attention to other things (pet health and actions) as well.
Thaumaturge has a really easy attack sequence but can be very squishy on its own.
Monk is fun but complicated with lots of different positional based sequences.

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Originally Posted by Runandhide56

I'm debating about creating a new character and going for a bard maybe...

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Though of course you could if you want, you don't need to create a new character in order to change jobs. You can just go ahead and level Archer/Bard (or whatever else you pick) on your current Ninja character. Both NIN and BRD use cross-class skills from PUG and LNC, though, so you'll still need those as well regardless. So you'd basically have a character who's pursuing all the DoW DPS classes. (Throw in just the first 15 levels worth of MRD as well, and you'd be able to also unlock MNK and DRG to make that all the DoW DPS jobs.)

Ninja really isn't all that complicted, the hardest thing is remembering some of the mudra combos, which that in itself is pretty easy. you'll have to watch your dots, but that's every dps class, and nin only has 2. If there's no war, you'd have to keep up your slashing debuff as well. Aside from those, only thing you have to watch then is huton and you trick/sneak attack cool downs. It seems complicated, but just level it to 50 and play around with the stuff. It'll make sense.

Thanks for the feedback I'm going to do a little more research when I get home. I think I'm going to love my PLD over to my current server since its 50 and then figure out what DPS job to go with thanks for all the feedback guys

One more question I know you can level any class but could you switch from a PLD to a blackmage? Not sure if u can learn a DoM if u already went DoW?

You can go straight to THM/BLM from PLD. There are no restrictions on changing from one class/job to a different one.

You can level all 20 classes and all 10 jobs on the same character if you want. None of them cause restrictions to any others.

Thanks again just looking for a DPS class that's easy to pick up and do some end game without killing the group.

Lancer is probably the easiest, and it's also the least squishy of the DPS classes so you have a bit more margin for error.

The main difficulties in playing DPS come with off-GCD skills (Ninja), positional requirements (Monk) and proc-based mechanics that mean your rotation can vary dynamically (BLM). DRG has almost none of these - it has all of two positional skills, which you need to use about once every 20 seconds each, and it only has a few off-GCD skills that you just use whenever they're off cooldown - so in terms of things to handle with the rotation and stuff, it's pretty simple to learn.

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Originally Posted by Runandhide56

Thanks again just looking for a DPS class that's easy to pick up and do some end game without killing the group.

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Well, it really just depends. They all have their strengths and drawbacks. Ranged DPS usually hit harder but have weaker armor (I'm not sure if Archer fits in.) You get compensated by having much stronger attack but you have to learn to keep yourself alive. Melee DPS generally hit weaker but can survive more. This is offset by the fact that you're tanking the mob so there's always more risk in that.

I suspect that this is less an issue with the DPS class and more an issue with this being your first MMO. It's a different mindset. You could try to fiddle with your UI to bring your notifications around closer to your character so when you zone in, it'll be easier to see. Give familiar with MMOs and just try to relax. Level the other DPS or try healing/tanking. Who knows. Maybe healing will be more for you.