Current Job Population?

So what is currently the ranking from most played to least played Main Job in the game now?

With enough time since 3.0 was released it seems the hype over jobs have finally died down enough to get a proper opinion on which is least and most played as Main Jobs for their characters.

Currently I can guess that Machinist is the least played.

Bards appears to be the most played job in the game currently.

Order of most played to least.

White mage/bard/darkknight/dragoon/warrior/blackmage/ninja/summoner/scholar/monk/astrologian/machinist.

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Originally Posted by Vlady

Order of most played to least.

White mage/bard/darkknight/dragoon/warrior/blackmage/ninja/summoner/scholar/monk/astrologian/machinist.

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Paladins are so underused they don't even make the list!

I agree Machinist and Astro do seem to be fairly low on the list, rarely do I see one and only time I see an Astro is in PvP most times.

I'd say that based on what I run into frequently, WAR/DRK/SMN/BRD are the four most played classes, with DRG/BLM being close but not quite as many, while MCH is easily the least played class at level 60, and all the other classes being relatively even in how much they're used. I see just as many AST as I do WHM and SCH on my datacenter, so there's certainly more of them floating around than most people seem to realize.....

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Originally Posted by Gamer3427

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Ya Machinist was hyped by people to be the Job people thought would replace Bard but of course it was just all hype after all.

I main Machinist for my character because the gameplay of Machinist just flows very well once you gotten use to knowing when to use Rapid Fire and Reload/Quick Reload to the point that most of the time with GB on the only skill with cast bar would be only Slug Shot, Hot Shot, and lead Shot with all other skills being instant cast.

Of course I'm probably one of the few players in FF14 that actually enjoy Machinist gameplay style.

I enjoyed Machinist enough to actually switch from maining Bard to Machinist.

Bard is nice but if a player can't time their Iron Jaws right, either too soon or too late, they will end up having difficult keeping their DPS at a steady output. As much people constantly say "Bard does more DPS than Machinist because "this damage calculator or person" says so" this is more of a opinion based on a person who actually properly gotten use to Bard gameplay to time things properly for maximum DPS output but a person who have not gotten use to timing Iron Jaws may end up perfroming less DPS than a player that has mastered the Job's gameplay style. There is also the consideration if a person is more use to Bard gameplay style or Machinist's gameplay style because that is often a very important factor into a person performing better as a Bard or Machinist.

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Originally Posted by EdwinLi

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Yea, I agree that while MCH isn't for everyone, it's certainly the smoothest flowing class for me. I never feel like a skill is just filler to other skills, and most of the time I forget that there even is a cast bar unless I get an interrupt from paralysis or having to move when casting Slug Shot. Once you learn how to properly manage ammo, and how to line up skills for your Wildfire rotation, it's a very flowing gameplay style. The minute I first played it during HW early access, I knew that it was going to be my new main. One thing I can say for certain is that while there are far fewer MCHs out there, the ratio of skilled MCHs to unskilled ones at level 60 is higher than with most classes, because most of the ones playing MCH at 60 are the ones who really enjoy the class and want to get better at it....

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Originally Posted by Vlady

Order of most played to least.

White mage/bard/darkknight/dragoon/warrior/blackmage/ninja/summoner/scholar/monk/astrologian/machinist.

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I disagree that Warriors are less played than dark knights.

I do agree with WHM because I always met WHM when raid/ct/dungeon. But is that Scholar really that low? :eek:

Well, as of the 2015 census in September

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/Eorze...N_Census_L.PNG

It likely changed some in the past few months though. DRK and AST probably took some more numbers from other jobs. Machinists are still few and far between though. That said, a lot of us have multiple jobs and it likely affects those numbers and I'm not exactly sure how they calculated it (people who have the jobs at max level? Most likely the case, but I'm not sure.)

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e8ff1bcf34c5ae

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Originally Posted by File2ish

Well, as of the 2015 census in September

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/Eorze...N_Census_L.PNG

It likely changed some in the past few months though. DRK and AST probably took some more numbers from other jobs. Machinists are still few and far between though. That said, a lot of us have multiple jobs and it likely affects those numbers and I'm not exactly sure how they calculated it (people who have the jobs at max level? Most likely the case, but I'm not sure.)

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e8ff1bcf34c5ae

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A lot of time has passed since sept 2015 Game wize.

Almost every roulette I do I see a MCH in.

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Originally Posted by Kewitt

Almost every roulette I do I see a MCH in.

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Yes, but there in lies the problem with trying to get an idea of the ratio of what classes are mained the most. We can't judge what class a person mains every time we meet them in a roulette. I myself often go in as a healer simply because it's easier to heal and doesn't require the level of focus being good at DPSing does. Then there's times when I go in with a partial party and I have to heal so other party members can DPS. Or times when I simply play as my NIN because I want a change of pace. MCH is still my main, but chances are equally good if not better that you'll find me in another role if you see me in the DF. Then there's datacenter differences. You claim to see MCHs constantly, but I almost never see them in roulette runs even when I go in solo on a healer, and it took a solid month or two after Void Ark came out before I started seeing any in there at all. Meanwhile other's claim that AST is something they never see, while I don't know that I've done a run this past week without an AST in the party. I see more of them than I do WHM or SCH, honestly. That's part of why I also don't trust the chart SE released about what class is played the most, because we don't know exactly how the data was collected or what slanted views it might have. The only way we'll get a true ratio on these is if SE put out a formal in game survey to all players asking them what their primary class was for content, which I doubt will happen any time soon....

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Originally Posted by Gamer3427

The only way we'll get a true ratio on these is if SE put out a formal in game survey to all players asking them what their primary class was for content, which I doubt will happen any time soon....

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And even then, people might say "Paladin", but in the end, still use a Warrior or DRK instead, similarly to how I always considered myself a Rogue main, but had to resort to playing a Monk instead until recently because EU latency on US servers ruined Mudras too much.

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Originally Posted by File2ish

Well, as of the 2015 census in September

http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/Eorze...N_Census_L.PNG

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Next time they show the Census information, I hope they differentiate between NA, JP, and EU servers. Or even show NA and EU grouped together against JP. I think that that is a key element to showing popularity between jobs and how the regions differ. I swear I almost never run into any other Monks on an NA server, and I would actually consider it to be one of the least played damage classes from my previous experiences. I can't remember if that was the case a year ago, though...

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Originally Posted by Kewitt

Almost every roulette I do I see a MCH in.

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You cannot judge by classes you see in roulette... I main SCH (WAR) and do roulettes on 50 currently on PLD for leveling the 60 stuff mostly as AST but depending on mood of myself and the people I run with as DRG/DRK/SMN/WHM/MCH... only 2 classes of my 60s are left aside atm that are my MNK and BLM :p

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Originally Posted by TheGrimace

Next time they show the Census information, I hope they differentiate between NA, JP, and EU servers. Or even show NA and EU grouped together against JP. I think that that is a key element to showing popularity between jobs and how the regions differ. I swear I almost never run into any other Monks on an NA server, and I would actually consider it to be one of the least played damage classes from my previous experiences. I can't remember if that was the case a year ago, though...

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Think seen the Census before and NA/EU had its own but not entirely sure.

But OMG anyone else notice the proof of (old) DR EX giving more Alwaysreap than Fract....

The following is my observations from 2 weeks worth of anima weapon grinding via DF with some hunts thrown in.

Warriors seem to be the dominant tank from what i have seen, with a great number of them being deliverance driven block-heads hellbent on making a healers life hell. Paladins and dark knights still somewhat common but greatly overshadowed by the block-heads.

For melee, i think dragoon might be the most common but i feel like i see ninjas just as much. Monks fairly rare though.

Ranged seem to be a plague upon the DPS queues, having just finished the relic grind via DF spam i can easily say that both bard and machinist seem to fill almost all DPS slots followed closely by...

Summoners are also incredibly common as of late. Black mages seem to be increasingly rare as well.

Healers all seem about equal with scholars possibly lagging behind a bit, but not enough to worry over.

Most common overall would easily be the fell cleaving block-heads.

"Bards appear to be the most played class currently".

What a joke xD. I rarely ever see a decent hard.

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Originally Posted by Alexftw

"Bards appear to be the most played class currently".

What a joke xD. I rarely ever see a decent hard.

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I didn't say anything about it being the one with the most skilled players.

Wtih Bard's high popularity it is bound to have a lot of bad Bard players because it is believed to be a easy DPS job.

There must be way more bards on the aether datacenter than primal because I am always surprised when I run into one in duty finder over here (or see them in town). War/drk, nin and whm are the most common jobs in my experience. Smn/drg for DPS after nin then blm then mch/bard and sch/ast probably equal. Pld is definitely less used of the tanks.

Imaging how much this will change once 4.0 is out....
https://i.gyazo.com/45daccda5d1b205a...d64cd5f251.png

i see warriors , drgs , and smn everywhere...is no wonder....this 3 jobs are at the top of the food chain.... Smn revamp helped , and Wars got lot of love in 3.0 (stole all the pld love i guess).

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

I agree Machinist and Astro do seem to be fairly low on the list, rarely do I see one and only time I see an Astro is in PvP most times.

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Yeah, i used to main astrologian, but i quit because i could get a relatively similar playstyle on my white mage, with better healing utility (im not so into the random buffs). Also, queueing for raids as an AST invites the possibility of getting another AST as a cohealer, and that is a terrible terrible thing.

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Originally Posted by Averax

Yeah, i used to main astrologian, but i quit because i could get a relatively similar playstyle on my white mage, with better healing utility (im not so into the random buffs). Also, queueing for raids as an AST invites the possibility of getting another AST as a cohealer, and that is a terrible terrible thing.

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While I've chosen to main Machinist now since it interests me more than other Jobs depending on how Red mage and/or Samurai is handled as a DPS Job will certainly determine if I switch to them or not in 4.0.

However, if a Gunblade user Job is ever released in the future I just may switch to that as my main.

I've been searching for a Melee DPS Job that would peak my interests but so far the current melee DPS Jobs do not give me the feel to motivate me enough to main one of them.

I like both monk and dragoon at the moment as my melee choice. But will see about samurai.