Just curious... Do you prefer to play Sam or Drg?

I'm just about to hit 70 (69) on my Drg and I really love the job! I find the rotations quite simple and I dont tunnel vision on my loadout (which is a huge problem I have in this game more than any others), it is super flashy, has great utility and if I mess up is pretty forgiving.

My Sam is only 60 but I love it for basically all those same reasons lol (though I wish we had a unique buff instead of slashing but whatever). I even love the cast times (I love charge up moves like that). I know I still have a few skills to get but I dont foresee them changing the job drastically.

The point... What do you like about each job, amd what is your deciding factor on which of them you play?

I'm not asking which is better or that I should play. Just want a conversation.

I have all the melee classes at 70. My favorite is samurai and ninja. Dragoon follows in third. Samurai just has a very fluid rotation at 70 it’s fantastic, same with ninja(for me at least). Only issue i have with samurai is that the ringing from the moves gets annoying after awhile.

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Originally Posted by Hugowulf

I have all the melee classes at 70. My favorite is samurai and ninja. Dragoon follows in third. Samurai just has a very fluid rotation at 70 it’s fantastic, same with ninja(for me at least). Only issue i have with samurai is that the ringing from the moves gets annoying after awhile.

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I hear that from a lot of people about tue ringing, and surprisingly it doesnt bother me. I've been wanting to try ninja for the longest but I just havent yet. I think its cuz I fell in love with drg, plus its my friends go to dps. Is the stealth and trick attack big parts of the job?

I main a DRG and is now at lv70. I play SAM and now at 60. I like both.

For SAM I like the rotation that is not much locked to positionals.
For DRG, the classic jumping and diving, and the lore.

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I hear that from a lot of people about tue ringing, and surprisingly it doesnt bother me. I've been wanting to try ninja for the longest but I just havent yet. I think its cuz I fell in love with drg, plus its my friends go to dps. Is the stealth and trick attack big parts of the job?

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Trick attack is very powerful with raids/boss fights. As a ninja you always get a spot in a party. Downside is you have to be at the bosses rear to get it off. With a tank that likes to spin the boss it isn’t always fun(true north really helps). Stealth is not used so much sadly, aside from resetting ninjutsu before an encounter starts. Dragoon is also fun! Though it feels very slow to me(long combos).

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Trick attack is very powerful with raids/boss fights. As a ninja you always get a spot in a party. Downside is you have to be at the bosses rear to get it off. With a tank that likes to spin the boss it isn’t always fun(true north really helps). Stealth is not used so much sadly, aside from resetting ninjutsu before an encounter starts. Dragoon is also fun! Though it feels very slow to me(long combos).

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I was always curious how ingrained those moves were to ninja, so thanks! Its funny, the long combos is part of what I like lol. After I finish dragoon I'm gonna level a tank (pal ) and then either finish sam or give ninja a go. I may go ninja just to mix things up. I feel like choosing the main melee dps job to play as is so hard lol.

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I was always curious how ingrained those moves were to ninja, so thanks! Its funny, the long combos is part of what I like lol. After I finish dragoon I'm gonna level a tank (pal ) and then either finish sam or give ninja a go. I may go ninja just to mix things up. I feel like choosing the main melee dps job to play as is so hard lol.

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Hey that’s awesome! Paladin is in a pretty good spot right now too so your in luck. I personally like warrior more, that’s just me(I just like fell cleave).

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Hey that’s awesome! Paladin is in a pretty good spot right now too so your in luck. I personally like warrior more, that’s just me(I just like fell cleave).

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I love the warrior armor, but I have always loved the theme behind paladin style characters, plus passage of arms is gorgeous! I started out as a drk but it became a bit too much for me.

I love SAM. Dunni mwhy thought, and I love DRG too!

I have played them both and I like both, but Dragoon pulls ahead because of .....posing! Pose on a high cliff, bell tower, a statue, or anywhere else you can look really cool.

DRG because you can halve enmity and have utility like piercing debuff, battle litany and dragon sight. Ninja is still most important melee because of shadewalker and smoke bomb that improve lot tanks dps.

Been a DRG main since the beginning of HW and never looked back (even when it was a bit clunky at the beginning of Stormblood :D). Though I will admit that SAM is a lot of fun to play as well, it doesn’t really compare in terms of providing raid-wide utility, especially if you’re involved in Savage/Ultimate content.

DRG was the reason I started playing this game. Always loved the job back from tactics and The Legend of the Dragoon on PS1 (was not Square's DRG but similarities with Lavitz/Albert). Played one in FFXI but didn't play all that long. Playing FFXV with the spear made me want to play one again. Love the jumps and spear attacks.

While both jobs are nice DRG is still better in my opinion. Always been a fan since FFIV , ( FFII in US ) Good old Kain, and never looked back. Any FF game I can play DRG I will most likely main.

I prefer Dragoon, gameplay flows alot better, in my opinion. Samurai is less punishing tho.

Drg is fun but I LOVE the raw damage of SAM...

I find dragoon a lot more satisfying and engaging to play due to their skill animations and the amount of ogcd weaving as well as movement options etc. It's just more fun to optimize for a fight as drg for me.

hmm i like samurai and ninja (both at 70)
the samurai raws power is very impressive and for reach the best of the jobs you need a very strict rotation, but it's fun to play it.
the ninja did get a loooooot of love in this expansion and the add of direct hit did help to make some of the skill of the ninja interesting.
didn't try the dragoon yet, i must try it later
and monk get my last place (when i'm a monk main at the base *sad*) honestly avoid it like plague. solo is a pain, group content is decent and i didn't try raiding yet (it take me a lot of will power to level up the jobs since he didn't change that much with stormblood my rotation is still the same as the V2 only a few ogcd added)