Funnest DPS job?

What is a DPS job that is actually fun to play in your opinion? Bonus if the job looks good for a Hrothgar.

I bought at the launch of 2.0, I used to play endgame in Heavensward but it's been a while. My highest is DRK at 78, because it was a lot of fun when it first came out and it is still my favorite job.

I am trying to level a DPS class so I can do something other than tank. I tried Samurai but I don't like it that much. It seems needlessly messy with the setsu getsu ka mechanic. Dragoon was my starting class when I first played but the jumps are totally different than 2.0 and it seems like it changed into a more generic lance class.

My fav DPS right now are NIN and MCH.
Though after Endwalker drops I suspect I'll be playing much more SMN.

Sounds like you've tried out mainly melee DPS though. Is there any reason for that?
If you have any interest in ranged DPS maybe try those out. Could be melee just isn't your bag.

Fun to me boils down to 2 things: If the job is smooth to play and if the actions are satisfying to press regarding visuals and sound, so...

Red Mage, Dancer and Ninja are my choices here!

For healing, it is defnitely Astrologian, because Malefic's cast time is great to weave... Although that's gonna be for all the other healers come EW, and Sage is looking like a real contender...

For tanks, Warrior is my choice because Inner Release feels like one of the most satisfying buttons to press. Nothing like seeing a chain of guaranteed crits.

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Sounds like you've tried out mainly melee DPS though. Is there any reason for that? .

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Not really, I just haven't got around to trying them. Mechanist does look pretty cool, I hear a lot of people play it though.

Just try everything and pick the ones you feel that suit you most.
You can start with the job with weapons or aesthetics that you like if you don't know which job to start.

Since you're not limited to any job, you could pick them all up and test them out.
Get them to 30, so you unlock the job, then jump into POTD to see how they are at 60, or HOH for their 70er version.

That's still a very limited demo, but it's better than grinding a char to 70 to then decide it's not your thing.

I would say that Summoner and Ninja are some of the most fun jobs for me personally.

Well to split it into the different roles.

Ranged Magical: Red Mage. Super smooth and enjoyable class and probably my favorite overall DPS. It's just really nice to play.

Ranged Physical: Machinist. Doesn't have a heavy reliance on procs like the other two and has an easy but fast playstyle.

Melee: Samurai. I honestly hate the aesthetics of the samurai but the class practically plays itself with how smooth it is. I'd say Ninja is right up there but I feel like you almost have to main it or at least play it a LOT otherwise it feels like your constantly making mistakes in the rotation and that kinda upsets me.

The funnest job imo is red mage, great support capabilities, good dps, cool glams and it's not hard to learn or play, plus once u learn it your not bored cause it has multiple things it can do.

Machinist would match Hrothgar cause it matches the look of the powerhouse races like hroth,roe and highlander, when I was a Hrothgar I played machinist and they fit well together, plus much is fun.

funnest is subjective but for me samurai, black mage, and dragoon is probably the funnest of the bunch.
Sam has a really fun loop of doing midares and having a strict rotation.
Black mage has some of the smoothest rotations in the game and learning on it is a lot of fun.
Drg is more simple then sam and black mage but it has great animations and delaying life of the dragon is satisfying once you get it down.
Sam is still my fav though.

Bard :D im still learning ninja at 80 without getting bullied by other veteran players lol

I really enjoy SMN, but plan to drop it in Endwalker. If you thought SAM was "messy", you probably wouldn't like SMN anyways. So, I started to practice BLM and honestly it has been a ton of fun! The rotation isn't complex at all on paper. But, working around mechanics and knowing how to fix it if something goes wrong has been really satisfying to me. You can really squeeze out a lot of extra effectiveness from the job. I enjoy standing in AoE until the last second to get a Fire IV cast off, tether to a party member, then tether back to my ley lines after the AoE is gone. It's one of the few jobs that feels totally different on a training dummy relative to a boss. I also find it satisfying that you can genuinely see healthbars chunking.

AoE as a BLM is just hilariously satisfying. I love using Triplecast into three Flares followed by a Freeze and a proc'd Thunder IV. So many big numbers! I used to think Bane was my favorite AoE spell, but Flare beats it for me. I've seen a lot of BLMs hate the current AoE gameplay but I love it. Apparently Endwalker will shake this up a bit and I'm excited by that, too.

The only downside to current BLM is spamming Umbral Soul between pulls. But, it's not that bad. Just feels a little bit silly and I enjoy the look of four adventurers running together, so spamming Umbral Soul kind of messes up that look. But, eh. That's mostly for just dungeons anyways.

I also really enjoy RDM. Several others mentioned RDM already. It's a pretty guided job since you have two mana bars you have to balance. But, everything works pretty much perfectly together without any road bumps. Clutch VerRaise feels nice. Having a heal that is actually worth something on a DPS is also fun to me. Mobile thanks to movement oGCDs and Dualcasts mixed with slide casting. Endwalker RDM looks amazing and I'm super excited for it. I really dislike AoE on RDM and consider it the worst feeling AoE DPS. But, Endwalker is changing that!

Edit: Wow, this hat for my BLM glam makes my forum avatar look silly, ha.

IMO:

1. SAM - Not difficult but engaging playstyle with different gears. Hits like a truck, good mobility, flexible burst, and sweet sword sounds. <3
2. MCH - Not difficult but fast paced and oddly satisfying gameplay loop. Unique job with the tech fantasy. Wish it hit harder. :/
3. BLM - Best caster class I've ever played ever? Sublime at 80 (bit of a mess syncing down). Hard mode job can be exhausting to play but the reward is feeling like a god.
4. MNK - Kind of similar to MCH...something about MNK that scratches an itch but the loop isn't quite as satisfying. Sick animations. Looking forward to the rework.
5. SMN - Held together with duct tape and chewing gum but a caster that plays like ranged physical is fun times (occasionally). Rework looks bonkers.
6. RDM - Better designed than SMN but can get boring. Burnt myself out rezzing folks in Delubrum. Cool job. Might rate higher if not for the burn out.
7. NIN - Haven't played in over a year. Unique job, flashy, fast, but dull outside of trick attack window. I'd probably rate higher but it's been awhile. /shrug
8. DRG - Well designed job but SAM exists. Reminds me of SAM but SAM has more toys to play and Kenki is good stuff. I get bored with DRG sadly.
9. DNC - Not a bad job but RNG can make it dullsville. Flashy and I love the dash. Just not as engaging as MCH unfortunately.
10. BRD - Only dps I don't have at 80. Currently gathering dust at 71....yeah.

Samurai is a easy choice it’s hands down the best crafted job in the game for melee, Dragoon is a close second it’s simpler but just as fun, Monk is faster and more positionally strict but with True north and Riddle of earth it becomes easy to manage and quite fun after some practice

Ranged BRD is miles ahead of the other two kit wise, the proc-n-dot is well designed and despite the unjustified hatred over the daunting task of keeping your dots up, it’s a good time if you can endure the progression kit which hasn’t aged the best. If you want somthing simpler DNC is there, may get mundane but once you get Flourish the job shines abit more. It’s very easy and a A+ for people that are starting out, and MCH I guess, tons of people love it but also tons of people love McDonald’s. Take it with a grain of salt. Although it’s fun if you like spastic button mashing as a opener

Melees:
Sam and ninja are pretty fun, big numbers for one, fast without being a one button fest for the other
DRG: is quite well designed, just a bit under the 2 others for me
MNK: since the rework it's half dead

Casters:
BLM: prob the only job that dont get dumbed down every expansion, pretty fun concept
RDM: the principle is fun, but easy to get tired of from the simplicity of it, a casual favourite tho
SMN: the "concept" could be fun, but the execution is like fighting against the kit

Physical ranged, none is really fun imo and less damage than any others but:
BRD: actually have things to manage, concept is nice outside of the lvl 80 skill that is a bit forgetable
DNC: pretty, some attacks has big numbers, but very random procs
MCH: not very deep or complicated to get into, 24seconds per minute will be 1 GCD spam, very popular for the casuals because of the "speed".

ps: not saying casual in a negative way.

Surprised people like Samurai. Mine is not that high though. A lot of these responses are pretty varied too.
Kinda said it already but to me it doesn't really feel like a Samurai much at all, it's almost like the red mage. Unless someone knows something I don't about Samurai lore, it feels like they went overboard with the ice.
Going to try unlocking Machinist tonight. Even though I'll have limited skills at first, I have seen some really cool machinist videos.

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Surprised people like Samurai. Mine is not that high though. A lot of these responses are pretty varied too.
Kinda said it already but to me it doesn't really feel like a Samurai much at all, it's almost like the red mage. Unless someone knows something I don't about Samurai lore, it feels like they went overboard with the ice.
Going to try unlocking Machinist tonight. Even though I'll have limited skills at first, I have seen some really cool machinist videos.

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Tbh sam doesn't start ramping up til 62, at that point sam gets double the amount of kenki if not more. at 68 ikishoten also gives sam a huge amount of kenki. at 76 sam unlocks tsubame-geashi and starts having a completely different flow (also a big difficulty spike). So maybe you didn't get far enough to feel those things out.

For me, the NIN big burst dps, good AoE, good survivability and mobility.

It requires the right secondary stats and mastery.

Very rewarding to play, even if the majority blind don't even realize it.

Obligatory "play them all" post. I never understood the concept of asking others (if the hope was to find something you yourself might enjoy), because the people you're asking are not, in fact, you, and all will have their own individual reasons that may not parallel. I know it's not the answer you want, but it's still true. You can unlock every job in the game and get at least a small feel for the core right then and there. It may not be wholly representative of the class as a whole, but it's usually more than enough to see if it might resonate with you.

I had an assumed idea of what I'd like in the game when I first started back in ARR/HSW, but I find myself maining completely different things once I got into it, and enjoying far more than those overall.

I've been tanking for about 3 years now and it's become so boring and will be even more dumbed down in ew. With the plethora of tanks out there now I decided to level SAM for ew. I'm 71 and having a blast. It's not too complicated and not too dumb so imo it's a really smooth and fun job. I will be maining it in ew if that means anything.

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Melees:
Sam and ninja are pretty fun, big numbers for one, fast without being a one button fest for the other
DRG: is quite well designed, just a bit under the 2 others for me
MNK: since the rework it's half dead

Casters:
BLM: prob the only job that dont get dumbed down every expansion, pretty fun concept
RDM: the principle is fun, but easy to get tired of from the simplicity of it, a casual favourite tho
SMN: the "concept" could be fun, but the execution is like fighting against the kit

Physical ranged, none is really fun imo and less damage than any others but:
BRD: actually have things to manage, concept is nice outside of the lvl 80 skill that is a bit forgetable
DNC: pretty, some attacks has big numbers, but very random procs
MCH: not very deep or complicated to get into, 24seconds per minute will be 1 GCD spam, very popular for the casuals because of the "speed".

ps: not saying casual in a negative way.

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As a red mage, no offense taken. :) Personally, I'm enjoying Blue Mage. It's a shame it's a limited job. It's been a lot of fun running around and hunting for new spells.

I mean, that's super subjective. I tend toward DRG, SMN/SCH, and PLD, not just because of the mechanical gameplay but also because of the class fantasy. I know it's sort of antithetical to FFXIV's ethos, but I also sometimes get idea for race/class combos, like Miqo'te NIN, or a Duskwight Reaper, which means having alts (since I'm not fantasia'ing every time I want to change jobs lol)

MNK for me for several reasons, but the main one being that I love the animations, job aesthetic, and the fast-paced feel. Besides that, it's not really complicated and the gameplay is largely the same at almost all levels, which to me is a plus. MNK is a job that I can return to after not playing for awhile and get back up to speed with very quickly, and not feel totally gutted at 50 or 60 content like some other DPS jobs I play.

SMN is another one I'm having a lot of fun with, which is funny because it's the one DPS job I have never played even though I've been on this game for several years. It always intimidated me and the tooltips seemed really convoluted but with the job action trailer from EW, I knew I had to learn it. I'm glad I finally did and I'm looking forward to the titan part of the dps rotation a lot.