Funnest PvP Class?

I've spent a couple of days playing the new PvP mode/system and I have to say, I've had a great time with every class I've tried except DRK.

I wanted to ask and find out what the community thinks the funnest class is in PvP. Don't worry about your skill level or experience, go with your gut.

I realize this is partially subjective, but still! It might inspire people to try different classes or even surprise. Thank you to whomever participates.

https://strawpoll.com/polls/wby5lKY38ZA

Dragoon is the most fun because I play it.

MNK. Because no other job can cast "Return" every 60s... for the enemy.

War a beast. Hard to die and you get a stun spam and a pull/slow.

Bard. Lb not the greatest but if you hate pve version then pvp different. Feels like a Archer.

I play them all so i think their all fun but if I was to pick
Tanks WAR
Melee NIN
Rng McH or DNC hard fight there
Magic any of them they all feel great but BLK go boom is my love
Heals are the same all good I can't pick one but I can say AST is the lowest on that list

Wars are the easiest to die...

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Originally Posted by SilverSkyway

War a beast. Hard to die and you get a stun spam and a pull/slow.

Bard. Lb not the greatest but if you hate pve version then pvp different. Feels like a Archer.

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Wars are the easiest to kill. Their heals are pitiful, their shields do nothing, and their actions cost a ton of life. They also depend on landing hits to heal. They are the easiest to cc and burn down.

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Originally Posted by NyneSwordz

Wars are the easiest to kill. Their heals are pitiful, their shields do nothing, and their actions cost a ton of life. They also depend on landing hits to heal. They are the easiest to cc and burn down.

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Have you not read the thread's title? If that's the impression he gets and a factor in his enjoyment of WAR as a fun job, then who are you to tell him otherwise? Simple light-hearted thread and we're derailed on page 1. And you haven't even answered with your own most fun job to boot. This place man.

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Originally Posted by Nikoto

Dragoon is the most fun because I play it.

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☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) This

DRK is hella fun once you figure the sweet spot of your HP that lets you stay alive while dishing tons of damage with some nice defenses to hold you.

For supportive jobs PLD, AST, SGE and BRD have some fun ways to support your team, be it defensively, with buffs / debuffs or with crowd control.

If you like more damage focused jobs, DRG and MNK are solid melee jobs while MCH and RDM are fun ranged / caster picks.

Hard to say what you may like, you should try a few.

Notable classes where I've had fun with their gimmicks

CC:
Bard - Lots of burst damage potential and can lockdown kill targets with silence on a relatively short cooldown. Whatever you do, don't play them in Frontlines though.

White Mage - Getting off a clutch polymorph is very satisfying.

Frontlines:
Samurai - Multikills with Chiten + LB. Need I say more?

Paladin - Super durable and can stall out large clumps for enemies for a minute if you space your abilities correctly. Also the big ole cheese with covering is fun.

My more exciting PvP moments (in both Frontlines and CC) have come from playing DNC.

The things I can do with their toolkit, like diving into a party member who is about to die, doing a last-second partner swap and saving them with a stacked Curing Waltz - peak satisfaction, I tell you. It's also fun keeping an eye out for all the different ways I can use Honing Dance - I can drop a nasty amount of cleave damage (when I know it's safe), put up barriers for my party to protect them from SAM's LB, or, if I'm feeling particularly spiteful, preposition myself in the direction I know my target is going to run and force them to choose between running back towards my team or bleeding to death with Honing Ovation; it's hilarious when everything aligns in just the right way to make that possible. And don't get me started on En Avant--what an amazing move. I love that it's built into DNC's rotation, allowing me to be slippery while pumping out plenty of damage. It's almost disgusting what I can get away with using a 4 charge dash on a 10 sec CD.

DNC gives me so much room for skill expression and I've been having a blast trying to master this job.

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Originally Posted by Silhart

My more exciting PvP moments (in both Frontlines and CC) have come from playing DNC.

The things I can do with their toolkit, like diving into a party member who is about to die, doing a last-second partner swap and saving them with a stacked Curing Waltz - peak satisfaction, I tell you. It's also fun keeping an eye out for all the different ways I can use Honing Dance - I can drop a nasty amount of cleave damage (when I know it's safe), put up barriers for my party to protect them from SAM's LB, or, if I'm feeling particularly spiteful, preposition myself in the direction I know my target is going to run and force them to choose between running back towards my team or bleeding to death with Honing Ovation; it's hilarious when everything aligns in just the right way to make that possible. And don't get me started on En Avant--what an amazing move. I love that it's built into DNC's rotation, allowing me to be slippery while pumping out plenty of damage. It's almost disgusting what I can get away with using a 4 charge dash on a 10 sec CD.

DNC gives me so much room for skill expression and I've been having a blast trying to master this job.

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That's the stuff I love to hear. I wish PVE had this level of richness to it, PVP skills are few but they are usually so impactful and intertwined. It's pretty awesome.

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Originally Posted by Reinhardt_Azureheim

DRK is hella fun once you figure the sweet spot of your HP that lets you stay alive while dishing tons of damage with some nice defenses to hold you.

For supportive jobs PLD, AST, SGE and BRD have some fun ways to support your team, be it defensively, with buffs / debuffs or with crowd control.

If you like more damage focused jobs, DRG and MNK are solid melee jobs while MCH and RDM are fun ranged / caster picks.

Hard to say what you may like, you should try a few.

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I might have to give DRK a re-try then. I've been enjoying my time with MNK, DRG, NIN, and SAM. Particularly MNK though, it feels like you're playing Shichika from Katanagatari if you'll allow me a weeb comparison. Relentless and with insane burst when you build up right.

Thank you all for participating and posting your thoughts btw, I deeply appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by Petite

Have you not read the thread's title? If that's the impression he gets and a factor in his enjoyment of WAR as a fun job, then who are you to tell him otherwise? Simple light-hearted thread and we're derailed on page 1. And you haven't even answered with your own most fun job to boot. This place man.

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Who am I to tell him otherwise? An ffxiv player on a public forum, that's who. And I wasn't "telling him otherwise," I was stating something I think is true, which ultimately may be true, but could be just taken as me voicing my opinion. And sure, I can see why you could interpret my response as something negative, but calling me out and lamenting the state of "this place" whatever that means, isn't exactly a positive response either and doesn't get the discussion back on track either, does it?

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Originally Posted by NyneSwordz

Who am I to tell him otherwise? An ffxiv player on a public forum, that's who. And I wasn't "telling him otherwise," I was stating something I think is true, which ultimately may be true, but could be just taken as me voicing my opinion. And sure, I can see why you could interpret my response as something negative, but calling me out and lamenting the state of "this place" whatever that means, isn't exactly a positive response either and doesn't get the discussion back on track either, does it?

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I'll extend to you an olive branch. What job do you find most fun to play and why?

Despite having no sort of cc of heal power scholar has become very amusing. They may as well be using the astrologian's cards, because they're holding them. Like it's amusing that they can easily manipulate the battlefield with buffs and debuffs within seconds. What other classes can consistently keep the attack power of your opponents lowered for majority of the fight?

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Originally Posted by Mistress_Irika

Despite having no sort of cc of heal power scholar has become very amusing. They may as well be using the astrologian's cards, because they're holding them. Like it's amusing that they can easily manipulate the battlefield with buffs and debuffs within seconds. What other classes can consistently keep the attack power of your opponents lowered for majority of the fight?

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I agree. It's so satisfying to hit a bunch of people with a Galva+Expe buffed Biolysis. They're probably the most chill job to play on as well.

After dabbling into a bunch of the classes, DNC has the be the most smiles per minute class for me in CC.

• The DNC LB (and Reaper LB for that matter) being able to catch guarded/ unguarded enemies into arena-created damage has a flavour of satisfaction that you couldn't get from a standard high damage LB.
• Using a DNC LB following up a high damage output LB's (DRG, SMN, WHM, DRK, etc.) along with your teams damage, puts a serious damper on an enemy push due to serious TKO or actual KO's.
• En Evant in general. IMO one of the highest utility skills given to a class. Enemy is running to elixir? I'm more inclined to give chase and stop it. I can even pot between dashes if I'm being pressured. Melee or Ranged giving constant pressure? A map like Volcanic Heart (Cloud 9 and Palaistra less so) gives me ample options to create space/ break LOS.
• Honing Ovation followed into Fan Dance and Saber Dance. 2 GCDs and 1 oGCD creating a potential 30k burst gives enough raw potency to be a flexible finisher (not to mention its reliably ready every 20 seconds).
• I also find Guard has great synergy with En Evant. Dropping guard into en evant to fall back saves more then I will ever admit to vs. just guard and sprint.

I find DNC to be a more high risk, high reward class. You have the abilities to jump in and out of the thick of the melee battles, so long as you know when you need to fall back. If you are not being focused most of the game, the AoE damage DNC puts out is truly ridiculous, magnanimous even. You also get Curing Waltz, and buffs for your dance partner. What's not to love?

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Originally Posted by NyneSwordz

Wars are the easiest to kill. Their heals are pitiful, their shields do nothing, and their actions cost a ton of life. They also depend on landing hits to heal. They are the easiest to cc and burn down.

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hey sir have you tried playing a gunbreaker ? you can see what it actually means to get blown up in 0.5seconds as a tank.

Ninja in Frontline Is the best for me. Literally the only One able to kill a tank with less than 5 ppl attacking it. Monk Is strong and Sam Is a noob trap.. but noobs are a lot so..

Ninja's toolkit is just amazing. You can do so much and when you start chaining that LB it just feels like you're playing Pac-Man.

I personally enjoy DRK the most though. There were games where the rest of my group wiped and I held the Crystal alone in time for everyone to come back and continue the assault. Survivability is great if you manage your toolkit.

DRG is also another fun one. Very bursty job. You can definitely overwhelm groups. LB is a bit easy to spot, but it is definitely good.

I really enjoy MNK. Sometimes you have the most mobility. Sometimes you don't. Most of what we do is just GCD punching, but like I think the job is overall really technical, and interesting. It's mid to high tier; renowned for its ability to delete people on paper, though it often doesn't happen like you think it would. Defensive likewise sounds juicy, but the heal seems to come out so late you can't always hold RoE for as long as you'd like. That said it's the ultimate melee when it comes to ST pressure. Sticky, high throughput, and relentless.

Guilty pleasure is WHM, which I only play in FL.