Which artifact armours are your favourites for each job?

I was playing around in the benchmark again because I have alt-itis, and I realised that I really only run it with the level 80 PLD armour. It got me to wondering what everybody's favourite artifact (that is, capstone job quest - or level 89 vendor in EW's case) armour is for each job?

The best way to see them all out of game, afaik, is to go to https://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/gearsets and select the "Job Artifact Armor" filter!

For me:

Tanks:
PLD: ShB | WAR: EW | DRK: HW | GNB: ShB

Melee:
MNK: StB | DRG: StB | NIN: EW | SAM: StB

Ranged:
BRD: ShB | MCH: EW | DNC: EW

Caster:
BLM: EW | SMN: EW | RDM: EW

Healer:
WHM: StB | SCH: HW | AST: HW

I left out RPR and SGE for obvious reasons :rolleyes: Also I am simply too lazy to go through all the crafters and gatherers. Anyway, this is just for fun! Something a bit light-hearted.

Anything and everything astro and dancer :3 the rest is eh to me..

Oh and was just reminded of level 60 smn definitely one of my favourites and on par with astro and dnc!

It comes and goes, but Dragoon is the most consistently good. Then maybe Paladin. Honestly, through most artifact sets past the 3rd or 4th set starts becoming watered-down.

I haven't finished levelling all jobs yet so I am going to go based on the ones I remember. I am excluding some classes as I don't have a strong opinion on them.

PLD: EW WAR: EW GNB: ShB
MNK: StB NIN: ARR
BRD: EW (Wearing this now) DNC: ShB
SMN: HW RDM: StB
WHM: ShB

Personally:

WHM: The ARR Cleric Set, the other sets never quite hit the mark for me, either being a bit generic or a bit too frilly.
SCH: I'm torn between the classic ARR look and the much more modern but still identifiable Shadowbringers set.
AST: Constellation, no questions asked. It's an awesome looking set. Perhaps one of my favourite healer sets of all time, right up there alongside the SCOB High Allagan Healer set.

MNK: ARR: my first dyable gear, especailly because i like fighting games and it looks too much like something Chin Li would use.
MNK: SB: The whole set that made me farm Eureka and my first SB relic
MNK: ShB: This one is my fave, especially the top, that and it was the first time i stepped outside of my confort zone and did Memoria Misera EX on patch just to get it.

I guess out of the classes I have leveled or am actively leveling-

DRK: Really not a fan of whole armored look for my char, but if I had to choose then either HW or ShB.
GNB: EW, no contest.
WHM: ARR. I find the robes from the other expansions way too fussy though I have found use for the sleeves and boots from a couple of them. And I consider the StB cane my char's "canon" whm wep, if you will.
SCH: EW by virtue of the rest all being pretty terrible, tbh, outside of the hat on the HW one.
AST: finally a job where they're all really good. I'll give the edge to the HW set though for that hat.
SGE: do not care whatsoever for this look. Maybe another set in the future...
DRG: again, I'm not really into full armor sets. HW and ShB are okay-ish though.
RPR: oh gods, like...I like it? But not for my char.
BRD: this is definitely the hardest. I used the ARR set for quite awhile, but the StB and EW sets are also fantastic. I guess the only one I don't really care for is ShB's?
MCH: HW.
DNC: EW, but the ShB set is also lovely.
BLM: I love StB's for the classic black mage colors, but ShB and EW's capture the witchy look so perfectly.
SMN: HW, without a doubt. EW's is also not bad. ShB's is downright terrible though.
RDM: Nothing beats the StB one, but I love the shorts+tights of the EW set.

Endwalker WHM wins for me for the sheer ridiculousness of punching you-know-who looking like a dainty birthday cake

https://i.imgur.com/s2fTWT5.jpg

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Originally Posted by TaleraRistain

Endwalker WHM wins for me for the sheer ridiculousness of punching you-know-who looking like a dainty birthday cake

https://i.imgur.com/s2fTWT5.jpg

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That cake looks like it has a lot of icing. I'm still gonna eat it though.

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Originally Posted by Renalt

That cake looks like it has a lot of icing. I'm still gonna eat it though.

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That's that Thighlander thiccness at play

PLD: HW
WAR: ARR (Ardbert!)
DRK: SB (all black, no purple)
GNB: ShB

MNK: SB
DRG: HW
NIN: HW
SAM: SB
RPR: EW

BRD: SB
MCH: ShB
DNC: ShB

BLM: EW
SMN: ARR
RDM: SB
BLU: ARR

WHM: EW
SCH: EW
AST: SHB
SGE: EW

Bear in mind that these choices are based on how they look on a male lalafell since that is my main, and as a result these choices are very much subjective.

Tanks:
PLD - EW
WAR - ARR
DRK - SB
GNB - EW

Healers:
WHM - ARR
SCH - EW
AST - HW
SGE - EW

Melee DPS:
MNK - SB
DRG - EW
NIN - HW
SAM - SB
RPR - EW

Ranged DPS:
BRD - SB
MCH - EW
DNC - EW

Caster DPS:
BLM - ARR
SMN - HW
RDM - SB

Come on, I want screenshots!

If going by the full sets, that is pretty difficult. Some of my favorites though have been WHM, DNC, GNB, and DRG. The first two and last two look the best on females and males respectively. WAR is also pretty awesome for those who like the, "I wear what I kill" aesthetic

As individual pieces though, I have several favorites that I use as glamours pretty consistently. SCH has the best skirts in the game. I've always liked the WHM body pieces and boots. It's really tough to beat out the Lv50 NIN legwear. And I haven't stopped wearing the Lv90 SAM leg piece since I got it. It's perfect! DNC Lv90 body piece is also tough to beat out, but it doesn't have a lot of competition. There just isn't a lot of gear that fits DNC within the physical ranged role.

Tanks:
PLD: HW | WAR: EW | DRK: HW | GNB: EW

Melee:
MNK: EW| DRG: ShB| NIN: ARR| SAM: ShB

Ranged:
BRD: HW| MCH: EW | DNC: ShB

Caster:
BLM: EW | SMN: EW | RDM: EW | BLU: ShB

Healer:
WHM: StB| SCH: HW | AST: HW

Do/Hand:
CRP: StB | BSM: ARR | ARM: StB | GSM: ShB | LTW: ARR | WVR: ShB (although HW is damn good) | ALC: Tie between ARR and ShB | CUL: ARR

Do/Land:
MIN: HW | BTN: EW | FSH: HW

If I'm restricted to the full sets:

Tanks:
PLD: ShB | WAR: EW | DRK: EW/SB| GNB: EW

Melee:
MNK: EW| DRG: EW| NIN: SB| SAM: EW

Ranged:
BRD: SB | MCH: EW | DNC: EW/ShB

Caster:
BLM: None (EW)| SMN: HW | RDM: EW | BLU: ShB

Healer:
WHM: StB| SCH: EW | AST: HW

DoH:
CRP: SB | BSM: HW | ARM: HW | GSM: ShB | LTW: ARR | WVR: EW/ShB | ALC: ARR | CUL: SB

DoL:
MIN: HW | BTN: ShB | FSH: SB

paladin: lvalor set
warrior: dont really like any of them though i suppose the pummeler outfit is the nicest
dark knight: again dont really like any of them though the ignominy is the nicest i guess
gunbreaker: allegiance set

whitemage: ebers set (i like all the whitemage AF armors except for the seventh heaven outfit)
scholar: academic set
astrologian: astronomia set (one of my favorite outfits in the game)
sage: only has one outfit and its ok its not good but its not terrible

monk: dont really like any of them, the bhikku set is ok i guess
dragoon: drachen set
ninja: lvl 50 ninja set (hachiya is also ok)
samurai: saotome set
reaper: only has one set and its horrible

bard: brioso set
machinist: gunners set
dancer: etoile set

blackmage: spaekona set
summoner: convoker set
redmage: atrophy set (i like to use the atrophy set with the esoqueur chest for glam)

looking at it like this seems i like the endwalker sets the most

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Originally Posted by Boblawblah

Come on, I want screenshots!

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if you insist

valor set:
https://i.imgur.com/IHKMOdA.png

pummeler:
https://i.imgur.com/7YuHACT.png

ignominy:
https://i.imgur.com/STJhp9L.png

allegiance:
https://i.imgur.com/tAQxbU8.png

ebers:
https://i.imgur.com/PuUkFSa.png

academic:
https://i.imgur.com/ZEYMIE4.png

astronomia:
https://i.imgur.com/7I1dx0q.png

sage:
https://i.imgur.com/MFTNt3p.png

bhikku:
https://i.imgur.com/rP0QzFs.png

drachen:
https://i.imgur.com/NdxoGSt.png

ninja:
https://i.imgur.com/z2eV6iF.png

saotome:
https://i.imgur.com/cnbLNZf.png

brioso:
https://i.imgur.com/Mniq459.png

gunners:
https://i.imgur.com/t6ZgSXw.png

etoile:
https://i.imgur.com/Q1ibZm0.png

spaekona:
https://i.imgur.com/kjr0aYo.png

convoker:
https://i.imgur.com/XIyhT7i.png

astropy:
https://i.imgur.com/UiLN94k.png

since iam posting all these screenshots i might as well post more so heres my preferred glam for each class (only gonna post my non AF glams)

dark knight
https://i.imgur.com/OxzwZHp.png

monk:
https://i.imgur.com/2OGYeRR.png

dragoon
https://i.imgur.com/UlJbOhv.png

samurai
https://i.imgur.com/uJeIoWg.png

bard:
https://i.imgur.com/LhuyJY7.png

machinist:
https://i.imgur.com/KXZ6hgQ.png

blackmage:
https://i.imgur.com/lnPcdLc.png

redmage: (atrophy set with the estoqueur chest)
https://i.imgur.com/OSEmscW.png