Least played job?

[Doki]

Usually it seems like everyone is looking for a Scholar.

[RumiP]

Usually it seems like everyone is looking for a good Scholar.

When a SCH is played bad, it's bad.

[Assirra]

When a SCH is played bad, it's bad.

Indeed, i main sch but i play whm a lot as well and the amount of sch that doesn't seem to realize how to play is staggering.
Stuff like no galvanize before big predicted hits (titan stomps for instace), the fairy keeping on sync or not rezzing her when she is dead cause of careless management.

[ispano]

Indeed, i main sch but i play whm a lot as well and the amount of sch that doesn't seem to realize how to play is staggering.
Stuff like no galvanize before big predicted hits (titan stomps for instace), the fairy keeping on sync or not rezzing her when she is dead cause of careless management.

Actually for stomps, it's better to time it to hit right as the first stomp lands. More efficient use of it.

[Eekiki]

When a SCH is played bad, it's bad.

Both the jobs branching off the Arcanist class seem to be like this. A bad SMN will absolutely cripple your group's DPS.

On Balmung it seems healers are slightly more in demand than tanks, but I see requests for both of them all the time in PF groups.

[RumiP]

Both the jobs branching off the Arcanist class seem to be like this. A bad SMN will absolutely cripple your group's DPS.

On Balmung it seems healers are slightly more in demand than tanks, but I see requests for both of them all the time in PF groups.

I would say arcanist has a high skill cap, but that would upset people who take that as me saying the opposite about their favorite jobs.

[PArcher]

I would say arcanist has a high skill cap, but that would upset people who take that as me saying the opposite about their favorite jobs.

For DPS, DRG, MNK and SMN are all up there in terms of skill-cap, probably in that order. They each have their own way of doing things though, so it can be hard to say which is the hardest of the three. BLM and BRD...eh, low skill-caps compared to the others

Heals, its not really comparable, as it relies more on whether you are a naturally reactive healer (WHM) or preventative healer (SCH). You can understand the theory for both, but if you are a natural preventative healer, you can struggle with WHM but find SCH almost boringly easy.

[RumiP]

if you are a natural preventative healer, you can struggle with WHM but find SCH almost boringly easy.

I dunno, I played both, but chose SCH as main cause I found it and its mechanics far more interesting. WHM made me snooze.

[TeaTimeBear]

I dunno, I played both, but chose SCH as main cause I found it and its mechanics far more interesting. WHM made me snooze.

This is probably why there are so many SCH's here. A lo of people in this thread say they're rare but if I joins PF that had all heal roles selected I am almost guaranteed to get a SCH. -_-

[kukurumei]

For DPS, DRG, MNK and SMN are all up there in terms of skill-cap, probably in that order. They each have their own way of doing things though, so it can be hard to say which is the hardest of the three. BLM and BRD...eh, low skill-caps compared to the others

Heals, its not really comparable, as it relies more on whether you are a naturally reactive healer (WHM) or preventative healer (SCH). You can understand the theory for both, but if you are a natural preventative healer, you can struggle with WHM but find SCH almost boringly easy.

NO way is a blm low on the skill totem poll. They can be as reliable and unreliable as any other class. Same with Brd. While brd does bottom out, good bards are darn good bard. darn good.

A lot of unsatisfied blms switch to smn only to be similar unsatisfied just the same. I don't believe any of this elitist "high skill cap" nonesense, because every job contributes just as hard and push just as high with every attempt at content.

There is always going to be ways to optimize your approach every time you do content on that class.

Least played it's hard to say for pf/df because people switch jobs to whatever is the fastest to get a slot and run things.

But in the end tanks are always lacking.