Least played job?

[ValorSekari]

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[Mirakell]

I think on my server there's a lack of scholars and dragoons. There is loads and loads and LOADS of bards, meanwhile most coil groups I see shouting for members seem to be looking for scholars and dragoons just seem to have been replaced by monks.

Tanks of course seem short on supply, think this is the case in most servers.

[Lillia]

I feel like out of every single class? Tanks are really rare to find because of this their Q times are very fast and they are often the needed roles filled in but I don't think many people find tanking as fun as it could be like pld's famous 1, 2, 3 and rare 4 button pressings (Caution: this does not make keeping the hate off some dps easy.) @-@

Secondary being healers though (SCH feel like the more rare ones in this case,) and finally DPS however I often don't see many SMNs myself. :x

[kidvideo]

Least played job...?

1) that Gun-class we don't have yet. There's a guild sign in Limsa & a few NPC's wear & use guns. But no players yet :-/
2) Red Mage. A few mobs cast the en-line of spells, traditionally a Red Mage ability. But no players yet :-/

[Wolf_Gang]

SCH? If I were to represent classes from most rarest to least:

Gladiator >> Marauder >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Arcanist

[PArcher]

I can't say what job is least-played on my server/data center (while I want to say SMN/MNK...that's ALL I run into when I DF as a tank >.>) the jobs that seem to be in highest demand for statics are SMN and melee (with a shift towards DRG; occasional need for tanks and heals, but I've seen a ton more PFs LF SMN and/or melee). Now, this doesn't mean that these are the least-played jobs, but that they are the least-played well.

I do see a ton of BLM and BRD still, with slots for those filling fast in PFs. There are still a large number of DRG in PFs...but the majority are just bad (which is why groups always seem to have open DRG spots...). Depending on content, healers or tanks are usually last to fill (Ifrit, T1 and T4, Tanks are rare. T2, T5 or Levi, Healers are never around)

And I do see bad examples of every class, a lot. Its most obvious when a Heal or Tank is bad but bad DPS also drag parties down (I hate seeing BRD die to easily avoidable AoEs...the one class that has almost 100% uptime while dodging...and yes, I've had some say they couldn't dodge because they were DPSing and moving is bad...really? You are not a BLM!)

Pretty much, if you want to "be wanted", roll a tank or heal...but make sure to be a *good* tank or heal. If you want to DPS, don't roll a BRD or BLM, and if you roll a SMN or DRG, make sure you are really good at your job (MNK, well yeah, be good at it, but from what I've seen from MNKs outside my static, its easier to pass under the radar since their DPS is naturally high as long as they keep up GL3 and positionals are more forgiving to them than they are to DRG)

[Droughboi]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I'll try SCH then after I get my DRG to 50 since I still don't have a Lv 50 yet >_<

[JeniLinsky]

Can't remember if I EVER saw a Summoner in a party in the last three months. Really can't remember. I have one but never touched him besides levelling up.

I (Pld) did a duty roulette dungeon the other day, in the low-level dungeon category (I try to run one of these every day, to help new players... and I like the low level dungeons). When it popped, I found myself in a party with an Arcanist, a Summoner, and a Scholar. I was all "Wait... wait... I'm the only one here without a book? Aieeeee!" Clearly, SE needs to add a tome-based tank other than Carbuncle.

[PArcher]

I (Pld) did a duty roulette dungeon the other day, in the low-level dungeon category (I try to run one of these every day, to help new players... and I like the low level dungeons). When it popped, I found myself in a party with an Arcanist, a Summoner, and a Scholar. I was all "Wait... wait... I'm the only one here without a book? Aieeeee!" Clearly, SE needs to add a tome-based tank other than Carbuncle.

I had that happen once (I was SCH though)...unfortunately, it was Qarn (pre-2.1)...yep, ACN in Qarn. Run went about as well as you're thinking too...

[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.