Strong duo synergies?

[Nyalia]

(Foe's Requiem doesn't just boost elemental attacks, so it can and should be used for summoners/DPSing scholars.)

Thank you so much for posting that link! The English localization team for this game is so bad at non-dialog, it's really sad So, I'll assume it's a translation error, because there's been tons of others in tooltips, puzzle clues, quest dialog, and other places.

Although I don't recommend picking two DPS classes at once, I'm surprised bard and dragoon got overlooked as a pair. Dragoons can buff bard damage which helps to mitigate the negative effect of TP song, they can handle the stuns that bards can't, and provide strong single target DPS as well as AOEs in desperate situations. Typically the easiest four-man runs I get are bard/dragoon DPS combos. Dragoon and bard are also both pretty good classes for PvP.

I logged in to add this to my post when I saw that you beat me to it Definitely agree, and I'm guessing that DRG will boost Machinist damage in the expansion as well (they reduce a target's piercing resistance).

On that note, NIN + PLD have a similar combo. NIN and WAR can both reduce slashing resistance by 10% (the debuffs don't stack), and that benefits NIN, WAR, and PLD. Though, the NIN move that restores TP (Goad) only helps PLD when PLD is stunlocking a target (their only really TP-intensive move).

PLD + WAR can also be nice in 8-person dual-tank content, both for the slashing debuff and for the other tank debuffs (-10% damage dealt from WAR, -10% STR from PLD), but that's not terribly much content.

MNKs can reduce blunt resistance similarly to DRG and NIN/WAR, but that only benefits MNKs right now. Well, and possibly the SMN melee pets (Ifrit and Titan), but no one ever uses those (Garuda is just so much better, and deals magic damage). I guess it also benefits caster melee auto-attacks for those scholars who want to slap things with their books, but that really doesn't count. :P

Ultimately, since you can be any class you want at pretty much any time in this game, you can basically pick whatever you want now and then just change your minds later if you feel like it's too slow leveling or the class/job is boring. Try a little bit of everything and find the roles you like best.

Totally agreed!

[sarehptar]

Thank you so much for posting that link! The English localization team for this game is so bad at non-dialog, it's really sad So, I'll assume it's a translation error, because there's been tons of others in tooltips, puzzle clues, quest dialog, and other places.

Yes, bard's Battle Voice tooltip has a similar translation error too so it definitely happens; considering these errors have been around for at least a year, I'm surprised they haven't been fixed by now... The English team are usually at least good at going back and fixing things when they are pointed out.

Related to the main topic of this post though, I belatedly thought about something else: I would recommend not actually pairing a healer and tank combo. They definitely work well together and are great for queue times, BUT if you are trying to ultimately minimize the time you spend leveling, it would make more sense to have one of you level a DPS alongside the other's tank or healer, and then switch off. If you level tank and healer classes together, ultimately (if you plan to level everything to 50), you'll be stuck leveling two DPS classes together at some point, and that will suck. XD I traded off with a friend while leveling DPS and healer classes and it saved soooo much time.

By the way, you should come back and tell us what you picked!