Your opinions on the easiest classes?

[Roshidon1]

What do you feel is the easiest class to maximize your DPS on in raid scenarios?

Definitely Bard.
- No positional requirements
- Can dos on the move from melee/ranged
- Rotation is pretty simple just straight shot, venomous bite, wind bite/ use cool downs/bloodletter as they pop.
- Cast a song every now and then for shits and gigz.

[OneWingedSora]

I would say its like this from easiest to hardest for maximizing DPS.

BRD > SMN > Nin > DRG > MNK=BLM

[AkashiXI]

Hardest job = your main
Easiest job = the one you least understand.

E.g: poster above me.

P.S: Bard is easy, and Black Mage is laughably easy too.

[Llyren]

I feel the easiest dps class I have to play is the Bard. The easiest melee dps class to play for me is ninja. I prefer to Tank as Warrior. I prefer to heal as White Mage, though as a scholar in low level duties the summon can handle most all the healing and you can just spread your dots...

For lazy class lead its got to be Bard. I think several other classes get a better return on the player skill then Bard does. Lower skill ceiling for Bard, skill floor is same for everyone, dead, and it is easier to not die on a Ranged dps that can move while casting most things...

[siverstorm]

Easiest job = the one you least understand.

and Black Mage is laughably easy too.

I guess black mage is laughably easy when you only consider fights that let you sit at one spot and turret for 100% of the fight.

[RiceisNice]

Easy to pick up? Bard by far. You can mash buttons and still pull reasonable dps. A newbie going into BLM runs the risk of ooming the first couple of times, and people don't grasp comboing mechanics immediately.

Playing effectively? I'd have to say PLD, BRD and BLM are pretty damn close together.

[AkashiXI]

I guess black mage is laughably easy when you only consider fights that let you sit at one spot and turret for 100% of the fight.

Fcob all have very easy ways of optimizing your dps with minimal movement on Black Mage. Second coil was harder, imo, but only if you did everything in a traditional sense (except turn 8). All other fights are pretty damn easy and/or irrelevant in discussion.

[Skeith-Adeline]

I have to say, that if BLMs were laughably easy, there would be a larger amount of good BLMs in general. Most BLMs I've come across in all of my Duty Finder/party finder groups were fetid lol.
BLMs rotation is easy. MAXIMIZING it isn't so much. Maximizing each class to me requires a bit of dedication, and such, won't technically be "easy", but I hoped you guys would know that lol

[Aikaal]

Fcob all have very easy ways of optimizing your dps with minimal movement on Black Mage. Second coil was harder, imo, but only if you did everything in a traditional sense (except turn 8). All other fights are pretty damn easy and/or irrelevant in discussion.

I'll repeat myself. The day you'll be able to laugh and cast full time while dealing with earth shakers and you proof it with a video, I,ll believe you. By far, Monk is the easiest to me. Then again, to me. Biggest factor on what's easy to play is the player behind the keyboard.

[Sunako]

I'll repeat myself. The day you'll be able to laugh and cast full time while dealing with earth shakers and you proof it with a video, I,ll believe you. By far, Monk is the easiest to me. Then again, to me. Biggest factor on what's easy to play is the player behind the keyboard.

I do not play blm myself but cant you cast full time during earth shakers if you save one firestarter proc before earth shakers, then use swiftcast fire, then use another firestarter proc if you get lucky proc. You probably do not even need try cast between earth shakers.