Easiest dps right now

[Inosaska]

To many abilities bloat all the classes now. I've barely played the game mostly because of this too because I don't want to play something that will cause me to look at my keyboard more then looking at the screen just to remember that I'm actually hitting the right button for the ability.

[FreyrPrime]

To many abilities bloat all the classes now. I've barely played the game mostly because of this too because I don't want to play something that will cause me to look at my keyboard more then looking at the screen just to remember that I'm actually hitting the right button for the ability.

Practice. Practice. Practice..

I've been 60 for exactly a week and I've spent hours on the dummy committing the DRG rotation to muscle memory. Just cause DPS gets the reputation for being easy don't be that guy. Put the time in and join the rare DPS that actually matter.

[Twilite]

Haven't really heard from MNK's how it plays but I personally feel the easiest is not DRG. Judging from the amount of pained sounds over voice comm I doubt it is BLM either. BRD's got minuet issues. Didn't like MCH at all when trying it out.

I love my DRG but I feel like it is time to also level and gear up the NIN. Just in case. =D

Careful there. It took years before everyone in FFXI learned that job flocking will alert SE to nerf said class. I have no doubts the same will be the case here.

[Shori]

Here is the order I would rate them: (easiest first)

SMN - altho shift further down for some primals/bosses (reason i put at top is because you can output decent damage without even having played it before, or you have many choices available depending on how the fight is going. its a very versatile role)
BRD - realy your only issue is dont auto-engage before tank does
NIN - this is where it starts to get a little harder
BLM - as OP mentions altho it is still easier than some dps roles
DRG - altho I dont play this I STILL see loldrg dieing so maybe it is actually hard
MNK - because positionals and GL stacks are still way harder than other dps, particularly if your tank has ants in his pants
MCH - because is lacks in dps (unless SE is planning on fixing that)

[Kitria]

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Someone who mains Bard saying that Bard is harder and saying DRG's "qq".

Yep. Thanks for being incredibly biased.

Of course the classes we main will instantly be the ultimate in complexity and depth to us because we spend the most time with them.

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Moving on, I find Monk to be the most straightforward personally (I used to main it so perhaps it's from familiarity?), though I haven't leveled it past 50, so I'm only comparing it to my other classes at 50. This answer will of course differ for each person, as we each have our own preferences.

Test out the classes yourself to see which you enjoy the most ^^

[FreyrPrime]

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As an ex-MNK for most of 2.X I still shake my head at myth of MNK difficulty. They have two extremely flexible combo's, and if you set your bars up correctly the rotation flows so smoothly that it's pretty brain dead honestly.. Flank-Flank-Back, Back-Back-Flank, Flank-Flank-Flank.. etc etc..You always know which positional you're going to land way ahead of time and can plan accordingly.

Now DRG with BotD and the randomness with FnC/WT and how tight Geirskogal makes it.. Yeah, that makes MNK look like a walk in the park.

[Butcherboy]

I have a feeling SE will incorporate a 1 button mudra, that ur avatar just perform the ninjutsu then the mudra, but either way with AC it just made nin life a bit easier. Monk they r back to the 2.0 mnk. I'm sure we will do a patch. Drg beside the randomness of 4th tier WS I think they r still the easiest.

[FreyrPrime]

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I just.. From what do you draw this conclusion about Dragoon? It's literally a 17+ button rotation and with BotD you have a 1-2 second wiggle room if you want to maintain 3 Geriskoguls per minute like you're supposed to. 1-2 seconds is considerably less than the GCD, so that means you have basically zero room for error.

In fact for most of the rotation you need to hit 2 oGCD's per GCD in order to not fall behind. On top of that if you miss Fang and Claws or Wheeling Thrust positional your lose 190 potency. So yeah.. Mistime a combo? Drop BotD. Mistime your Geirskogul. Drop BotD. Disconnect from the boss for any amount of time. Drop BotD...

Oh and BotD is a 60s CD. It only takes MNK 22.5 seconds to reach GL3 after dropping. It's not even a comparison.

Have you even played Dragoon at 60?

[Butcherboy]

U can't argue game mechanics since everyone have to deal with that. It can be said the same thing about ninja. Boss jump or mob dies before getting ur AC off well there goes ur huton, ohh great mudra lag. All the things u mention about ur play time with drg basickly sums it to one game mechanics. Everyone has to deal with with it not just drg. And no my drg is only 50 heack my main which is mnk is only 53. And that sure has change the most for PB opening. Drg same opening except u have more things to weave in between. Having more button to to press does not equal hard.

[MetaRed]

A lot of people in this thread keep propagating this idea that black Mage plays largely the same as it did in 2.xx and has largely the same rotation.

This is incorrect. Black mages now have to ma