Red Mage vs Samurai

[Shurrikhan]

Both look lackluster. I'll probably take Monk, Bard, Dragoon, Paladin, or Dark Knight to 70 first, depending on what news we get on revisions. If the footage from SAM / RDM level 70 players makes it look worthwhile as raids are opening up, I'll probably make either a quick second, but neither seem to be a niche I care for. They're just both too different from what I was hoping for (a true hybrid-range spell-fencer and an agile swordsman—not one themed on animation-lock).

[Radacci]

In my opinion, anyone who chooses their new main based on a few seconds of aestetics alone is a bit foolish.
At least wait until we have more actual info about the gameplay and skillsets of both jobs..?

As for leveling..not sure.
I dislike redmage in general, but really like magic dps..
I hate melees but really like Samurai in general..

we probably wont know until game is released, unless skill-sets are leaked early in some patch; or if they do like with nin, and show skill rotations and such, in game engine.
also some ppl just love RDM and/or SAM and will main them for that alone, unless they turn out to be some major disappointment.
also lv cap will go up to 70, so all jobs will get new skills, so might as well wait and see what gameplay and skill sets are for each job


I'll go SAM first between these 2, but RDM looks kind of fun too.
Not sure what job to lv 1st though...some current job, or just go with SAM first.
Reading these comments i realized i could go as SCH or SMN and lv both at the same time, so can have a DPS and a healer to 70 at same time, so that's a good option too; then level rdm to gear up both RDM and SMN.
hmhm so many options QQ

[MisterLucy]

I hope Sam does not take the title of highest single target dps over Mnk.

[ADVSS]

I hope Sam does not take the title of highest single target dps over Mnk.

if it does, mnk will just keep getting monthly buffs until it doesnt. trailer doesnt show much, not even if positionals even exist on samurai. If they dont i can assure you, it wont match mnk.

[MisterLucy]

if it does, mnk will just keep getting monthly buffs until it doesnt. trailer doesnt show much, not even if positionals even exist on samurai. If they dont i can assure you, it wont match mnk.

I hope so. I love my mnk if if but does drop I hope it does get buff. Maybe GL4 would help if they add it.

If Sam does drop mnk they better fix mnk because that all we got highest dps.

[MisterLucy]

Sadly I cant edit my MTs :/

[Khalithar]

I'll be leveling everything to 70 regardless (I've already capped everything to 60), but I definitely want to do Rdm first because I am exceptionally curious as to what exactly it's storyline is and to learn more about the lore. I'll be going drk main in to SB to take to 70 first followed by my main dps class (nin) second and from there dabble in the other classes over time between leveling my gatherers and my crafters.

[gumas]

I hope Sam does not take the title of highest single target dps over Mnk

i think it could but on different way, this is just my own personal view

monk = fast dps as in low numbers but fast like machine gun
drg = normal dps but high at burst

sam is confirm to be using something like "charge" system so maybe like a "shotgun" class, it slow at dealing damage but high in numbers

[Ryaz]

I'll be playing both, but Samurai will probably be my new main. I was a Samurai in FFXI and I've been waiting for the job since I first started playing.

[Leigaon]

sam is confirm to be using something like "charge" system so maybe like a "shotgun" class, it slow at dealing damage but high in numbers

Maybe I'm misunderstanding so please clear it up for me, do you think that they'll make it so it has a charge much like warriors have stacks or charge in terms of BRD and WM? Or maybe both, using stacks to use an OGCD ability that takes time to execute..but maybe that would be a bit too much.

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Also, I only know Samurai from FFXI, I went back and looked at the history of other Samurai Jobs in the FF series. A lot show Gil Toss, that sounds hilarious. But between that and FFXI Samurai that was a big TP / SC / WS beast, what does everyone think they'll take Samurai from mostly?

Or could it be something new in terms of the job?

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This makes me also wonder about Red Mage, looking back through the games they had access to a lot of things and just expanded on all of it through time. I'd like it to be more than just them jumping back and doing aoe light damage that's just like a black mages aoe, just looks different. I just wonder what the dark and light magic abilities will be, if we will see en-spells or party enhancements of some sort.