What job to play? please advise

[Deprive]

Hi Guys,

I have played many MMO's before and i like to keybind my keys on the keyboard. However Final Fantasy has way to many skills for the jobs i have tried and i am not sure what to play. I do enjoy a dps job rather than tank and/or healer.

I generally like melee classes in games, especially dual wielding swords. example of this are classes frost death knight or combat rogues in WOW, Champion in Lord of the Rings, Assassin in Ragnarok Online, Witch hunter in Warhammer Online, Conqueror in Age of Conan, Swashbuckler in Everquest 2, DragonKnight in Elder Scrolls Online, Warrior in Terra Online, Assassin in Guild Wars, Thief in Guild Wars 2, Paragon in RIFT, Jedi Sentinel in SWOTOR, Berserk in Black Desert Online and so on.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you

[Deprive]

I would like to play something fun and not convoluted with to many redundant skills which seems to plague the jobs i tried (Rogue/Ninja, Samurai, Lancer/Dragoon). While i enjoy the Samurai at level 50 looking at the skills the job will get to 70 makes my head heart. Way to many skills to keybind them all for optimal use. Looking at the skills it feels very annoying to have to keep up 3 buffs, 1 debuff and manage 2 type of resources while optimally having to be behind the target or on the flank and on top of that having some short term buffs and cool downs to manage.

Perhaps i do not know how configure the hotbars as well, but visually it is not as easy to see when an ability is of cooldown. Is there something that darkens the ability while it is cooling down and it makes it shine once the cooldown wears of? Also the combo chains are hard to see, is there something easier on the eyes rather than a clock wise moving segmented line on the border of the skill icon?

Thank you

[Xehmnus]

I mean... I remember playing EQ2 and the amount of skills doesn't really seem all that different. Maybe just me though?

As for SAM... the buffs/debuff are part of your basic rotation so it's really not hard to keep them up and active, especially considering their duration. The additional skills you'll get on the way to 70 may well seem a little off-putting at first, but it comes pretty easy once you start getting them. Also, having all of 2 positionals, which only matter for kenki generation purposes, REALLY isn't bad.

I have no experience with DRG, so can't really help you there. NIN, on the other hand, is actually pretty fun. All of 1 debuff to keep up, then Trick Attack (which is awesome) and then just using jutsus and resource spenders on cooldown.

MNK can be fun too, though if positionals bug you on SAM, you REALLY won't like them on MNK. So... there's that.

As for the cooldown thing... eventually, you'll just get used to the timing of when they're up. You can, if it helps, set up a hotbar with the icons relatively near your character on the screen so they'll be easier to notice when they're off cooldown. Alternatively, you can set them up as macros with wait timers lasting for the cooldown time and set them up to say a message/sound effect when they're off cooldown.

[Nerisu]

You should try Red Mage.

EDIT:: Sorry, didn't thoroughly read the first post that you like melee, but then again you can pretty much stay in melee range as RDM (unless mechanics forces you to go ranged) and it does have a melee combo too.

[Legion88]

If you are not sure for keybinds, you need around 32 skills for every job to play them, plus potion, limit break and some other stuff.

Happy keybinding.

[Osmond]

The best answer I can give it to try out each one and see if that playstyle is best for you. Cause if I pick a job, you may not like it. Or in the former rpg games you played, what style you like best? Do you like to heal more, magic burst, etc.

[Pendas]

My advice? Play a different game, or play Red Mage.

This game suffers from massive button bloat for every single class, and they all have multiple resources / buffs / positional requirements you need to manage. You can make this easier with a controller or an MMO Mouse (Razor Naga, Logi G600) or try using a controller to play.

[Deprive]

You should try Red Mage.

EDIT:: Sorry, didn't thoroughly read the first post that you like melee, but then again you can pretty much stay in melee range as RDM (unless mechanics forces you to go ranged) and it does have a melee combo too.

I tired Red Mage, and it was fun as you say but i don't really like it more than the samurai, i generally like melee better then casting.

If you are not sure for keybinds, you need around 32 skills for every job to play them, plus potion, limit break and some other stuff.

Happy keybinding.

Yea, that does seem a lot of keybinds. I am surprised Square Enix has not lowered the number of skills for a few of the classes i tried.

[Deprive]

The best answer I can give it to try out each one and see if that playstyle is best for you. Cause if I pick a job, you may not like it. Or in the former rpg games you played, what style you like best? Do you like to heal more, magic burst, etc.

Yea, i may have to try different classes. I like melee classes that generally have faster attacks. I don't generally like casting.

[Deprive]

My advice? Play a different game, or play Red Mage.

This game suffers from massive button bloat for every single class, and they all have multiple resources / buffs / positional requirements you need to manage. You can make this easier with a controller or an MMO Mouse (Razor Naga, Logi G600) or try using a controller to play.

It seems like that. I just picked this game a couple of days ago but having a difficult time choosing a class to play. Am i the only person bothered by the amount of skill bloat? I like your suggestion in fact i have the logitech G600 MMO gaming mouse. But even with that it still is not as fast.