Hello, I am new to FFXIV and as such, I need someone to tell me why I should stick to playing an archer as opposed to another class.

Basically, I am really demotivated to continue leveling up my archer because when I look at end-game content (especially how it is described in the forums), it is clear that I will be focusing on singing rather than dps.

The thing is, I don't like to sing. I like to dps. I want to be brought in to a group because I am good at damaging the boss, not because my voice helps healers heal more often.

So, I started to level pugilist and gladiator to level 7, but, even though I enjoy the fact that I will be brought to groups for only my dps, I don't enjoy their playstyle.

Can someone relate a little bit to how I am feeling? Or am I the only one who feels that making the Bard as the only "job" for an archer is kind of forcing all archers to be support rather than let's say... giving archers two jobs - pure dps (higher dps output) vs. dps/support.