Least played job?

[Droughboi]

Sorry if this has been asked a bunch of times. I just started back playing after a 5 month break since I can run the game on something reliable now. Anyways, i'm tired of seeing a Dragoon everywhere I turn so... What's the least played job? Is it still Paladin? If you could, please put them in order. Ty

[Kule]

In terms of how well people play the job, I'd say sch. Always seems to be the last slot to fill up in T5 party finder groups.

[Doki]

Usually it seems like everyone is looking for a Scholar.

[RumiP]

Usually it seems like everyone is looking for a good Scholar.

When a SCH is played bad, it's bad.

[Assirra]

When a SCH is played bad, it's bad.

Indeed, i main sch but i play whm a lot as well and the amount of sch that doesn't seem to realize how to play is staggering.
Stuff like no galvanize before big predicted hits (titan stomps for instace), the fairy keeping on sync or not rezzing her when she is dead cause of careless management.

[ispano]

Indeed, i main sch but i play whm a lot as well and the amount of sch that doesn't seem to realize how to play is staggering.
Stuff like no galvanize before big predicted hits (titan stomps for instace), the fairy keeping on sync or not rezzing her when she is dead cause of careless management.

Actually for stomps, it's better to time it to hit right as the first stomp lands. More efficient use of it.

[Eekiki]

When a SCH is played bad, it's bad.

Both the jobs branching off the Arcanist class seem to be like this. A bad SMN will absolutely cripple your group's DPS.

On Balmung it seems healers are slightly more in demand than tanks, but I see requests for both of them all the time in PF groups.

[RumiP]

Both the jobs branching off the Arcanist class seem to be like this. A bad SMN will absolutely cripple your group's DPS.

On Balmung it seems healers are slightly more in demand than tanks, but I see requests for both of them all the time in PF groups.

I would say arcanist has a high skill cap, but that would upset people who take that as me saying the opposite about their favorite jobs.

[PArcher]

I would say arcanist has a high skill cap, but that would upset people who take that as me saying the opposite about their favorite jobs.

For DPS, DRG, MNK and SMN are all up there in terms of skill-cap, probably in that order. They each have their own way of doing things though, so it can be hard to say which is the hardest of the three. BLM and BRD...eh, low skill-caps compared to the others

Heals, its not really comparable, as it relies more on whether you are a naturally reactive healer (WHM) or preventative healer (SCH). You can understand the theory for both, but if you are a natural preventative healer, you can struggle with WHM but find SCH almost boringly easy.

[JTribal]

Both the jobs branching off the Arcanist class seem to be like this. A bad SMN will absolutely cripple your group's DPS.

On Balmung it seems healers are slightly more in demand than tanks, but I see requests for both of them all the time in PF groups.

I second that, PF groups in Balmung always fill up with DPS first.

Tanks or Heals are always the least played and have the most demand. Another benefit are the non-existent wait times to queue for a dungeon, so it's alot faster to level a tank or healer as well.