What decided your main job class?

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I started as an Arcanist because I tend to like magic-using characters but the Thaumaturge's resource management and micromanagement turned me off. I also liked that Arcanists have a heal. I had originally intended to go Summoner until I discovered how amazing the Scholar was at soloing (which I spend most of my time doing). It's damage output is pretty good for a healer and simple to execute compared to Summoner and Thaumaturge (no managing funky cooldowns or "spells you can only use while this or that buff is up"), I get faster dungeon queues as a healer, and I get to dps much of the time. It just ended up being a win win all around.

[Pompoen]

Though I started as a WHM main, I now main Bard and Ninja. Bard pretty much just because I always play Archer/Bard in MMOs (good old Ragnarok Online days) as well as healers (hence the WHM)
I also have a preference for playing Swordsman or Assassin classes but, seeing as swordies here are just tanks and not DDs I opted for Ninja (mained an Assassin in RO too) I quite enjoy both classes though Bard makes me wish I could either actually use my harp for something other than added decoration for a 2 second animation and that I could actually do a little more damage. Not happening but oh well :P Nin is pretty nice, save for when your bunny decides to let everyone know you messed up your mudras somehow.

[Voltyblast]

I was a PLD at first but then I went to Balmung because my original server (lich) was a german one. In this server I went warrior because 1) My character was from a game and she used an axe. 2) I play tanks anyway, easy queues.

But the more I played, the more I liked the diversity of warrior: it wasn't just about pressing 1-2-3 but also the wrath mechanic that got me. It's still my favourite tank because it has an actual mechanic behind (I don't consider mana drain as a mechanic, and PLD has the block but...yeah they got nothing). To this day I still play warrior because of their uniqueness and thanks to HW they've pretty much become the perfect Offtanks.

I also played a lot of BRD back in ARR as I loved hunter back in wow (-insert your usual hatred speech about wow here-), but overall any archer class really intrigues me...but HW made them mini BLMs so I went full caster instead (which I didn't like back then, but I'm having much more fun now).

[Seoulstar]

Because I love anything related to the stars and planets..and eventually I'll always find myself being a healer in a mmo. No matter how many times start as a different role.

[Morningstar1337]

As for Main, I went with BLM because my previous game was terraria, where I played a magic-oriented build. I also fin AST my favorite healing Job because I like the stars

[AutoWhit]

No sword dps class, so dragoon it is.

[Galgarion]

Warrior. It' a fun class that you can get a lot done with, and it's visually appealing to use a great axe.

[Heliantheae]

When I going through the story I saw this Ninja completely wreck shop. And I was like; that, I want to do that. And it's a really fun class and people bring me along to stuff because of Trick Attack.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Initially I started out with Monk to differentiate from my friends, but upon leveling Dragoon to unlock Blood for Blood, I slowly became hooked. While I did stick with Monk for a while longer, Dragoon has recently won out now that I've finally reached Heavensward. Weirdly, I actually prefer the sheer number of skills DRG has because I've developed a good muscle memory for my button layouts. Switching back to MNK, I always feel as though I'm missing half my skills, xD

As for why I like DRG? It's flashy. Yes, that is one reason-- and a pretty big one, though I do prefer having some raid utility to offer, which is why I'll probably level BRD/MCH soon. WHM has been surprisingly fun too.

[Meimi_chan]

Monk.

Before starting the game I spent a good deal of time reading each class description on the guide on lodestone.
I liked the idea of punching stuff so I started as a pugilist and it's been my main for over 2 years now.