Want to DPS in SB

[Agrios]

So I've always been a tank main and would heal when I wanted a change of pace but this time around I feel like maybe putting the sword and board down and letting someone else take the hits might be more fun. I have most classes near 60 and can't decide on which DPS to play. Melee or range? SAM and RDM look great but I'm going to be a hipster and stick to the older classes due to less competition. My favorites seem to be NIN, BLM, and BRD but I can't decide which to play. Thoughts?

[Rinuko]

Less competition of what? You still sharing gear with other DPS classes and queues not going to do anything about Duty Finder queues regardless if you are a BLM or SAM

[ffchampion]

My advice: Do stormblood story as a tank, its seriously not worth it as a DPS. i havent seen a queue time <40 mins so far for the 2 dungeons and trial i've done.

[Agrios]

Less competition of what? You still sharing gear with other DPS classes and queues not going to do anything about Duty Finder queues regardless if you are a BLM or SAM

You have a point when it comes to gear but I was thinking more in terms of group composition. With all the RDMs and SAMs running around it's going to be harder for them to find a raid spot when compared to another class that's less played. With all the changes to the classes I'm not familiar with which classes will be brought along for raid utility and such. I know the "wanted" classes used to be BRD, NIN, and MCH due to their support.

[Vurtney]

BRD is still the go-to as DPS support. Since they got rid of the clunky cast times i'd give it a go.

[YitharV2]

My thought is play anything you want.

From here:

Any raid group that would reject a skilled player because it is nonmeta just sends off warning bells to me, and I'll leg it faster than light speed

I'm not a raider by any means since I just started a few months ago, but I really think it's a bad idea to play around what you think other people will want, because if you don't enjoy playing the job, what's the point? You should play what you enjoy.

[Agrios]

BRD is still the go-to as DPS support. Since they got rid of the clunky cast times i'd give it a go.

I'm curious as to whether MCH and BRD are still fairly equal. I know they were having a back and forth going a bit before I took a break in HW.

[Agrios]

My thought is play anything you want.

From here:


I'm not a raider by any means since I just started a few months ago, but I really think it's a bad idea to play around what you think other people will want, because if you don't enjoy playing the job, what's the point? You should play what you enjoy.

I totally understand that mindset and it's usually my go to in other MMOs. My problem with that in XIV is that I enjoy just about every class...which is why I almost capped them all in the last expansion. >_< Having been a tank for the longest time has been amazing for 5 man content but I rarely found a raid group that needed a tank due to only needing 2 and PUGing raids isn't really that fun to me.

[YitharV2]

I totally understand that mindset and it's usually my go to in other MMOs. My problem with that in XIV is that I enjoy just about every class...which is why I almost capped them all in the last expansion. >_< Having been a tank for the longest time has been amazing for 5 man content but I rarely found a raid group that needed a tank due to only needing 2 and PUGing raids isn't really that fun to me.

I don't think anyone can tell you the meta though because we haven't even hit the first raid yet. I think DRG or BRD are good picks in terms of utility.

[Rinuko]

You have a point when it comes to gear but I was thinking more in terms of group composition. With all the RDMs and SAMs running around it's going to be harder for them to find a raid spot when compared to another class that's less played. With all the changes to the classes I'm not familiar with which classes will be brought along for raid utility and such. I know the "wanted" classes used to be BRD, NIN, and MCH due to their support.

IMHO that only applies if you going to endgame. I think all jobs are viaable now since the whole composition was one reason for the battle system changes. I could see MNK being less wanted since SAM took their spot as insane selfish dps class. Time will tell when we get the raids