Thread: Strong 4.05 classes (easy to play) ?

Originally Posted by Shug

Still spreading this nonsense? There is a video on youtube showing a bug that makes them do their melee combo a lot faster than they are supposed to, which is how their dps is so high.

So, what, faster than the 1.5 second recast that the Enchanted form specifically reduces it too?

If you're assuming the regular and Enchanted variants are the same, don't. Look at your tooltips for each.
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On topic:
Red Mage, Ninja, and Monk are probably your easiest DPS, in that order. Bard is also very simple, but cluttered and less intuitive to master (similar to Monk in that regard).

Originally Posted by Shug

Stick with your class son, don't assume I don't know what I'm talking about.

Funny... Mine is higher level than yours. But, okay. I'll stick to my other 70s.

The confusion was due to the wording. I use the half-cost imbalance frequently. I assumed you meant the rate of the combo itself, not the rate at which one gains sufficient mana to perform it.

If you mean function well like, do decent? Eh, monk's not too hard to do decently. None of the jobs in this game are hard to do "decently" at. Really just push the buttons that make sense, hit positionals if ya got 'em, and never not be doing something and you'll do well on anything. You can perform within 80-85% of a job's potential just by looking at your tooltips, figuring out a combo that kinda makes sense, and remembering to always be doing something.

Squeezing the last drop of DPS out of a job? Well that's a whole 'nother side of things.

Originally Posted by Galvuu

I think the bug Shug meant is the one where you can get your full enhanced combo off (+finisher) by using imbalanced mana (there's a thread with the magic numbers).

With specific cds up, this can be exploited (especially helpful for your opener) and you can get the enhanced combo a gcd earlier.
If you use it whenever possible, you get a few more full enhanced combos over the course of a fight.
The opener usage is quite nice because it allows to line up buffs better with Embolden+your combo.

Thats the one. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Shurrikhan

So, what, faster than the 1.5 second recast that the Enchanted form specifically reduces it too?

If you're assuming the regular and Enchanted variants are the same, don't. Look at your tooltips for each.
http://prntscr.com/fwjvsd
http://prntscr.com/fwjw2d

Stick with your class son, don't assume I don't know what I'm talking about.

RDM, as others have said, is both very accessible and very useful.
BLM is easy to understand what to do, but the best execution on a fight by fight basis is...not easy to do, so take that as you will.
BRD is again easy to understand, and mainly revolves around remembering a few priorities for when certain procs/timings coincide. That said it's very reactionary, and therefore very subjective on how people would "rank" it's difficulty (not that it's super hard, just depends on your reaction speeds and correcting problematic timer lineups before they become a problem)
MNK is rotationally very simple, can be punishing but have tools to prevent said punishment. If you can handle the quicker gcds it's not too tough.
NIN isn't too bad either I guess.

For strong and easy to play, I'd say RDM and MNK, and MAYBE NIN would check those boxes the most.