Most challenging and wanted DPS class?

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Speaking to the Melee DPS, the only one that's particularly difficult is Dragoon since it's class Mechanic: Life of the Dragon takes a long time to build toward and can be delayed by minor missteps in the job.

Samurai is the easiest of Melee DPS contrary to what many people like to say. It's got the second easiest GCD rotation and there is remarkably little depth to Kenki in spite of what others tell you, it pretty much manages itself. It has self buffs, but they're so massively long it's pretty difficult to actually drop them. It has no persistent momentum buffs that you're punished heavily for dropping and you can gain all of them back with little difficulty or relative loss. There are some things you can do at a super high level of play that net you incredibly small potency gains, such as Hagakure and Hissatsu: Seigen use, but they make very little difference overall. There's also a massive number of Samurai players, so if you're looking to main it in end game stuff you've got a lot of competition.

Ninja and Monk are about on the same level of difficulty but in different ways. They both have a persistent buff to upkeep, Ninja has Huton and Monk has Greased Lightning. Huton has a massively long timer and it refreshes for a large amount so it's very difficult to lose, Greased Lightning is the shortest timer of buffs of its type and only ever refreshes for that amount. Monk has more GCDs and the longest GCD rotation of the melee at 12 before it repeats(not the most buttons), Ninja has the least number of GCDs (5) and a more simple rotation. Ninja however has more oGCDs than Monk and the Mudra system. I personally find Ninja harder than Monk but that may be a familiarity thing. Monk does 3rd best damage overall behind Black Mage and Samurai while Ninja is at the middle of the pack at the moment. Their party utility reflects this, Monk's is very weak Ninja's is very strong.

Dragoon is probably the hardest, simply because of how much effort it requires to play at a base level.

The most desired of the Melee is Ninja, the amount of damage it does in conjunction with how strong its party support is makes it pretty much irreplaceable. Samurai and Monk are competing for the other Melee DPS spot, since Monk is relatively close in terms of DPS while also offering Brotherhood as party utility. Dragoon is pretty underplayed at the moment.