What job to play? please advise

[Hellstorm]

At low level all the melee job are kinda repetitive due to lack of skills however higher up this is not the case. That being said all jobs have a rythem of button you need push at a given time so all jobs going fill repetitive after awhile.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Hi Guys,

I have played many MMO's before and i like to keybind my keys on the keyboard. However Final Fantasy has way too many skills for the jobs i have tried and i am not sure what to play. I do enjoy a dps job rather than tank and/or healer.

I generally like melee classes in games, especially dual wielding swords. *snip*

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you

Hi! I love dual wielding swords too. My frost death knight is a joy to play.

Unfortunately, there is no job which exactly matches them in FFXIV. In fact there are no dual swords in the game. However, there are two jobs who do use two melee weapons, ninja and monks.

Monk is the simpler of the two and the game lights up the next ability to use for combos. There is a buff called Greased Lightning for you to maintain but it isn't difficult.

You and I have a lot in common. I too have trouble seeing everything. I recommend you fiddle with the settings. Enlarging parts of the UI (Cntrl or Command + Home) helps a lot. There is no other options but the moving dotted lines on the icons. I'd kill for a flashing icon instead.

[kyrios91]

Since you like Melee classes and I assume a DPS role (From your MMO history), as well as a Job that has less buttons to press, IMO it would be MNK. From all the Melee DPS jobs MNK has the least amount of buttons to press. DRG, SAM, and NIN have a lot of things to press. They have way more off-GCD skills to weave compared to MNK which only has around 8 (without counting Perfect Balance + Shoulder Tackle and you will rarely use Tornado Kick, for example) at level 70.

The difference is that MNK's off-GCDs are just "use when it's off cooldown and use it again when it's off cooldown again" while the other Melee classes has to weave / maintain their off-GCDs in a correct timing in their rotations.

[Kwoon]

So for general advice... I definitely second using a controller. For more bloated jobs you can simply have your often-used on the main hot-bar and your buffs or less used abilities on the cross bar. That way everything is easy to access AND easy to view for cooldown purposes. I've used both PS4 and Xbox, they're too similar to make a distinction. Play with whichever feels better in your hands.

As for class suggestions... Bard and Red Mage have the least amount of bloat in my opinion. I can fit both on a single Hotbar+Crossbar setup and their "rotations" are simple enough. Bard goes off of a Priority system due to its innate mechanics (most everything is proc-based) so you use whats up when its up while maintaining your songs, party buffs and DoTs. Red Mage is simply do this until that then repeat. MAYBE toss a cure or raise if the healers need some help.

[Kwoon]

For the up close melee characters.... the most fun I've had is Dragoon. It can be as difficult or as easy as you want to make it. Playing it casually, you'll clear most-all content, maybe even all with a good team but it has layers of complexity that are honestly very fun to uncover and learn, as well as rewarding since you'll notice a hefty dps boost by playing it correctly.

As general advice, I would say give the casters a chance. They may not be your normal playstyle but they may also surprise you. I've never played a Tank class in any other game but I really enjoy it here, for example. Other than that, use Palace of the Dead to your advantage. Most classes are boring in the lower levels, by clearing PoTD up to floor 50 you can start there solo with every skill up to level 60 unlocked. This gives you chance to play the class at -almost- full power with most of your toys unlocked and get a good feel for them.