Recommend a class which will do the least harm!

[Miggs]

Lol, when I say the least harm, I don't mean to the mobs, I mean to a group!

I'm a new player, fairly 'mature' and don't have the mental and physical dexterity of the latest Tekken world champion if you get where i'm going.

I'd like a class I can battle through to max level to experience the game, but as and when I group, I don't want to be "That guy!"
If you rely on me to tank or heal, i'm afraid you're probably gonna die or rage-kick me... or both!

Suggestions? (this could include going back to Minecraft!)

[Frizze]

So id say BLM 1-50, RDM 50-70. BLM starts out fairly simple(fire stance for damage, ice stance for mana regen, keep thunder dot going whenever possible). It gets its staple AoE attack early(fire 2 at level 18), so dungeons arent too bad. And you really only have to hit one or two buttons every 2 seconds to do good damage. Dodging attacks while trying to finish casting can be annoying, but you just need to learn attack priority(this attack will kill me so i stop casting and run, that attack will hurt me so i can finish casting then run, some other attack does very low damage so i can ignore it and keep going unless my healer is dead or mad at me). At higher levels(over 50) BLM gets more complex as you have more stuff to keep track of, which is where you could potentially switch to RDM(which you have to be 50 to unlock anyway). RDM is also fairly easy(cast quick spells to proc duelcast, use duel on long spells, balance mana levels, use melee combos when up), and while the damage is lower it has a couple advantages. Its much more mobile then BLM(so dodging is less of an issue), and at higher levels it has a heal and a res that it can bust out in emergencies(BLM has essentially no unique utility currently, just damage).

Best of luck!

[Miggs]

Hi and thanks for responding.
I'll roll a Thaumaturge tonight and see how things go.
Cheers

[Risvertasashi]

...Kind of an odd way to put it. All DPS in this game are viable; in the very high end raids, some are seen as a little behind, but they're all still capable of doing the content. If you don't want the responsibility of tanking or healing...

I'm going to second the vote for RDM. It's rotation is relatively easy, but also brings a ton of utility to the party -- namely resurrections, and you can give healers MP. And if you happen to mess up and eat an avoidable aoe... you can heal yourself too. But, fair warning, 'helping' heal the tank or such when it's not an emergency will probably annoy healers.

[Urthdigger]

I would suggest that you TRY tanking and healing. They're surprisingly easy to play, require little in the way of off-GCD moves (which is mainly where the physical dexterity requirement for some jobs comes into play), and mechanics tend to be pretty lax for them (At least outside of raids).

[Shurrikhan]

Red Mage may be easy, but it also has a very rapid button-flow.

I'd honestly recommend at least trying healing or tanking first; they tend to be the easier insofar as dexterity is concerned. I'd recommend Warrior or White Mage for something fairly straightforward, without much button-sprawling required.

[Miggs]

Thanks for the replies, I've rolled a THM and quite enjoying it, nice damage and quite intuitive mechanics, but they all start out simple right!?
Regarding tanks, I was going to try a GLD as reading up on PLD, they seem a fairly simple playstyle.

[Frizze]

Thanks for the replies, I've rolled a THM and quite enjoying it, nice damage and quite intuitive mechanics, but they all start out simple right!?

True, they all start out fairly simple. How complex they eventually get and how quickly they get there varies from class to class. And the fact that you can level every class on the same character with no penalty means theres little reason not to try multiple things. As far as tanks go, from what im told PLD is the most intuitive but i havent played it personally. For healers, WHM is supposed to be the equivalent(though the healing fairy means that at lower levels the burden on a SCH is lower).

[KDSilver]

RDM as people said, or you can try Bard as well.
Support abilities, high moblity and not very complex rotation (based on proc with dots)

[urban]

Smn...by far the easiest...just spam ruin....plus your pet auto attacks :/