SAM or RDM?

[Shiroe]

first master Drg fully at 70, like in real (savage) raids or extreme trials in the endgame content, only after fully mastering Drg at 70, start a new Dps class

but recommend to level some crafters too and maybe a gatherer parallel early on, whlie leveling your Drg..., use Leves to level them up fast, ... crafters are good for gil and being able to repair your own gear

and as for sam or rdm, .. rdm will probably get you in more progress parties and is very flexible in all content of the game (deep dungeon, eureka etc.), rdm might be a tad boring till lv 70, but has cool aesthetics and is generly easy to play

sam is cool to play, but will have a harder time to get in parties

eitherway, stick to Drg till you reached the endgame of Stormblood and mastered it a bit

without HW, level cap is probably lv 50, not sure though...

but HW and especially SB are totally worth it..., just some fetch quests early in ARR and HW, besides some very stretched "find all the aether knots to fly" in HW can be pain, but gets better in SB..

and main Story is good later on in ARR (early ARR main story is really slow), and good from the start already in HW and SB, hold thru!^^