Fear of playing a DPS

[Raldo]

Why DPS?
Most people don't like the responsibility of tanks/healers that you appear to enjoy. DPS do indeed have less responsibility, however nobody likes stuff to take inordinate amount of time either. Your job as a DPS is to make content faster, and there are also some situations where not meeting a DPS check will get the party killed just like losing a tank or healer. As a tank or healer, have you ever said to yourself "Dear god, this stuff is dying so slow." That right there is why people DPS.

For me personally
- I find tanks/healers to be boring (generally DPS rotations are more involved). Performing well at your DPS rotation while also not screwing up fight mechanics can be really satisfying.
- I like the competition aspect. Now that everyone has lost their enmity-control skills, I can now accurately judge my contribution versus other DPS based on where I am on the hate list (unless someone dies, dropping their enmity to zero).
- It's a lot easier to feel the impact of improving yourself as a DPS (stuff dies faster). I mean, stuff dies faster if you're good as a tank/healer too (optimization necessarily leads to more DPS), but since you're weaker it's harder to notice the impact.

Should you even try DPS?
The game lets you be good at everything. Feel free to give it a shot if you want. Don't if you don't want to or don't like it. Keep in mind that low-level anything is boring though, so don't judge a DPS based on the early levels. Whenever I have free time, I like to level everything. By year's end, I'll probably have everything to 80.

Which DPS?
That's really a personal question. I would suggest BLM, but ultimately it's up to you what you find fun (it's just unfortunate that you have to get to lv60~70 before you can really assess a jobs full kit to see whether or not you find it fun...). BLM seems to be the most-powerful non-melee class, and since I hate positionals, that's my pick. Despite that, I've been using MCH the most because I find it enjoyable. You do you. Unless you're trying to get into picky savage groups or something, you'll be fine on literally any DPS.