Just coming back to the game, which DPS is good? Tier List?

[Przyjaciel]

So just came back to the game the other day and I'm not sure what class to play. I've tried them all out a little bit, and I like them all. I was just wondering is there a tier list? Or... which classes are pretty good right now?

[Canadane]

Other than minuscule differences, there's very few situations you'll find any class for any role outright refused.
Sure some people have complaints, but they're pretty exaggerated. Play what you like, even if that means you play them all.
There's almost never been a tier list for classes in the game, everyone's just sorta that evenly balanced.

[Taranok]

Other than minuscule differences, there's very few situations you'll find any class for any role outright refused.
Sure some people have complaints, but they're pretty exaggerated. Play what you like, even if that means you play them all.
There's almost never been a tier list for classes in the game, everyone's just sorta that evenly balanced.

There are some specific exceptions to this. For example, MCH was stupidly unpopular in Stormblood to the point where you basically never saw them, and AST was in a worse boat in HW.

That said, regardless of how bad a class is, the only time I have seen a class be so bad you literally couldn't play it was Astrologian in Heavensward, where it flat out could not do its primary job in high-end content, and could barely do its job in normal content. Unless you really knew what you were doing, AST couldn't handle high-end raids at release.

But even the worst jobs otherwise have a presence. Suboptimal does not mean unusable. The devs learned a very, VERY hard way that super tight DPS checks in Gordias was destroying raiding and the raiding community, so they moved away from that and towards mechanical complexity instead, so outside of a couple overly strict DPS checks (Looking at you, E2S), it's typically fine.

[Katie_Kitty]

So just came back to the game the other day and I'm not sure what class to play. I've tried them all out a little bit, and I like them all. I was just wondering is there a tier list? Or... which classes are pretty good right now?

BLM, MNK, and DRG blow everyone else out of the water and that's not exaggerated. If you're even above average as one of them then you will contribute the same rDPS as one of the best RDMs, BRDs, MCH and so on in the world. Some don't like to admit it but those are the simple facts.

[Przyjaciel]

I see, are Ninjas still pretty close to the top too?

[Katie_Kitty]

I see, are Ninjas still pretty close to the top too?

NIN were one of the worst jobs in the game but they did get some buffs in the last patch so they're probably better. Without looking at the numbers i would put them on the same tier as SAM, just below the big 3. Don't quite me on that though. In general, you can't go wrong with any melee class + BLM. Non-BLM ranged and casters are in a bad spot right now.

[Dogempire]

It doesn't matter too much which dps you choose despite the imbalances, though at the moment the best classes are any melee or black mage.

Go black mage if you want pure damage, go monk if you want bard's utlity and samurai's dps rolled into one grossly overtuned class.

[remiff]

Monk and drg will be nerf at the 5.1,
Yoshida say melee dps are too strong .

[Violet_Galaxy]

So just came back to the game the other day and I'm not sure what class to play. I've tried them all out a little bit, and I like them all. I was just wondering is there a tier list? Or... which classes are pretty good right now?

You're already coming back with the wrong mindset. Simply play what you like. Why would you even concern yourself with a tier list?

[Przyjaciel]

You're already coming back with the wrong mindset. Simply play what you like. Why would you even concern yourself with a tier list?

I said I tried out all classes and liked them all. So to me, I'd be happy with any class. I was just curious which classes were doing good at the moment and/or if any classes got nerfed with any patches since I've been gone.