What is the [funnest] class to play?

[Avidria]

Among the roles... bard, white mage, and gunbreaker (paladin close second for tank) are most fun for me. I don't like melee dps almost at all, but I dislike dragoon the least.

And fisher. Don't ask me why, but I just like fishing.

[dinnertime]

I like the "busy" jobs so I play Summoner and Machinist a lot. Astrologian is a good equivalent for the healers.

Ninja used to be one of my favorites but I don't really like the new Ninjutsu changes, but I'll get used to it.

[Novae]

WHM is my main, my favorite job, and the most fun to play for me. I really enjoy AST/DNC too.

[RokkuEkkusu]

IMO, DRK, PLD, WHM, BLM, and SMN.

Your mileage may vary.

[Enla]

I liked 4.0 BRD personally. I don't think anything in the game has actually ever come close to feeling as satisfying to play as BRD did back then.

Currently I still haven't played enough of the 5.0 classes to say one way or the other. 5.0 MCH is apparently extremely fun but I haven't got the chance to toy around with it yet as I'm waiting for DNC to hit 70 before I concurrently work on all the Ranged classes. DNC for what it's worth is fun in doses but that fun wears thin if you have bad luck with your feather RNG, the DPS disparity between good RNG and bad RNG knocks the class down a few pegs for me.

All in all out of all the classes I've gotten to 80 I'd say RDM and BLM are my current favorites. BLM feels very feature complete from my novice perspective and was enjoyable to get to 80, as was RDM. When it came to healers I didn't much mind SCH or WHM, and the former is my current main, but SCH doesn't feel as good to play as it used to. As for AST... Not touch it till 6.0 if I can help it. Leveling it was absolutely the worst experience I've had in ShB thus far.

[Allooutrick]

Funniest has to be culinarian. I've gotten some laughs by joining a field battle and wailing away.

[Sated]

For damage, DNC no contest. Everything else I've tried has either felt too clunky with no flow, or is bogged down with excessive combos and timers and resources that aren't fun to manage. DNC has a chaotic priority system, fun short CDs, high mobility, and I enjoy supporting the party. It also looks great and is fun to watch.

BRD is a close second and would honestly be tied with DNC if AoE felt smoother, but I do still enjoy it for a lot of the same reasons.

[MOZZYSTAR]

I forgot to mention my own favourites!

Before 5.0
AST - I love synergist and saboteur classes. I don't know why, I just find them exciting. So, AST's synergist properties were my jam. I thought the card system was really intuitive and user-friendly. I also really liked the different effects each card had. I actually had fun memorising those and the combinations Royal Road when it first came out. It was just so exciting. The sounds were really nice to me, too (which can weirdly prevent me from playing a class), and I thought the spell-casting animations were nice, light, and not too slow.

BRD - I had only recently picked up (like... 6 months before SHB came out or something like that), but I ended up choosing it as my second main for pretty much the same reasons as AST. I really liked that BRD had potential to not just be "a mindless DPS," because one could somewhat strategise their songs to better aid the team in different situations. (I say somewhat, because of CD. And... because I don't parse or use stats so... I have no idea if it's just a placebo thing for my own ego, LOL.) I really like how mobile it was as well as its animations (like how it flips sometimes. Yesss!).


DRK - The story was what got my hooked initially. After a while, I just thought it felt and sounded and looked so good play. It was really satisfying to be able to take on a mini boss fate by myself and just... slice-n-dice away. XD I didn't get far in levelling, though (at like... 60?). So, I can't really comment too much.

5.0+
I really don't have one at the moment. Dancer is like... a pale version of 4.0 bard. It's my "best" class at the moment and it was fun in the beginning when I didn't know what I was doing. Now it's... it's okay. It's a little boring. To me, anyway. I like the animations a lot, I like the sounds a lot. I do enjoy the uhm.... steppes, seeing the character dance in a battle like that is really satisfying. If some of bards songs were conducted like that, I think it'd be neat. BUT ANYWAY.

I find the response so far to be rather interesting because there is a frequency of some classes being mentioned more than others. At least... thus far. So, I'll be curious to see how it continues transitions as people respond more. /Nods/ I think I might actually give them a shot because they're appearing so frequently. xD

[goob]

idk why y'all keep going back and forth over something so petty. Stop killing the mood of the thread!

As for the MOSTEST FUNNEST class, for me so far, with very limited combat experience in this game, it would be the DOH classes. Can't really pick one that stands out more above the others. I just like taking things and making them into something different. It's oddly satisfying and allows me to add variety to my in-game hoarding.

[RubixCube]

idk why y'all keep going back and forth over something so petty. Stop killing the mood of the thread!

As for the MOSTEST FUNNEST class, for me so far, with very limited combat experience in this game, it would be the DOH classes. Can't really pick one that stands out more above the others. I just like taking things and making them into something different. It's oddly satisfying and allows me to add variety to my in-game hoarding.

You know what, it’s early days because I’m still levelling, but I could see this for me too. I’m currently on holiday and I am itching to go back and make more stuff. Feel you completely.