So yet looking for class would be easy to play/learn yet want focus on boss + mechanics and don't want to be a support dps (kinda puts me off) but do love being ranged and quick (mobility must)
So yet looking for class would be easy to play/learn yet want focus on boss + mechanics and don't want to be a support dps (kinda puts me off) but do love being ranged and quick (mobility must)
If you want to be ranged and mobile you have to make some sacrifices:
You are left with Red Mage, Bard or Machinist. Out of those 3 I'd say Red Mage is the easiest, whereas the other two are more mobile.
Machinist is the way to go. Great mobility, good DPS but you have to wait until level 50 to get it.
RDM, MCH, BRD, DNC
However, if you put some time in training dummies and a bit of runs that facilitate training in actual combat, you'll find all classes arent too difficult.
I'm not sure what excatly you mean with "easy on the hands", but if its about having to hit less buttons, I'd say MCN and possibly BRD are a less good fit. Specially MCN is being joked about to give people carpal tunnel syndrom... DCN has some "burst-phases" where there are a lot of buttons to hit in close succession but it always felt a bit more relaxed than MCN and BRD to me.
RDM might actually be the best fit for you - its easy to play, not very straining on ones hands, I'd say, its not designed as support role and thanks to the dualcast you're still quite mobile.
I main RDM as my dps class of preference. It might not be the strongest dps damage wise but it's utility is something i enjoy. I am a WHM main and I love healing so RDM's dualcast raise and heals are just too much for me to pass up. I just finished leveling machinist and I will say it's a lot of fun. Personally I enjoy it more than dancer or bard right now.
Thanks for help gone and taking my 60 to 70 now xD
I would say MCH who is very mobile and not support based even if there still is a higher number of actions per second compared to some other jobs.
If you dont want to be a support, RDM can be very tiring to play when people begin to die left and right, to the point that sometimes you become out of mana and can't even dps anymore, because the healers let you do all the rez work. Also he has less mobility than MCH because of cast times.
BRD and DNC have a high number of actions per second as well, but are more support based with their party buffs (some people can become salty if you forgot your bards song for too long). Also unlike MCH they are proc based and with them i am looking way more at my ATH, looking less at what the boss, mobs and other players are doing.
Also i find MCH easier to learn and play. Especially because there is no RNG involved and that you have to watch only at your cooldowns and jauges to launch a burst phase, while RDM, BRD and DNC are less reliable and more luck based because of all the random procs.
In short apart from the easy on the hands part, for me MCH seems like the best choice for all what you are asking for.
Currently 63 running dungeons now xD gonna def take to 70+ xD
Out of all the DPS I’ve played the easiest is no contest. Red Mage. Not a support like DNC but in a tight spot it can be
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