I really don't understand why a new player liking a job needs to be told how glorious it was 4-5 years ago and how dull and boring you think it is now and how they'll hate it soon enough.

I don't like ShB Bard so I don't play it anymore even though I loved that job in HW and SB. I don't see the need to shove that feeling down everyones throat whenever Bard is mentioned even in passing somewhere trying to drag them down too...

As for the OP question I prefer DRK and GNB. The aesthetics of both are great. I like gunblade more than the greatsword as a weapon but on the other hand I prefer the shadow / abyssal abilities to GNBs explosions. PLD and WAR don't really grab me and never did.