How do you stick to your main job?

[Lauront]

BLM, it's a very versatile and potent caster and I like the dark aesthetic of its outfits and the sheer power of its spells. I'm used to its need to balance usage of its mobility tools to either leverage them for more damage or achieve higher uptime now, as well as the turreting and slidecasting, and I go for a higher SPS build, but I will still usually take SMN for a first run of a fight. I'm really hoping we see some (more) darkness-themed spells for BLM come 6.0.

I haven't been able to complain much about BLM weapons though this expansion as they've been almost universally great (<cough> Bozja final stage </cough>), especially the Augmented Law's Order, with the Zodiark theming running through it. Law's Order caster set plus that both look fairly epic. Hope BLM AF is a bit more stylish than the 5.0 one.

It's also way better than it used to be in FL, with the only improvement I'd now make being to reform AM to work like the NIN and SAM teleports. Really fun blowing up everything with Flares and Fouls, or the occasional double Xeno.

I also enjoy SMN in PVE, particularly during its Trances, and when it manifests the sigil using Revelation, plus Deathflare and Akh Morn feel great too. Don't care for it much in PVP since it doesn't feel much like a SMN.

RDM is, alas, the caster I play least, even if I like the look of a lot of its outfits and weapons. Just isn't as much fun to me as the other two.

For healing, usually go with WHM or AST, but I don't do it much - they're both good in FL, and they look great with the Cryptlurker outfit, giving a slight Ascian aesthetic. I'll no doubt add Sage to that list if I like it enough, maybe even enough to use it in content that isn't just DF trials or dungeons.

DRK for tanking - not a role I care for much, but of all the tanks I like it best, again for the fact that it uses darkness and looks good in the Shadowless glams, as well as its own AF sets and some of the Eden ones.

I'll probably play DRG and Reaper occasionally in 6.0. I've always liked Maiming sets best of the melee ones aesthetically, and Reaper draws on void/darkness magic, so it's a good fit. SAM used to be the melee dps I'd play, but it's never been much of an attachment.

BLM just ticks all the right boxes, and SMN ticks most. The rest are just for a bit of variety. That helps me stick to BLM and secondarily SMN. One day (maybe in 7.0) I hope BLM will get a SPS focused brother in arms.

[Mchappy]

Personally, I like to main whatever the newest job is.

When I first joined ARR, I started off as a MNK. As a leveled through MSQ, I didn't really vibe with it so I decided to make a leap and try out WAR. When HW came out, I wanted to try out MCH but I ended up joining a raid group that needed a WAR. From there, I've basically just ended up playing jobs that my raid team needs.

I was able to main RDM throughout Stormblood, and I started as DNC for most of Shadowbringers but now the raid group I'm in needs me back as RDM. Ideally I'd love to go Sage for Endwalker but we will see how that goes.