How do you enjoy playing casters?

[Aelin_Ashryver]

I started playing not long ago and played NIN through the entire ARR as soon as I got the job, and intend to keeping it my main. But I think NIN has spoiled me so much in terms of the quick actions and instant button response, with that I find casters horribly annoying to play.

So far I've tried Astrologian (aka the s tier healer), the damage output seems unforgivingly low in low levels that even doing quests is difficult if not also being slow. I've also tried Arcanist (at lv 29 right now) but I'm hesitant to play it any further because of the slow casting. I could only imagine Blackmage's gameplay would be even slower.

In short, idk how to adjust myself to play casters. It's really frustrating especially in group settings when mobs die to someone before you even finish casting. It feels very unrewarding and slow. How should I approach caster job?

Maybe you would like red mage more, they are more free moving with the alternating insta cast and you have things you can weave too. I think the fun part of a caster in harder content is planning how you can get those casts off without dying. Whereas melee and ranged phys can move more freely as well as some having specific disengage skills. When I can get those greedy casts off during mechanics it feels nice. Things dying before your cast finishes is always annoying, if it's a pack of mobs I will target the one nobody is aiming for and use aoe on that one. For things like hunts where stuff dies in a half second I am always a tank.

If casters are not your cup of tea, it's not really a big deal anyway. Plenty ppl stick to a certain job type only.

[LitheSuxman]

Maybe you would like red mage more

If casters are not your cup of tea, it's not really a big deal anyway. Plenty ppl stick to a certain job type only.

Thanks for the advice, just tried out RDM and it's very unique, the combo's a bit weird to get used to but I think the aesthetic puts me off, I think I'll stick with melee classes for now.

[Xirean]

When I first started I hated the idea of playing casters. I leveled every melee job and avoided all the ranged ones (MCH & BRD still had the cast thing back then) before trying any of them out. It's a completely different play style for sure but now after leveling them all I can definitely see the appeal. Early on jobs can be pretty rough. I would recommend taking a job into Palace of the Dead just to preview what it's level 60 abilities are. You won't get an actual real perspective of how it plays there because the content is structured differently, but you can play around with more abilities and try stuff out.