Role/Job switch for EW

[rjspencer4]

I've been a DRK main since Heavensward, switching to Reaper immediately

[Krotoan]

Going reaper cause I'm an edgelord at heart. Since it's finally the pair to Dragoon (my current main) I have the gear already and a glamour to match.

Eventually I'll get around to leveling the others, but at least till endgame I'll be learning an entirely new job.

[Zeich]

I was a SMN main in ARR, jumped between SMN and DRK in HW, then DRK main from then on. Miiiiiiight switch back to SMN though depending on how it feels to play with its changes in EW though...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

1.0 - LNC /DRG (cuz DRG didn't exist originally)
2.0 - PLD
3.0 - DRG for like a month, then PLD again
4.0 - SAM
5.0 - PLD until 5.2, then SAM/MNK
6.0 - SAM, RPR, or MNK, undecided. Depends on what flows best in combat. My raid group doesn't care which of the 3 I end up playing.

[zcrash970]

If SMN doesn't become boring after a few level 90 trials, then I will keep my main otherwise I'll be playing BLM more

[ryouma17]

in 2.0 i was a whitemage, when the expansions came out i leveled the signature jobs first, so heavensward i was a dragoon, stormblood i was a monk, however the signature job for shadowbringers was dark knight and well i dont like tanking so i went dancer. and the signature job for endwalker is paladin again i hate tanking so i will either go reaper depending on how fun it is to play or most likely go samurai

[StriderShinryu]

Mained Red Mage up to EW and the "new" RDM only makes me want to double down on that. It looks exceptional and they basically made all of the changes to the job that I wanted them to (which was basically just to shore up the shoddy AoE). I've fairly recently started playing BLM and I really enjoy it but see it as more secondary to RDM. The new SMN looks great to me and I can't wait to try it but, again, it's not RDM.

When tanking I've ended up using GB but I might be checking out the adjusted PLD to see if I enjoy it more than I did before. I've always loved the esthetic of a Paladin but in actual play PLD has felt sort of wonky and odd to me after it really gets into having a magic phase. But I rarely tank so this won't be a big change either way.

For healing, I'll be sticking with AST. I've always just used Diurnal anyway so the loss of Noct feels like nothing to me and some of the new tools sound fun.

Not really sure what to say about Ranged since it's already my least used role. I'll probably stick with Dancer but, yeah, didn't care much before and don't care now.

Melee is really where I'm most uncertain. SAM looks fine but somehow not exciting. NIN looks okay but I'm not sure about how the new Ninjutsu combos will feel to use. DRG looks fine but not really exciting beyond what it already is. Something about "new" MNK just doesn't really appeal to me though I'm eager to try it at least. RPR is just not for me. So, I guess I'll try MNK and then go for DRG if I don't like it? I guess. Don't really know.

[Alxyzntlct]

I’m sticking to my current mains between the three roles: GNB, AST, and BLM

I just love all 3 of them too much, lol

I plan to dive into more jobs later, in particular Sage as I want that as my ‘shield’ healer, but I’m going to wait for the queues to equalize once folks get the “new shiny” out of their system. XD

[Shikiseki]

Here are my past role jobs from 2.0 to 6.0

Tanks: WAR -> WAR -> PLD -> GNB --> GNB!
(the overall flow of GNB seems to stay the same so I'm definitely not switching)

Healers: SCH -> AST -> WHM -> AST --> SGE!
(I do have a tradition of starting an expansion and relic with a new job so sage it definitely is but not sure if it will surpass AST for me in terms of playstyle - we shall see)

Melee: MNK -> MNK -> SAM -> DRG --> MNK!
(unless the new blitz mechanic fails to impress, might play DRG again as its 5.x playstyle and coolness is incredible. Sadly SAM fell off hard due to its button bloat)

Casters: SMN -> SMN -> SMN -> SMN --> SMN!
(very easy choice seeing my starter class finally becoming a real summoner - this MAY be my main main job at level 90 while rocking the Apocalypse Zeta - my first relic ever - RDM is close second)

Ranged: BRD -> MCH -> MCH -> DNC --> MCH!
(bit undecided on this but I always loved the Edgar references in the current machinist and we'll get freaking chainsaw now! Dancer is just incredibly strong in lower levels so I'm currently defaulting to it during lower level roulettes)


so ultimately: SGE -> SMN -> GNB -> MNK to experience all role job quests first then level the rest. I like all changes they introduced so far very much on all jobs so it's hard to decide which one to play next

[Asari5]

played monk in 3.x
now i'm dragoon

monk and especially ninja and reaper are options...
but i will propably stay with dragoon, looks like it will get even better