New to MRD..have some questions.

[Frein]

Ok, great! Thanks for all the input guys. So my last question, which hasnt been answered.. is ok so War is garbage until later but end game dungeons - Are casting classes still crazy dominant, or can melee actually contribute good damage? Lancers / Pugs, for example?

BLM is by far the most used DD job, however, MNK and DRG shine in certain situations.

For exp groups THM is extremely overpowered as they can frontload a ton of damage, while for a melee it takes time to get the DPS rolling and by then the enemies are dead. Exp tanks only shine when you do large pulls of enemies that significantly outlevel your group, in which case the casters cannot wipe them out fast enough so you're actually needed to keep them off the squishies. You really need the GLA hate abilities to pull this off, however, and from my experience most people cannot competently tank more than one or two mobs regardless.