Hi all, would love to hear what jobs you enjoy playing the most and why? The reasons can be anything, ranging from 'feels great to be useful in the team' to 'I like the intensity' to even just 'love the aesthetics and noises in battle'.
I'll go first and list everything I can, though I haven't geared some of them so I have no idea and am keen to know if you guys have thoughts.
MNK
Super fun just punching and kicking and dealing so much auto damage as well as multistrike.
Impetus feels great to pop, and all the abilities just push towards more hits.
The kit also makes you super defensive and gives you some counter, so feels great to walk around with usually the highest HP (unless a DRK uses absorb), and the 1hrs feel like great clutch tools for survival or quick dps.
Subtle blow, chi blast, shijin, suppresses enemies which feels nice when it works.
RDM
The idea of the closest thing to a spellblade in this game is cool. Enspells feel great, and not just the damage but with temper 2 and multihits it feels so nice to spam slashes and hear all those noises.
In bosses you can end up doing several things which feel super intense and fun, ranging from debuffing to healing. I feel like not enough people know how many tricks RDM can come up with in battle.
BLU
WAR
Actually interested in hearing how WAR high-end feels, but I imagine after reading what all the JSE offers that it's some crazy multihitting machine, getting TP insanely fast and just spamming huge chunks of WS damage?
I'm assuming WAR is the main Greataxe user; I love most of the animations, I haven't got a Chango yet but the idea of spamming upheaval makes me really happy, I wonder if it makes other WARs happy.
SAM
Skillchains are fun, and I'm assuming doing it with SAM is super fun given that the job is catered to it, but it's not geared well enough for me to have enjoyed it.
Some of the animations make me want to instantly switch to the job, my favourite is probably Gekko.
DNC
Began obsessing over it after I joined an LS friend in Ambu as a MNK and saw them take 20% off the boss with a single SC; the amount I took with my MNK after 5 separate WS.
Waltzes feel so damn fun to use, no casting, just keep hitting and feeding HP to people. I wonder if this sort of utility has room in Ody or high-end content anywhere. Erase is also super nice to use in a pinch to make people wonder where it came from.
As an inherent DW job, feels fun to use with stacked multihit and minimal required DW stat for fast animations and TPing. I find evisc spam super fun even though rudra would be more useful once someone gets a Twashtar and a good Ody set for it.
I wouldn't say steps are entirely fun, but I find it fun to see them being put to work and giving a defense down.
WHM
Haven't geared it but if I find RDM healing fun, I have a feeling I'd love this. Coming from FF14, I always found healing fun, especially in endgame. What are main healers' thoughts so far here?
COR
Bolter's roll is just too addicting, this alone makes me want to 24/7 the job, running around in town with flee speed (with lanun knife or higher ofc).
Unfortunately I don't find the job too fun besides the above, and doing rolls and seeing the chaos roll and store tp come to life.
NIN
Still need to gear, but the animations for katana are super nice, Shun, Ten and Ku especially for me.
Daken throws being used frequently is fun.
I like the idea of SCing and MABing, it's like RDM and DNC mixed in somehow with SAM. Having said that I've only seen NextGames do it, I haven't built sets to try. Curious how others feel playing NIN.
Other Jobs
I haven't played enough of the other jobs to comment. I feel like RUN and PLD could be fun but I haven't geared them.
GEO seems useful but I wonder if it's fun? Unless it's a pretty intense job with them nuking and healing by the side.
Haven't tried SMN but interested in hearing how it plays out for people, same for PUP.
I've tried a bit of DRG and found some pole animations fun, but I don't think anything else resonated with me.
I worry RNG may be boring if I found COR boring, but I may be extremely wrong.
Haven't tried BST, DRK or BLM; though I'm curious how strong BLM can nuke stuff at high-end gear. The idea of just running around one-shotting mobs appeals to me a lot.
THF is fun, though I found it a bit like a lesser DNC with its only utility being TH.
I found BRD's gameplay interesting but haven't tried it after giving up on even playing it with the REMA requirements.
SCH I tried for a while and found it fun, but a bit too intense and somewhat confusing, but this was also one of my first lv99 jobs so if people recommend giving it a go again if it's fun then I may; I've heard a lot about the nuking / solo potential.