Best/worst Jobs After 13 Years

*snickers*

Pchan, I missed you.

I don't disagree with you. It's just the playerbase for this game is so HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE, it doesn't really matter if you can outperform others on the job you have fun on if the job you have fun on isn't one of the "right" jobs.

THIS +1000

(If you quit the game during abyssea that is...)

I'll play..

As a DRG main.. I can unfortunately agree with you that DRG is one of the worst jobs in FFXI history. It has been poorly designed from the start. (I still love it and main it)

List for me would be:

WHM, SAM, BRD = Best

PUP, DRG, NIN = Worst

I can't put MNK > SAM when back in the day MNKs suffered from the same thing DRG suffered from and filled a very similar role. You know the role.. sitting outside of the party playing patty cake with his DRG LS-mate, each one waiting for CDs on Chi-Blast and Angon respectively.

SAM has consistently been a/the top DD since its inception, MNK hasn't.

Added NIN to the bad list because lets face it.. Ninja has never had the defined role that it was intended to. It was supposed to be a light DD that did damage over time and enfeebling. We turned it into a tank and it had a good run for a while, but once the NIN tank fad stopped, it lost its place in the world. It was again important for VW and Abyssea but quickly fell out of favor once those eras ended.

I would say BLM is a runner up for best and DNC is runner up for worst.

BLM, pre-adoulin, was one of the most important jobs for all high lvl content unless you were zerging. It was extremely necessary for VW and Abyssea and recently has come back into favor.

DNC, despite being a very fun and versatile job that can fill many roles, has never had a true place in any content. Judging the job by itself, it should be one of the BEST, but because it is a jack-of-all trades, master of none, it really didn't excel enough to fill certain party slots that could be occupied by more specific roles. I love DNC, its one of my favorite jobs and it was extremely well balanced.. but everything it could do other jobs can do better. Sure, its nice to have some DPS that can cure, or a DPS off-tank that can cure them selves. Its nice to have the debuffs DNC provides while also doing damage. the problem is, you can fill that role with someone who specializes in what you need, damage, cures, debuffs, and it is normally a more optimal choice. DNCs certainly have their place in the game now, but they should in all fairness be considered a weaker job when it comes to FFXI history.

I considered this, but I decided that throughout the "History" of FFXI, other jobs filled SCH's roles better. I would have to say that right now though, SCH can fill the role of any one of the jobs that Cure, Nuke or Debuff for modern content as well or better than any of them.

BRD
WHM
SAM
MNK
GEO
COR
Rest, because who cares.

A lot of the best jobs are dependent on what era of ffxi we are talking about.
Mnk being a great job overall, still wasn't always this way. It has been a up and down job and now days its not that "great".
Sam, as everyone knows, has always had a place in SEs heart. That job typically has always been a top tier DD job of all time for the game.
Brd and Whm are a constant, with the newly add Geo, it just makes everything that much easier.

As much as I lolpup, its still a great job once people know how to play it and gear it properly. But for the most part, any job in the game can be one of the greats if people put some serious effort into it. Some jobs will always out Dps others but dps isn't everything.

That's why i love DNC and RDM, multi purpose job, can do anything.

The list of jobs should also include "Troll", "Elitist", "Veteran" and "Noob". Many people would probably find themselves favoring one of these more than the other jobs IG.

If by those you mean "Troll", "Person who has great gear and no idea how to use it", "Person who has great gear and knows how to use it", and "Person who has neither great gear nor would they know how to use it were they to get it", I agree.

Or we could just use "Average Asuran" instead of "Elitist".

Didn't read the whole thread, but does anyone remember when... "lol fukn nub smn r heelrz lolololllol!" So every SMN was forced to be a healer with (sometimes without) free Carby because they had high MP and Cure 2 as SMN/WHM. I always hated that.

I mean, in all fairness, summoner was absolutely worthless otherwise. And maximum MP meant much more than your ability to recover it, at the time(which of course was a player issue, not a structural one).

I remember, that's why from level 51 to 75 I solo'd and duo'd bombs and snolls in Ifirt's and Uleguerand.
I'd partied for a total of maybe 4 or 5 levels, most of my merits came from Flaming Crushing Goldfish in Sea.

It seemed like SMN would've been better if geared to DD. To be quite honest I only got to see one DD a couple times when the SMN brought a 75 WHM to heal from outside.

I quit SMN at like 22 because I didn't like the weak heals I was putting out.

I don't think there WAS any Haste gear back then with the exception of Byakko's Haidate. I'm talking pre-CoP.

SAM is and has always been king.

Does that make it the best job?

Yes.

My Fav however was always BLU.............. just cos!

There was, but it wasn't exactly easy to come by.

Blitz Ring :3

HQ Dusk Gloves / feet

Wyvern Earring for /DRG!!!! (I level'd WAR from 1-75 as /DRG with a pole arm)

Patroclus's Helm

Quick/Swift/Speed Belt

thats just stuff WAR can use.

SAM = worst job ever

HalfShirtMasterRace

My Selections IMO:

Best: SAM, MNK, WHM, BLM, SMN, PLD, DNC, DRG, THF (Before Rudra nerf lol), DRK, BRD.

Worst: COR, GEO, RUN, SCH, RDM, NIN, WAR, BLU, PUP.

(Offtopic: SE should have added Mime, what w/e lol)

BLU as worst?

You sir........... uhg!

How can you not love how the job works?! that and it could crush Most DPS at this stage of the game.

I would like to think I fit Troll.