Final Fantasy XIV features a host of very different jobs. When making the switch in my raid group from tank to ranged DPS in the coming patch 3.2 and 3.3 raid cycle I spent A LOT of time thinking over this decision. Would machinist work for me? What about dancer? How about bard? But more than that I realized NEW PLAYERS coming into this game for the first time are probably very overwhelmed with the raw number of options to pick from.
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1: Why even take a Ranged DPS? 1:31
2: Word descriptions of when/why you'd pick each: 6:37
3: [BRIEF] Quantified Comparisons Between Each Job: 9m54s
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4: Mobility 19:12
5: Rotation Complexity (etc) 20:28
6: Numbers (DPS!) 28:58
7: "AOE Efficacy" (Dungeons in particular) 38:14
8: Defensive Utility 43:07
9: Stackability 49:23
10: Puggability 53:17
11: Summary/Recap: 57:42
Especially players from other games or genres who prefer very particular types of play. Do they prefer something that is faster? Slower but more varied? Do they want to help allies? Or do they not want to lose agency over their damage and prefer to keep it all to themselves?
There are so many questions and I spent a lot of time and care mulling over these various aspects and hopefully this can help some of you figure out what's happening!
#FFXIV #FF14 #FinalFantasyXIV #BRD #MCH #DNC #RangedDPS #Machinist #Dancer #Bard
