How did your job views change, pre and post beta?Follow

I was pretty dead set on being a GLD(PLD) in the game, and what was immediately what I started on when I got in the beta. Got it to 22 and unlocked everything else to 15.

Then I tried Marauder and man, Swinging that axe is way more rewarding than poke poke poke with a dagger on GLD. Do miss my shield though.

So I tried healing for kicks, even though I have never liked healing in mmo's. Suprisingly I liked it.

Gave lancer a shot... I liked the position aspect, coming from Thief in FFXI.


...then... I tried Archer.


Holy sweet Jesus.


Then I got Quick Nock.

hggnnghhhh.

I love Archer. But now I have a a conflict of my love of tanking of how amazingly fun archer was.

Did your views change from your planned job once you played it? What were you surprised to find you enjoyed playing?

I can relate with your first impression on GLD/PLD. I told my friend (who enjoys BLM) that I would focus on being tank, for sure! After taking GLD to lvl 15 I decided to try out LNC because I got a little ahead of him... but LNC it was way too much fun and I didn't want to switch back. Post beta (phase 4) I will put all my focus into LNC/DRG. Luckily we ran into a ton of great tanks when using the Duty Finder.

I've not tried Archer yet but sounds like a lot of fun too. =)

Before beta i just wanna be a Gladiator, after beta now i feel i have to be Paladin to be a tank, but i dont like Paladin that much so im gonna stay Gladiator, my favorite thing in this game is crafting so my goal is to make up for not being a paladin by crafting HQ items and materia melding, got a few ideas on how to customize my gear to fit my play style. So pretty much im just gonna play gladiator and prove people wrong about paladin and tanking!

Stating the obvious so apologies if I have misunderstood your post but you do know that in this game, you can play all the different jobs on the same character. It is not like WOW where you have to create a different character for each job you have. All you have to do is change weapons and you can change class/job.

So....you can have Gladiator as your first character and level it up as far as you like. If one of your friends come on and they need a healer you can just switch weapons and change your class to conjurer and have some fun levelling that.

I'm totally with you on this. In FFXI I never went past 4 characters (and, yes, I thought I had a problem even then), but with so many alts possible in FFXIV, I'm going to go a little crazy making a small family once I'm done with the character creator

After awhile I'll settle on one or two, I'm sure, but I just don't really know who I'll pick until I walk a few levels in their sabatons.

God I hope not, I don't understand the mindset of playing a game you don't enjoy. The purpose of game at base value is enjoyment so why in gods name would you play one that you don't, especially an mmo where there's no 'end' in sight?

I was so deadset on gld/pld so I started it up at the beginning of Phase 3 and had a lot of fun with it. Then at level 10 when I could unlock other classes I tried archer which was fun and seems great but it starts off kind of slow and I don't think I like the bard job that comes later so maybe if there's a ranger job later I'd pick it back up.

Then I tried lnc...I had a blast! I loved all the actions with it. From slowing enemies to position based attacks it was just so much fun so I think lnc/drg is going to be my main focus at phase 4 and release.

I went back to gld and just didn't have as much fun as I did with lnc and I hated the fact that I was using daggers with it. If going with a tank class I feel like mrd not only would be more fun but also a better tank as I've noticed my best dungeon parties had a mrd as a tank. Seemed like the glds couldn't hold hate as well.

Going into the beta I was so torn... I am a DD or tank at heart, but beyond that I had no idea. I was a 50 gladiator in 1.0, and I was actually one of the few who really enjoyed the combat (probably because gladiator was actually a fairly good DPS before jobs were introduced). I figured since I already had a gla, I'd try somethin different. I started on pug. I honestly wasn't expecting to like it very much. I never really played mnk in FFXI and I thought it would be too simple here. By the end of beta phase, I was pretty hooked. I think it's probably the most active job in the game currently, and I already have like a 8 button rotation not even including non-GCD abilities. I have different rotations for solo and group content, and it feels like a really robust class to me. I've always loved busy DD/tanks (watchman sent in swtor, thief in ffxi, warden in lotro) so it really fit into that mentality.

Then I played lnc for a while. Honestly, I didn't like it as much as I was hoping. I only got to 15, but it just seemed like a 2-3 button masher. I'm hopeful it's more complex at higher levels, because I WILL be taking it to 50 for that sweet AF.

I played archer for a bit, and really enjoyed it. I love how many non-GCD abilities it has. I loved fighting at range, and I liked the amount of damage I could put out. It's really too bad (for me at least) that archer becomes bard, because if it was a straight DD all the way, I'd almost certainly take it to cap. I still might, in hopes of ranger or hunter in the future.

Finally I tried mrd, and really enjoyed that as well. Tanking with tomahawk and overpower was just fun. The survivability was unreal. The ability to DPS and tank made me feel right at home. It was everything I was hoping it would be.

So, pre-beta to post, I changed opinions on a few classes and was pleasantly surprised by most. The problem is, I'm still torn as to what I want to play!

In this game in particular I'd much rather have a tank that can deal damage and lose hate a few times, than one who can just keep hate... Losing hate for a second or two doesn't mean anyone is going to die in XIV! Go for the power!!!



I seriously feel sorry for you man... You're starting point is set at negative. What a sad way to go through life.



Hey Bartel would you mind describing your experience with the class a bit more in detail?

I've also been thinking of trying PUG but I'm not really sure what to expect from the class. What kind of rotations are you working in parties?

Edited, Jul 16th 2013 10:28am by ClydesShadow

Don't worry, typing stuff like that makes me laugh.

To be honest though I really am more interested in future jobs and classes so I'll probably just level whatever's convenient to my friend to get through the story+crafting.

I've made up my mind to level CNJ/WHM to 50 first because I enjoy helping people out. The class itself became loads more fun when I got Freecure and then Cure II from the Wandering Minstrel. Breezing through boss fights on Brayflox with near-max MP was great. Felt very rewarding. I notice you're able to /shout while you're KO'd in this game, so I spent a lot of time answering those to go around Raising people while leveling DoL classes. After that, I'll have plenty of relevant gear to level THM/BLM.

As an aside, does anyone have any speculation about which role for the Duty Finder that Arcanist will fill? If it's healer, I may level that second instead. Yoshi did push for another healer role, but I'm not sure what SCH's base class will fit into.

In Beta, I tried THM (to lvl 18), CNJ (to lvl 14), and PGL (to lvl 6). My friend wants to start out as GLD to work toward PLD, so I'll probably stick with THM so we both start off in Ul'dah. I really did enjoy playing BLM and SCH in FFXI, and I'm finding THM to be just as much fun. I particularly enjoyed the fact that I didn't have to slow down the group in dungeons with resting for MP, or have to find times during fights to sit out and rest for MP. Sitting on the ground and waiting for MP to come back isn't my idea of fun.

I didn't get much of a taste of melee combat. I could see the potential with PGL being really interesting in group play, where a tank would allow you to take advantage of bonus damage with proper positioning relative to the mob. I never ran into a job in FFXI that I hated to play, so I'm confident I'll enjoy any class I try in FFXIV. It'll be interesting to see how SCH turns out.