What are the top tier/meta jobs/classes in FFXIV?

[Ravi ♪]

New player btw. I know I have the ability to just pick a class/job and clear the game or have fun with any of them but still kinda want to know.

[Sardorim]

Warrior is the best Tank atm.

And the easiest to learn.

Paladin still a great off-tank.

Gunbreaker is... okay.

Dark Knight needs a TON of help. Everything they can do the Warrior does way better, synergies better, and is much easier to use.

[grumpstar]

Автор сообщения: MOSLEY

There are a lot of different niches that the different jobs fit into. Some jobs are better than others but a lot of them are just different from each other, so it really depends what you're looking for.

You need to figure out what type of role you want to fill within a party and then look at which jobs fill that role best.

Автор сообщения: Achungus Amongus

Play what you want this isn't WoW. Whatever interests you most

This is really unhelpful. IDK why the XIV community is so aggressively casual.

disaffected wow vets are gonna be disaffected. when i see words like meta im thinking of the self abusive fomo grinds of the excrutiatingly horrible 'dailies' routines of wow in the ever slipping grip on the notion of being relevant. So, personally being aware that wow has so outwowed itself at this point theres all these wow refugees coming to ff14 from thier failed state. I believe the fear is next thing im expecting to see trade chat spam with someone looking for a carry talking about link the gear score and achievment etc.
aggressively casual.
hahaha.
but i think more likely passive aggressively casual. its why ive kept my sub for years and been next to no where progression edgelord in this game. but that there is also a latent fear that this bile energy from the wow community will show up here. the gold farming spam scumbags have already been here the whole time. once they have a hardbaked store page on the default action bars in this game i will probably already have left.

[Cheeze Wizard]

Job Meta Tier lists aren't really relevant unless you are in the top 0.00001% of players in statics pushing for world record clear times on savage and ultimate fights. The game actually does a good job of balancing classes and jobs and you are never gonna feel like you can't clear content because you picked the wrong class. Just pick the one you like the idea of the best.

On a similar note there is job overview guides on the internet which gives a brief description on the playstyle and rotations of each class. Some are highly static like Dragoon, some are highly proc based like Bard, some are mainly toolboxes like White Mage, and some are a good mix. Just pick whatever looks cool and remember you can level every job on one character and that there is exp buffs for leveling jobs lower than your highest job level so never feel too worried about sunk cost if your job choice doesn't pan out. I advise to at the very least take your class up to atleast through heavensward since that is when a lot of classes start having decently sized toolkits in the current version and get enough off-gcd's where the pace starts picking up.

[Ashley]

Автор сообщения: MOSLEY

There are a lot of different niches that the different jobs fit into. Some jobs are better than others but a lot of them are just different from each other, so it really depends what you're looking for.

You need to figure out what type of role you want to fill within a party and then look at which jobs fill that role best.

Автор сообщения: Achungus Amongus

Play what you want this isn't WoW. Whatever interests you most

This is really unhelpful. IDK why the XIV community is so aggressively casual.

Well it's a helpful tip to me and has made my enjoyment better. I've played games were I play better as characters and classes that I connected with when they were considered to be of lower tier. Just because they're top tier characters/classes doesn't mean someone will connect with the playstyle and enjoy playing it or play it correctly with practice and knowledge.

[Abel T-Type]

Rather Aggressively casual as aggressively meta <3

[Lefty]

serious, meta/top tier/ you are not in WoW, please go out with your top tiers

[DaciValt]

Автор сообщения: Lefty

serious, meta/top tier/ you are not in WoW, please go out with your top tiers

Actually had a SAM once think they were top dps by sheer virtue of being a SAM... yeahhh they weren't lol.

[Oberon]

We have no way of knowing right now, the current endgame has only existed for two days, and a lot of people aren't there yet. On top of which, so many jobs have undergone drastic changes.

If you really care about the meta (Which is only something to worry about if you want world-first raid clears or setting world record clear times) then honestly, you'll have to wait.

[Lusus Symphonia]

I don't think we can answer this class until the next raid comes out.

I'd safely say BLM but if the new raid has us constantly dancing, no one will want a BLM.

[Lefty]

Автор сообщения: DaciValt

Автор сообщения: Lefty

serious, meta/top tier/ you are not in WoW, please go out with your top tiers

Actually had a SAM once think they were top dps by sheer virtue of being a SAM... yeahhh they weren't lol.

what annoys me is the state of mind that there was on wow coming on ff14 while i came on ff14 to avoid anything that contributed to kill wow.

on top of that he is a new player and demands the strongest class .... seriously ...

[MOSLEY]

Автор сообщения: Tacticoolio

disaffected wow vets are gonna be disaffected. when i see words like meta im thinking of the self abusive fomo grinds of the excrutiatingly horrible 'dailies' routines of wow in the ever slipping grip on the notion of being relevant. So, personally being aware that wow has so outwowed itself at this point theres all these wow refugees coming to ff14 from thier failed state. I believe the fear is next thing im expecting to see trade chat spam with someone looking for a carry talking about link the gear score and achievment etc.
aggressively casual.
hahaha.
but i think more likely passive aggressively casual. its why ive kept my sub for years and been next to no where progression edgelord in this game. but that there is also a latent fear that this bile energy from the wow community will show up here. the gold farming spam scumbags have already been here the whole time. once they have a hardbaked store page on the default action bars in this game i will probably already have left.

Every game has a meta. People have been min/maxing XIV for a long time before the WoW exodus. Some jobs do things better than other jobs. Always have, always will.

[Frost]

The meta is whatever you want it to be. If you want pure numbers though you're going to have to wait a week or two.

[Lefty]

Автор сообщения: Marius

Автор сообщения: Lefty

what annoys me is the state of mind that there was on wow coming on ff14 while i came on ff14 to avoid anything that contributed to kill wow.

on top of that he is a new player and demands the strongest class .... seriously ...

So what? People cant play what they want to?

is that what I said? on the contrary I am for people to play what they like but not be based on "who is the best class in the game" especially when you are starting out

[KnowledgeCoffee]

Youre not from around here are you? Meta? We dont do that here

[Replicant Six]

The only "meta" you'll find is in your classes rotation/openers and materia.