Leviathan.Kuryomi said:
»So I am returned just yesterday I read up on new stuff and know where to begin I also got blm n sch for endgame events but low man with my friends said enjoy melee. I got dark mnk and Sam leveled and geared for when I was did SoA content so not too far behind minus buyable so did I have all that n Gil away when I quit. Now question is aside fro. Blu what melee is good now day? I lean towards dark utility cause scythe weapon skills are God for utility. But I always have loved mnk too but black belt is prolly junk now. Sam is also fun and prolly has highest parse now days
Suggestions?
Okay.. Firstly..
Secondly, from what I
think I understand of this, you're asking what melee jobs are decent now. Nearly all of them apart from MNK are useful for something, but all of them you're going to need an
ultimate weapon of some variety to do well on since that's just how the game rolls now. Luckily it's no where near as difficult as it once was to get an ultimate weapon of some type though. (
*** even I've got an Amano and I commonly put my underwear on backwards)
SAM is great and can put out some beefy numbers (personal bias).
DRK is great providing you use a Great Sword to take advantage of Resolution. (See WAR below)
WAR is pretty much the same as DRK, both can get a lot of mileage out of Ragnarok, but unlike DRK with Scythe, great axe can still be an option, if not as amazing as Great Sword.
THF is taken for utility more than anything these days.
NIN is.. eh? I haven't seen tons of use for NIN past it being situational at best. Someone can correct me on that mind if they think I'm wrong.
DRG is.. well I haven't even seen a DRG in any actual content since I got back last year, so no comment, if a DRG wants to weight in though, go nuts.
A lot of it comes down to how much you want to learn the mechanics of the job, and the game itself in detail, and your willingness to grind out the gear needed to put out those beefy numbers so people take note of you and are more likely to invite you back.
If you want to take the path of least resistance though,
BLU,
GEO,
PLD and
WHM are all pretty high in demand and there never seems to be enough (geared) GEOs and good luck finding a WHM a lot of the time.
Anyone else wants to chime in to horrifically correct me on my wrong-doings because "MNK is the best job in the game you're just a noob", go for it, more information we get out there the better.