Effective and in-demand jobs

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Angelofcrisis
During my lifespan on FFXI with Angelofcrisis, I have leveled jobs that I basically enjoy such as BST and BLU(which BLU is going to 75), but neither of those jobs really shine when it comes to demand in referrence to endgame events and merit parties. Basically what I am trying to get a second opinion on is... what are the really in-demand jobs for endgame at this time?

Based off my experiences, they would be WAR, BLM, SMN, NIN, RDM, BRD for events and WAR, NIN, DRK, DRG, BRD, RDM, COR, MNK, WHM for meriting.
I am just looking for what would be effective and useful for these functions in the future as... though I enjoy my solo life as BLU and BST, I really want to have a more in-demand job that I can participate with and be more useful in a group environment.

I am not saying BST and BLU don't have uses... they just aren't very demanded for alot of things and that is the sole purpose of this post is to get a community concensus basically.

I thank you for your time.
 
BLU is pretty nice for reducing TP. But a good bit of those "epic" battles, the mob usually has Regain anyway.
 
Pretty much every job except for bst, mnk and pup and to a lesser extent drg have a good use in the big endgame fights(everyone is useful in dynamis/salvage, but mnk/pup really shines there). Most of the melee's are just there for skillchains, so they could fill those roles as well, but those jobs are just the ones where that's really all they'd bring to the table.

Anyone who doesn't use whm for endgame is an idiot.
 
Whm, brd, rdm, blm are all good (probably in that order). Blm maybe not as much as it used to be, and you only solo or get relatively shitty manaburn parties, but it's always a good job to have leveled. Bard has quite a few on the bandwagon now, because it's a cheap and easy way to 75, but again, it never hurts to have it leveled. Whatever you choose, for gods sakes, enjoy the job atleast somewhat and don't gimp your way to 75. No point in leveling something like rdm if you despise curing.
 
BLU is a wonderful tool. Ive had a lot of use out of it in both sky and sea already, both in and out of parties.

In a party, Head Butt is one of the most vital spells throughout EVERY battle. Although, on large battles such as gods, or big bosses, BLU hasnt had much use other than 300 TP, max defense Cannonballs.

For merit, BLU is great when soloing or duo'ing, and if you get a BLU burn (BLU, BLU, BLU, BRD, RDM, COR or a similar setup) you can rip nearly anything to pieces
 
I parsed 17.7% on kirin as blu (2nd to a well equiped rng). Please dont act like they are only good with 300% tp. You can reduce tp, magic burst, give a kiting party diamondhide and other buffs, act as a whm, and even SA > head butt for those that are resistant to stun.
 
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Icewolf said:
I parsed 17.7% on kirin as blu (2nd to a well equiped rng). Please dont act like they are only good with 300% tp. You can reduce tp, magic burst, give a kiting party diamondhide and other buffs, act as a whm, and even SA > head butt for those that are resistant to stun.
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no, but thats generally all any shell will use a BLU for. I do know of BLU's other uses, and giving the BLM's Memento Mori is one of the other more useful things that can be done with it
 
Pld and Nin are always needed. I prefer to tank most stuff on Pld myself.
But each shell has it's own ways, so pick what you like most if you wanna tank.

War, Rng, Thf, Sam and Drk is the most commonly used DD/SC jobs for end game.

As for mage jobs, just pick any, there is use for them all.

As for Blu, Pup and Cor I can only speak from the events I do.
Cor we use quite alot, got good rolls, especially now.
Pup we never use, probably because we got more than enough pimp mnks to fill any salvage need.
Blu we use from time to time, but not very much.
They do have some nice buffs though, but DD-wise there are better options.


Hope this helps any.
 
My Whm gets many more opportunitys to merit or do special events than my PLD or DRK combined. I see WAR and BRD, RDM getting often asked for. BLM more for special events or manaburn partys with mostly other BLM's.
 
As someone already suggested, choose a job you'll enjoy. The thing with high demand jobs is that if you have one levelled, you will most likely be locked into it come end-game time and always be asked to use it... So you may as well like playing it :p
 
Well here's the thing about pup. From what I can tell a pup pre 70 geared in the best they can get the pup and robot do about 1 1/5th the damage I can do.
Next look at the gear it takes to make pup a DD even on par with a half baked DD once they hit lv 70.(this usually involves the mire and massive amnesia spam to prevent the JA the other jobs have from activating. Hasting the pup over other jobs. ect. you get the picture)
 
Listed in order of demand:

Dynamis: BLM RDM PLD
Limbus: BLM NIN
Einherjar: PLD BRD BLM NIN

BRD is always needed (in any situation).
PLD is THE end game tank, but have a hard time leveling post-ToAu.
BLM lots of end game consists of tossing BLMs at it.
 
Oropher said:
PLD is THE end game tank, but have a hard time leveling post-ToAu.
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Thats pretty much bullshit. For anything kited its nin, and they can strait tank quite well also.

Not saying pld's arn't a great tank, just saying they arn't "THE" tank.
 
I lol'd at PLD in dynamis too...maybe for 2 zones they're somewhat beneficial, and that's a big maybe.
 
jamal said:
I lol'd at PLD in dynamis too...maybe for 2 zones they're somewhat beneficial, and that's a big maybe.
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PLDs are great for dying to death! Otherwise yeah... Anything with voke can do the job.
 
I find myself more often than not going PLD to events. It's either that, or WAR. We have so many NIN in our linkshell that mine has no real place at events when I have PLD and have W.Legs to kite shit with.

As far as other needed jobs go, it's pretty obvious, so I won't delve much into it.
 
Icewolf said:
Thats pretty much bullshit. For anything kited its nin, and they can strait tank quite well also.

Not saying pld's arn't a great tank, just saying they arn't "THE" tank.
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I'm with Oropher on this one.

Would you care to enlighten me as to why a Nin is a better kiter than a Pld?


I can't think of many fights where a Nin is better than a Pld.
The other way around on the other hand...
To break it down... given you dont zerg the battle.


Bahamut2: Pld is superior. By far.
Tiamat: Nin/drk + Pld/nin make a good team.
Vrtra: Pld.
Jorm: Why kill it in the first place, but same as Timmy.
Khimaira: Pld.
Cerberus: Pld.
lolHydra: Nin.
Faf/Nid: I'd say Pld. I know some people use Nin here, but I don't see why.
KB: Pld.
Aspid: Pld.

For sky it doesn't matter much what you use.
For Dynamis Nin is better.
Einherjar Pld.
Salvage Nin I assume, haven't done much.
In Sea Pld is also very much better.

I'll even take a Pld for exp over a nin if I don't know the person.



Now I dont know what you consider end-game, but this pretty much sums it up for me atleast.
 
Reko said:
Bahamut2: Pld is superior. By far.
Tiamat: Nin/drk + Pld/nin make a good team.
Vrtra: Pld.
Jorm: Why kill it in the first place, but same as Timmy.
Khimaira: Pld.
Cerberus: Pld.
lolHydra: Nin.
Faf/Nid: I'd say Pld. I know some people use Nin here, but I don't see why.
KB: Pld.
Aspid: Pld.
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Why are you kiting bahamut2, tiamat, jorm, khimaira, cerberus, hydra, faf/nid, and aspid?
 
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