A Basic Guide to the Jobs of Final Fantasy XIV

you have done irreparable damage to my psyche, but at least I now have the perfect tool to inflict such rot unto the minds of others!

Me, who has been playing for years and has many jobs maxed: watches entire video

...What the fuck? Why is this video so good? Whenever I click on a video from a channel with barely any subs, and the vid has barely any views, my highest expectation is that a video is going to be super rough around the edges but have some goodness within it. This video... is just really good. It's barely even rough around the edges. I'm actually astonished by how good this is, and I look forward to your future uploads.

Genuinely one of the best, most concise, correct, and consistent “which class” videos I’ve seen in… maybe ever? I was floored with your explanation of what makes Healer DPS and Tank fun. a WHM/SGE main who also heavily enjoys BLM & NIN and I’ve struggled to explain why mechanically I feel they are somewhat similar and now I know it’s because I prefer a straight forward & reactive style of play. Now I have a new intro video to send to any friends who may be interested in the game! Thank you.

A comment on the dragoon rotation: There's no longer a penalty for missing positionals (besides loss of damage like all other positionals). However, you will be punished heavily for breaking your combo. Getting the fifth correct positional is no longer required in the 6.xx patch series. The more detailed explanation is the final hit of your melee or AOE rotation (Fang and Claw/Wheeling Thrust or Coerthan Torment) will always give you the buff Draconian Fire and upgrade True Thrust/Doom Spike to Raiden Thrust/Draconian Fury respectively which is a more powerful version of the same skill. These skills are also the combo starters of your melee/AOE rotation. Executing Raiden Thrust/Draconian Fury also gives you one stack of Firstmind Focus. Two stacks of Firstmind focus give you Wyrmwind Thrust, another oGCD. It's your second most powerful oGCD behind Stardiver and is given to you by correctly doing your rotation. If you mess up your rotation, you're punished for breaking your combo and missing out on Draconian Fire. Not getting Draconian fire means damage loss and also delays Wyrmwind Thrust causing you to miss out on even more damage.

If you are a healer coming from WoW, White Mage= resto shaman asthetics but is holy paladin/holy priest Astro=Resto Druid Scholar=Disc Priest(kinda resto shaman with pet being equivalent to totems.) Sage=Mistweaver monk with a focus on barriers.

Fun fact to those who weren't around for HW Machinist: It used to be a 100% random proc "gun mage". It used to have a cast bar from an ability, the weapon skills 1>2>3 each had a 50% chance to proc, and they used to have two turrets that acted more like pets. It's very different from what it used to be, and I sometimes miss that old gameplay. But new Machinist is really fun and makes up for it.

The organization and content within this one video is unparalleled. Thank you so much for how you approach each job and the way you explain everything in concise detail.

As mentioned in the previous comment, this is indeed a clear and straight to the point guide. No distracting stuff in the screen and a very clear voice. Great job! 👏

I love that you put the most important advice at the very beginning: there is no wrong choice :) Great video!

Easy thumbs up. I just started FF14 and i am literally wondering what to pick first, and every other video does exactly what you argue; they dont tell me what I want to know. This is 100% what i need. Where are your subs?? This is wonderful work!

Youtube algorythm being on point with this one. Came across this video and this video was actually super nice.

"nothing will stop you as a blackmage" laughs in pool of aoe

Yo where WAS this before I hit 30 days in-game time and starting as THM?? Remarkably done, concise and to the point, not absurdly flashy and distracting with extra fluff. I love it! 10/10 definitely someone I'd be happy to party with and ask questions. My sibling got me into XIV after I tried the PS3 version and just couldn't. But he kept at it and I'm glad he did! It's so much fun. I see why people keep introducing other friends to this game.

I think this is an excellent resource for those wanting to know how Jobs play, which I think is crucial to knowing whether they fit a particular player's style. Props for keeping it real -- not too simple, but not too complicated. I've played all of these Jobs and what I'm seeing here rings true.

Very nice watch. So chill, so informative, so simple.

Great video! Keep up the good work! I’d love to see more of your content and thoughts on the game. Especially with all of your experience helping new folks

i am by no means a new player and am familiar with every job to some degree, but i enjoyed watching this video. Its interesting to hear how jobs i know like the back of my hand are explained in very simple, easy to understand terms!

This channel deserves WAY more subs. You earned mine with the amount of work you put in to this amazing FFXIV video. Thank you!

THIS! This is the guide I needed. I’ve been trying to try every job just to get a feel for it but I now know what I really want 😅