war/sam sam/war or mnk/warFollow

Ok guys, my war is now 32, and im trying to decide which job I want to take to 75... I have gotten it down to war, sam, and mnk... now what im looking for is a job that is wanted for pts, does high DoT, and high WS damage. So, how do these jobs compare with
1) DoT
2) WS damage
3) Easily gets parties
4) Fun
5) Expense
6) Ease of being good

WAR would probably be your best bet from what you want. but level what you enjoy and not what does the most damage blah blah blah. cause everything is opinionated and situtational. but you'll probably get more use out of WAR.
besides who doesn't enjoy hitting thing with a large axe.

Currently Samurai has a very good reputation, that will probably be the easiest to get parties on.

Personally, I've got war at 75, but not the others. At the high-end (75 full merits, great gear), warrior has the most potential. The top 3 spots in einherjar parses always goto warriors (for my linkshell anyway). Just don't get tricked into thinking that axe/axe or anything involving ridill is better than great axe.

this is pretty accurate (especially the important ones, (4),(5),(6)). (1) should always be accurate, while (2) is a little complicated... it's usually true, but my MNK will probably do more WS damage than an average WAR, while an excellent WAR could conceivably out WS my SAM (which is also good:P, and of course would also out WS my MNK). if you mean spike damage, RNG or DRK is probably the job for you, though high-end WAR (and to some degree SAM) spike pretty high. however, overall WS damage is ultimately more important to your party than spike damage.

no job will instantly make you shine above other DD. you'll need to put in effort to make gil and learn about stats if you want to do a lot of damage. once you put in a lot of work, high end MNKs, SAMs, WARs all shine in both DoT and WS (though MNK do less WS damage). WAR is definitely the most balanced of the three, which is part of why i suspect WAR/SAM has the highest damage potential of (non-level5 relic) jobs. when maximized or whatever, WAR/SAM's DoT approaches that of a good MNK and its WS damage approaches or surpasses that of a good SAM. best of both worlds.

anyway, you should play whatever you find fun.

(edit: i would never fully admit that WAR/SAM should outdo (the rarely seen due to too much power and not enough survivability) MNK/WAR, but going from 60% to 70% haste is a very big deal)

Edited, Mar 22nd 2009 2:17pm by milich

Please, morons who TP fulltime in STR gear on SAM get invites.

Are you talking about Merit PTs? Frankly, I haven't meripo with a SAM in a very long time. People seem to prefer WARs on my server, or DRGs.

You're asking the war forums, we're always going to say warrior (and with good reason, warrior kicks ass) but we can't offer you the most unbiased of opinions.

However if you level war to 75 only having /sam subjob ready i will be forced to hunt you down, rip out & eat your still beating heart.

The important thing to remember about this, and WS: sam>war>mnk DoT: mnk>war>sam is that war is smack in the middle. It isn't really much better or worse than any other of the top dd's at their respective strengths.

However, it can do the job of any of them very efficiently. Need a high acc, high attk mod WS? we got one. Need a high damage critical WS? We got one. Need high damage light chain ws? we got one. (now) don't have a drg or thf and need to debuff the mob's defense or evasion? We can do that. Need a DD who can also tank in emergencies, we can do that. Need a DD who can do all forms of damage (slashing, blunt, piercing) with high efficiency? We can do that too. etc... etc..

We can fill all of these needs and still be a top or near top DD in any situation. Thats the reason I love this job.

Speaking of which, yesterday on a kited Kirin, with no attk buffs, and only haste 50% of the time, I matched our blms (who were getting smn buffed) and did 12% total dmg, chasing it around.

I love War.

Edited, Mar 23rd 2009 12:54pm by LordMnementh

Without doubt.

I don't think I can really add to this thread anymore than has been said. I have to say though, as a 75MNK & WAR, I honestly can't tell a difference at Merits('cept my MNK has 2% more haste >.>).

Sky I generally go WAR. HNMs and other events I usually end up going MNK.

WAR is an excellent balanced job though, just as the guys have said. I hope you have fun.