pick my next job.

[Isiolia]

only on mithras @.@. all other races(maybe taru)look fugly.

Pff, ain't that always the case though?

[Damane]

COR
Best melee/support mix in the game that fits in almost all situations/PTs/endgame events. However to bee a good DD Cor you need to pump alot of money into it, but its worth it

[Marcicus]

you will want to shoot yourself in the dick if you level BLU. getting all those spells made me want to drive a rusty nail through my hole.

[Darkmoon]

Also, I refuse to level BRD. uh no way. Not getting rope-a-doped into doing that and never coming on another job again.

Sorry for the tangent.

But this is the only reason ppl get stuck BRD forever. If more ppl in the LS have Brd, you can rotate the BRDs more and not have anyone stuck BRD 100%.

In our LS id say its near 50% or better have BRD leveled, you dont see us going to Dynamis with 15 BRDs, and 15 others. Most events 2-4 brds are plenty if not over kill.

Again sorry for the tangent, but the "I wont level this ever, cuz I don't want to come it ever" crap pushes my buttons

[Sephiroth_Owa 13]

WAR, use great axe. (everyone has SAM leveled, not WAR)

On Pandy everyone and their mother has War and Sam lvled.
But looking for a melee job gotta ask what you want from it as well.
Wanna be able to solo pretty decently (outside of Rdm).
Well then I'd say Nin then.
But if you pure output dmg then go War. War is pretty good for endgame dmg and also the weapon and sub choices you have. It's been awhile since I've done sky but a year ago I was doing War/Sam for god nights and even though gimped sub >.> was doing dmg as good as the others with fully lvled subs. (Sam 32 so not that bad >.>)
Plus there's also /Thf for SATA steel cylone = hate for the tanks and nice dmg for the solo or sc.

[Isiolia]

Sorry for the tangent.

But this is the only reason ppl get stuck BRD forever. If more ppl in the LS have Brd, you can rotate the BRDs more and not have anyone stuck BRD 100%.

I think that's mostly true. The second part of it is that others with BRD (or most other support, etc) will actually play the job they have leveled. I've seen a number of people who could rotate in for a job simply not play it, even if they'll jump to lot items for it.

[Miraun]

PUP

Because I want to see you suffer.

[Starr]

RNG

Then COR

[Alistaire]

3. DRK- part of me is REALLY interested in leveling up an Octave Club DRK to have available for zerg events. I doubt I'll ever afford a Kraken Club, so am wondering on the effectiveness/gearing of such a creature. Or would a level 75 DRK with a mercurial kris or bahamut zanghal be more suited for a zerg based on gear for a 73+ DRK?

A well-geared Octave Club set up will outdo a 75 DRK with kris or ridill. You're looking at approximately 2 hits per round vs 4.5. You'll lose out on some gear haste/acc but for the 2 hits a round to catch up to 4.5...you get the idea. The real problem with an Octave Club DRK is the obvious one, not actually having it at 75, though Level Sync may provide the option for both though if you can work around that.

[Arthars]

all jobs u listed need good end game gears to perform extremely well. so since you cant get any of them fast, i would have to go listing by AH gears and easier obtainable RA EXs.

RNG > WAR > DRK > BLU > NIN

1.RNG
Needs no haste gears, get str ra racc etc from AH should be fine. only thing u need from endgame content is maybe whands, or seiryu kote. pants and feet wise skadi pieces of course but since you cant get end game contents easily, AF2 is fine and those arent hard to get. RNG can even WS in ra acc build and theres purely nothing wrong with the nature of sidewinder's miss rate. Really the best choice if you cannot getb the uber gears fast enough.

2. WAR
Gaxe makes you able to skip ridill. hauberk is fine even w/o adaberk, decent haste on AH. No byakko might hurt but is still ok. setback is WS gears which u may need sometime to work on in sky(byakko, nfeet, nhands). Im not going into nhead and nlegs in aery.

3. DRK
Almost same as dark, except omega pieces(haste gears) much easier to get if you can find a omega onry LS that farm chips, and low man all zones. 2-3 omega per 2 weeks is win. the only WS gear that need time/luck is nfeet, and again, not going into nhead in aery. Hands can use af1+1 and you can even use af1+1 feet for WS before you get N feet. Mkris is enough to zerg decently and still be decently top in damage. Dont compare to kraken drk if not you'll never get DRK started. "I dont have KC, so i wont play drk" is dumb theory. If you have an octave for zerg only drk. then prepare to be used only on that golden 30m sec. I doubt your LS will want a perma lvl 72 drk for events outside zerg.

4. BLU
Since you got BLM,i dont expect you to become a magical BLU since obviously BLM nuke better -_-. so your haste build is the same as DRK. Limbus omega grinding. most WS gears can all buy in AH fortunately. And yea, end game is about headbutt and sa cannon ball.......also can include breathes, but you have BLM to take care of the magic department.

5. NIN
Haste and good WS gears or never. 1/2 of each wouldnt make you a good ninja. and a decent ninja is still consider "sucky" to most people. Theres only a good ninja. no one needs a sub par ninja in merit, salvage. People only want a ninja in these situation if your really good. Hence i list this last for your situation. However if you only wanna solo only, farming etc, i guess a sub par nin is good enough. But i personally recommend THF in this situation.

just my own thoughts

[Celebrindor]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Arthars hits on some key points that I feel need commenting on though, because unlike other good advice, he adresses concerns based on availability of gears.

RNG- have w. hands from RDM, along with of course w. legs (situational I know, but 12% movement is 12% movement). Not doing salvage yet (I know, I'm a dunce but I'm completely behind on ToAU endgame and I have no one to blame but myself). I am highly active in Dynamis (6/6 RDM, inc. chapeau+1, 3/6 BLM- legs,hands,head) and getting some pieces for most jobs shouldn't take too long, outside of the really competitve stuff.

WAR- yeah....no haidate. Way too many people ahead of me while I was doing sky, and have taken a hiatus to merit BLM and RDM, along with level my crafts. I don't exactly relish the idea of returning there, but they really are uncomparable. I don't forsee myself heading into the aery any time soon, possibly from Einherjar (although of course droprates are abyssmal until odin, and I'd be more likely to get A.body than E.body- let that go to those who will make better use of it)

DRK- I know that having an octave club DRK is not utilizing the job to its full potential, but I'm being realistic. I'll be going to events probably 70% RDM, 25% BLM, and just want to find another job to fill the niche of that remaining 5%. I thought a job specifically designed for zergs would be nice to have those few times when I'm not needed on RDM or BLM. Dynamis Lord fights, Baha v2, etc.

BLU- again with the Homam. Not hard to find a group, and Limbus is something I used to do but had to scale down my playtime at the birth of my second child.

some explanation: What I do is work on a couple endgame events at a time, get the most out of them experience, friend, and gear -wise, and then sadly move on as I simply cannot do Sky, Sea, Dynamis, Limbus, Salvage, Nyzul, all at once. I've gotten what a mage needs from sky, and helped friends get what they wanted for about 18 months after getting all I needed/wanted for mage jobs, so now I don't do it. Dynamis is great fun for me, especially because my group focuses on xarc and CoP zones primarily (we do one city every 2 months usually), and I do Einherjar now as well. Next I plan on ranking up assaults, then using points to do Salvage and maybe build a Nyzul Static. The ToAU endgame rewards are so good- I just missed the boat early and need to catch up bigtime.

Again, thanks for all your time everyone on the replies. Kind of clears up a few things for me, and I'm starting to lean towards RNG, WAR, or BLU.

[Nuketwig]

only on mithras @.@. all other races(maybe taru)look fugly.

Bearded Hume says otherwise.