FFxiv WHAT JOB SHOULD I PICK?!

-As to what jobs I'd reccomend picking for ffxiv as a starter-

Anything that interests you really, since you're able to play any job besides DNC, GNB, BLU, RDM, DRK from the get go, unless you buy the expansion(i think)

however if you still want to play any of the jobs mentioned above you can still "swap/ reroll" off your current class mid way and play the class you actually enjoy, thou you may have to spend abit of time into leveling them up again.

but if you really need some info to go on, here is what I can conclude thus far, you'd want to have at least 3 diff roles at lv 50, so you can run your routines for daily seals and allagan tomes, mainly a dps, tank and a healer class.

the classes mainly spreads thin into these categories :

Under the DPS category you have;

Ranged Physical damage

Bard (archer)

Dancer

Machinist

Ranged Magical damage

Black mage (thaumaturge)

Red mage

Blue mage

Summoner (arcanist)

Melee Physical damage

Monk (pugilist)

Ninja (rouge)

Dragoon (lancer)

Samurai

Hybrid ranged and melee magical damage

Red mage

Under the Tank category you have;

Warrior (marauder)

Paladin (gladiator)

Dark knight

Gunbreaker

Under the Healer category you have;

White mage (conjurer)

Scholar (arcanist)

Astrologian

THE META

Best personal dps, Best raid dps, best AOE dps

Black mage, Samurai

Best AOE speed clear

Bard, Dancer, Samurai

Best overall support buffs

Bard, Astrologian, Dragoon

Best party utility buffs

Astrologian, Dancer, Bard, Dragoon, Ninja

Highest DPS tank

Warrior

Best Damage mitigation tank / healer

Paladin, Dark knight, Scholar, Astrologian

Best DPS Healer

White mage, Scholar

Best Party Damage mitigation

Paladin, Scholar

Best Burst healer

White mage, Astrologian

-Honorable dps mentions-

Red mage, machinist, monk

-Honorable off tank mentions-

Gunbreaker

TO NOTE

ANY and ALL classes are viable and are able to solo most of ffxiv msq/ quests on their own (except bluemage) so play whatever you want with only 1 fact in mind and that's the fact, that DPS queues for raids/dungeons will be a lot longer as compared to a healer or tank