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ExTha, if you've played MMOs before, which role do you like -- Tank, melee damage, ranged damage, or healing?

Barring that, just pick whichever one you like from classic final fantasy jobs.

Tanks:
Gladiator --> Paladin (sword and board; "thankfully my shield will protect me")
Marauder --> Warrior (battleaxe'em a question)

Melee DPS:
Pugilist --> Monk (everybody was kung fu fightan')
Lancer --> Dragoon (lances and jumps, with a nice dash of edgelord)
Rogue --> Ninja (50% more daggers and 100% less hand jiving than Naruto)

Ranged DPS:
Archer --> Bard (bow and arrow; sadly, no smacking people with lutes)
Thaumaturge --> Black Mage (you cast the spells that make the people fall down)
Arcanist --> Summoner (Why dps yourself when you can outsource it?)

Healer:
Arcanist --> Scholar (Summoners who get sick of their teammates being idiots and dying all the time)
Conjurer --> White Mage (Both act and look like a special snowflake! Big fat heals though)

These are the classes --> jobs that you'll have initial access to before getting to level 50, which then provides a few more options to pick up if you are ready for a change. A couple of notes:

-I think you need to hit level 15 in another class before you can start as a rogue?
-Arcanist does branch into two different jobs. Because of the weird way EXP works in this game, EXP you get as a summoner will also translate to leveling up scholar, and vice versa! This is the only instance in the game where this happens though.

Don't feel married to whatever you pick first if you don't like it. Changing your class is as easy as equipping a weapon of another class, once you have access to it. Each class and job does have its own unique questline and side story, of varying quality. I main Monk and have been pretty happy with mine. Dark Knight is widely regarded as the best, but that isn't open until you get into the first expansion.
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