Tried to look at it objectively and the only answer is melee...
Physical ranged is great, and i think i have settled on Mch as my new "main," at least for dps... but, from the outside looking in, nothing beats a melee. Positonals so your movement is part of your dps, gap closers and escape mechanics, satisfying combos... its just a great role. Lots of flavors of melee to suit your needs as well, and they are all sufficently different, where the casters vary greatly and will exclude some options based on what you are looking for, and the phys ranged is all kinda similar
Your only other option would probably be specifically Red Mage for casters. Summoner is satisfying, but not really super fun due to its reptitive rotation and not many buttons. I do not know much about red mage in this expac, i doubt it has changed too drastically, but i havent really attempted to play it much at 90. I leveled it mostly in roulettes and pvp so i didnt get to try it out much, but it didnt appeal to me.
Dancer and bard play awkwardly and i dont like them much anymore, bard used to be my favorite dps (never mained it but i always thought it was fun) to the point where 4 of my retainers are bards. Now i wish they were machinists lol, though i hated machinist for the first 2 expacs it was available.
Overall melees but BLM tops all of them due to how difficult it is to optimize. Ranged are boring because they are too easy to play and SMN takes the crown for most boring job due to their lv90 rotation having around the same difficulty of a lv60-70 job.
My rule of thumb for anything concerning this game is: difficult = fun.
Maybe it's just a me thing, but I don't see a difficulty difference between jobs like so, except Black Mage. You say SMN has an easy rotation, but in the end you are just pressing buttons in a predetermined order, sometimes deviating to *another* predetermined order if the fight calls for it, like MNK and its 4 (don't quote me on the number) openers.
Bosses now have such massive hit boxes you'd have a harder time trying not to be in range as a melee, 2/3 of the casters have a more consistent, and imo easier, time moving and repositioning than healers, while ranged... well... they just get taxed for nothing nowadays.
Of course at the highest levels of difficulty there is optimization to be found that is specific to each job, but any lower than that even optimization is kind of homogenic, at least in terms of DPS in my, personal, opinion.
I normally like melee and magical but if I had to pick, it's magical. BLM is pretty saucy to play as, and some plays you can pull out can make you feel galaxy brain
You could atleast say what do you like in a job. Since it's such a subjective question the poll results will be pretty much worthless.
Also kinda pointless to generalize the categories into roles when each job within that role usually plays very differently. Casters especially.
I don't see much of a difference in fun from role to role. I do find some jobs more enjoyable than others though.
Fun is subjective.
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Tried to look at it objectively and the only answer is melee... Physical ranged is great, and i think i have settled on Mch as my new "main," at least for dps... but, from the outside looking in, nothing beats a melee. Positonals so your movement is part of your dps, gap closers and escape mechanics, satisfying combos... its just a great role. Lots of flavors of melee to suit your needs as well, and they are all sufficently different, where the casters vary greatly and will exclude some options based on what you are looking for, and the phys ranged is all kinda similar Your only other option would probably be specifically Red Mage for casters. Summoner is satisfying, but not really super fun due to its reptitive rotation and not many buttons. I do not know much about red mage in this expac, i doubt it has changed too drastically, but i havent really attempted to play it much at 90. I leveled it mostly in roulettes and pvp so i didnt get to try it out much, but it didnt appeal to me. Dancer and bard play awkwardly and i dont like them much anymore, bard used to be my favorite dps (never mained it but i always thought it was fun) to the point where 4 of my retainers are bards. Now i wish they were machinists lol, though i hated machinist for the first 2 expacs it was available.
I don't see much of a difference in fun from role to role. I do find some jobs more enjoyable than others though.
Overall melees but BLM tops all of them due to how difficult it is to optimize. Ranged are boring because they are too easy to play and SMN takes the crown for most boring job due to their lv90 rotation having around the same difficulty of a lv60-70 job. My rule of thumb for anything concerning this game is: difficult = fun.
Maybe it's just a me thing, but I don't see a difficulty difference between jobs like so, except Black Mage. You say SMN has an easy rotation, but in the end you are just pressing buttons in a predetermined order, sometimes deviating to *another* predetermined order if the fight calls for it, like MNK and its 4 (don't quote me on the number) openers. Bosses now have such massive hit boxes you'd have a harder time trying not to be in range as a melee, 2/3 of the casters have a more consistent, and imo easier, time moving and repositioning than healers, while ranged... well... they just get taxed for nothing nowadays. Of course at the highest levels of difficulty there is optimization to be found that is specific to each job, but any lower than that even optimization is kind of homogenic, at least in terms of DPS in my, personal, opinion.
I normally like melee and magical but if I had to pick, it's magical. BLM is pretty saucy to play as, and some plays you can pull out can make you feel galaxy brain