JOBS. Which are cool?

SAM.

if they come out with a job with a war scythe im gonna be all over that, but otherwise pretty sure im gonna start as lancer and i also wanna try out archer cuz it looks damn cool...maybe dabble in a mage job cuz it also looks cool...also gonna be a fisher! >D and perhaps a miner :3 ...basically...i wanna try a little bit of everything! XD main will prolly be lancer though, heheh

Marauder.

Ever since I dreamt up the concept of the "Leonard" character, who's making his way into FFXIV as Leon, I've had this idea that he's a master of close quarters combat, but still perfectly capable of shooting people like crazy.

So, I don't know what job will be my main yet, though I'd be fairly disappointed if archer stays as it is (only able to equip a bow, with no melee alternative when you're up close). I mean, it was cool to see that guy in the intro movie go SLASH SLASH *shoot*. Plus, the idea of a samurai is a swordmaster with archery as a backup skill... if they ever implement that.

Basically, I'll go for whatever lets me dual wield, or pugilist.

After playing at least a little bit of each of
the martial jobs I have opinions on three of
them: Pugilist, Marauder and Lancer.

PUGILIST: I never thought I'd be saying this;
mostly because MNK is one of the few jobs I
didn't end up leveling to max by the time I
left ffxi, but I love this job. It is such a
contrast to the things I disliked about ffxi.
Anyone who thinks ffxiv is slow-paced ought
to give PUG a try before casting stones.

MARAUDER: Not surprising at all; I enjoy this
class. A decent array of abilities even in the
low ranks. "Bloodbath" is a very welcome ability.
Converting some damage dealt to HP is awesome
when you're soloing. From what I've noticed,
all melee jobs benefit from a fairly high double
attack process rate, so you can expect battles
to feel much more fluid this time around.

Lancer: Of the three, I have the least amount of
experience with Lancer; however, I really enjoy
the ability to deliver damage *thru* enemies.
"Ferocity" is a great ability to combine with
other classes.

Don't want to go too far into anything, but I am
enjoying the classes of this game.

I definitely believe Musketeer will be available
soon, and hope beyond all hopes...I will be reunited
with my long lost SAMURAI :)

PS: on an unrelated note(though I am sure most have
already figured this out) this game is definitely
a direct progeny of ffxi. There are Qiqirin (sp?)
in Limsa Lominsa, and "The Brugaire Consortium" still
exsists.