I might have to start a PM with you about DQ9... I have some questions. I have always been interested in that one, but told myself I would play the others firstAgreed, DQ7 may be overwhelming for new players compared to DQ8 and DQ9, but DQ9 for example has no endgame due to servers going down and now the only way to unlock it is hex editing the save.
DQ8 is really just the most entry friendly.