what was your first job and why?

[Selphiie The Enchantress]

Re: what was your first job and why?

When i first started playing my first job was Red Mage, i was one of those unlucky players who started without help or linkshell. So at lvl 30 I found out "Hey, i need a subjob" so i did the subjob quest solo at lvl 30RDM, and just slapped WHM as my subjob and continued on as 31RDM/1WHM lol... After being confused as to why people were calling me gimp instead of offering advice i finally stumbled upon someone who offered advice and explained the basic Job/Subjob thing to me and gave me a Social Linkpearl. It wasn't long until I unlocked Summoner and got to lvl 30 with /rdm subjob. I started to become bored leveling a Mage and met a 75DRK one day. He was completely decked out in full AF2 and it was just amazing. So i started leveling Dark Knight (After the obnoxious quest), but being from Sandoria and being around a bunch of Knights got me in the mood to be one of those "White Knights" so in the end Paladin made its way to 75.

So the first real job that i really cared about and loved was Paladin, and it always will be, even though now im a Minstrel, a Pirate, a Loner(Beastmaster), and an Assassin (Thief).

Mostly a Minstrel.. /sigh, but i will never forget the Knight inside me.

[Tomato_Kai]

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The following post is going to be the story of my recent rejoining the game after a several years hiatus.

Quite some time ago, when the servers were young and the skies were bright, my 30 Elvaan warrior was getting his Samurai job. I had reached 33 on my own, and had planned on trying to solo the quest. I got to Konschstat Highlands (for the bomb iron portion of the quest) and started the bomb fight. It totally flattened me. As I lay contemplating my failure and discovering the surprisingly nutty texture of the cavern peat, a friendly lvl 40 white mage popped by and resurrected me unsolicited. I was quite pleased. She asked in a cutely curt manner "(Samurai) (Job) (Quest) (Do you need it?)" And I answered a very shy and unapologetic "(Yes, please.)" It turned out, she spoke a bit of english, and she had a friend coming. Little did I know just how kickass this friend would be. He was an enormous, lvl 75 Galka MNK/NIN. He was rolling full Rasetsu +1 and a Panther Mask, and just looked mean. I'm not gonna say his gear was especially impressive, other than that it looked awesome and seemed perfectly suited for this kind of event. He rocked the bomb before he could even get enough TP to WS with.

Oddly enough, they hadn't already done the portion in The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah, and so I was summarily invited along. We go, and the WHM goes and kicks the tree with a hatchet, and Boom! Big ole' treant. I panic, and run back a bit. Then, the MNK Chi Blasts the bugger, and I see a quarter of it's HP drop. He gets into combat with it, and they start tumblin'. A few seconds into the fight, I see something that forever changed my perceptions of the MNK job. Asuran Fists. Eight rapid punches of just generally pissed off death. The tree was destroyed. I was amazed, as starry-eyed newbs often are. I then vowed that if I ever made another character, that a Galka MNK would be what it was. Eventually, I went on to be fairly successful at Sam, being one of the few people on my server to really successfully use SAM/RNG to any degree.

So, when I left the game a few months later, I had all but forgotten about MNK. That set me up for my return a few years later. It didn't take much convincing for me that galka MNK was still amazing. I rolled with it, and have always had a glorious time. I still love my galka mnk. He's fun as hell. I just wish I had those damn Kote ><;

[Sabaron]

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RDM. I never questioned the fact that I would like RDM. It has always been my favorite FF job and I enjoy it in FFXI as well. In addition to being fun it has the added bonus of being a very versatile and enjoyable solo and party job. I have never been disappointed with any of its aspects. I actively pursue all options for RDM and intend to get gear appropriate to those aspects.

[Ellipses]

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I'm beginning to think I'm the only person who never liked red mages in any of the other FF games. You're all quite weird.

[Drooooo]

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Well i've just hit a month on FFXI (woo) and i started on black mage.

In every game i enjoy being a caster, blowing the funk out of things from a distance. But when i hit level 5 BLM i realised i didnt enjoy it so i used a RDM untill level 18 and got my sub job with the help of random people who i now have as friends... although i havent spoken to them for a while....

Anyway. When i got my subjob i decided to get back into BLM and i loved untill i got it to 19 (WHM sub). For some reason i don't enjoy being a caster on FFXI which is odd for me.

Now i'm leveling up THF/WAR and so far i'm enjoying it. Got 10 THF today and going to try and get 10 WAR today also.

[Jaice]

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I'm beginning to think I'm the only person who never liked red mages in any of the other FF games. You're all quite weird.

Never liked or just diddnt choose them over other options? I never concentrated on rdm's too much and focused on drg for every FFXI game that had them ^^

[Ellipses]

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Never liked or just diddnt choose them over other options? I never concentrated on rdm's too much and focused on drg for every FFXI game that had them ^^

Never liked them. I mean, I didn't hate them or anything. Just... Meh.

[Raitox]

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Ninja because it's so badass.

[Jaelachan]

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Ninja because it's so badass.

Out of Warrior, Thief, monk, White mage, Black Mage, and Red Mage sweetie.
My first job was WHM. I got it to Lv6 and was bored out of my mind. So I leveled THF. And loved it. I've been playing forebar, and I'mma 69 Thief. Its neat. At the time I wanted to help others in the game, so I was all, WHM. Neat. But THF...You get to stab things from behind! How could you not love it?

WHM- For people who like helping others
RDM- For people who can multitask
BLM- For people who like blowing things up
MNK- For people who like Punching stuff
THF- For people who like stealing and running away
WAR- For people who like stabbing things.

[Sirenna]

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My first job was Red Mage. From reading about it, I thought that I'd be able to swing a sword, cast offensive magic and heal myself. When i figured out that red mage was a healer with refresh, I went with Blue Mage.

Now I can swing a sword, cast offensive magic and heal myself.

[True Strike]

I started on RDM thinking the same. I mean I love magic, but it´s been hard after I turned into a "refresher" but I decided to go for it, I want to finish what I started

Next one? I´ll think I´ll go for BLM or Blu, I still like the magic, but I love it when I can cause damage.

[Raitox]

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Out of Warrior, Thief, monk, White mage, Black Mage, and Red Mage sweetie.
My first job was WHM. I got it to Lv6 and was bored out of my mind. So I leveled THF. And loved it. I've been playing forebar, and I'mma 69 Thief. Its neat. At the time I wanted to help others in the game, so I was all, WHM. Neat. But THF...You get to stab things from behind! How could you not love it?

WHM- For people who like helping others
RDM- For people who can multitask
BLM- For people who like blowing things up
MNK- For people who like Punching stuff
THF- For people who like stealing and running away
WAR- For people who like stabbing things.

I leveled Warrior to level Ninja. I dreaded it the entire time I was leveling it.... So I don't like to think of it as my "first job." ^^

[Bluecat]

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RDM because its bad ass? even if you do have to play WHM somtimes

[Icemage]

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RDM because its bad ass? even if you do have to play WHM somtimes

RDM is bad-ass specifically because it really is so good at so many things. It's a nearly never-ending pool of MP that can be put to a variety of uses, and it even has a few nifty weapons at its disposal when the circumstances are right.

Blue Mages may have better sword skills and more interesting spells, but the job isn't nearly as much of a complete package the way RDM is, IMO.


Icemage

[ItazuraNhomango]

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Umm.... Thief. I wanted money. ._.

THF/MNK to Lv.30-something. Invite rate went from bad to horrible. Leveled WAR, figured Berserk would do great damage. After two or three parties, invites evaporated again.

Unlocked NIN with lots and lots of help from people. x_x Leveled it far enough--as fun as it was, couldn't wait to get back to THF--but spent two months farming for gil to buy better gear anyway since NIN drained my funds. (I sucked at farming.)

Finally back on THF, with lot's of upgraded gear, and even gears for coming levels. Spent hours revamping macros. Proudly put up search comments: Can go either /WAR or /NIN!

No invites.

Four nights. Five. Six in a row?!?

That broke me.

* * *

Tried lots of jobs, liked everything I tried, but kept bouncing between them anyway. Eventually, RDM75, and now PLD75 as well.

I still want money. (And, I still suck at farming. >_< )

I still see SATA Viper Bite in my dreams, every so often.

[cadoxangelus]

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My first job to 75 was thief. I still enjoy it to a point, I used it to tank the joyeuse NM, a few prime avatars, aand i am the resident th4 whore for my social and endgame linkshell. -_-; All in all, it was a fun trip to 75, and now the pay off was worth it.