[Xzeekzx]

How did

you guys come to the conclusion you wanted to be a _______? I'm having a lot of trouble, and i just don't know

what job....

[Governator]

I

wanted to be a whm so I could leech in nin pts ( ._.)

Oh, and like, um, for your job, um... go like, war or

something. iono. Just use /random or a coin or something to like, determine your job or something if you are

having that much trouble. Or something.

[Michelangelus]

Most people don't have one job, that's the beauty of the game, you can level them all. Sure people have a

"Main" that's their favorite/first but most people level mutliple jobs throughout their time in the game. It's

best not to think too much about it, find a job that's fun for you and level it, if you decide that it's your

"Main" keep with it. Later on down the line try something else. That's it really.

[Ryosorki]

unlock

every job... try them all to like lvl 20 or something read up about what jobs do later on... look if you like

their armor later on... or........ just tell us what you want from a job and we can reccomend one >.>

[shotaro-kaneda]

I

read all the little two line descriptions that are in the game manual to pick what job I want to play. :con

[HAcoreRD]

Well,

Melee are mad expensive, and in Diablo2 and every other RPG i played I usaully become a mage because it's

"cooler". I chose Summoner because I enjoy being lazy and having others do my bidding. I get to enjoy Flood/Water4

farming while I LFG.

[ragingtoxin]

HAcoreRD :
Well, Melee are mad expensive, and in Diablo2 and every other RPG i played I usaully

become a mage because it's "cooler".

Prima donna BLM in the making.

[panupat]

you

don't pick jobs.
the job picks you.

[shotaro-kaneda]

HAcoreRD :
Well, Melee are mad expensive, and in Diablo2 and every other RPG i played I usaully

become a mage because it's "cooler". I chose Summoner because I enjoy being lazy and having others do my bidding.

I get to enjoy Flood/Water4 farming while I LFG.

Most jobs are mad expensive. I'd say the only

job that could be considered cheap is maybe PLD and BRD.

[Azemar]

panupat :
you don't pick jobs.
the job picks you.

[Isiolia]

HAcoreRD :
Well, Melee are mad expensive, and in Diablo2 and every other RPG i played I usaully become a

mage because it's "cooler".

Part of why I chose RDM to start was because I figured if I could

cast cures, I wouldn't have to buy/carry as many potions...

Yeah, I knew a lot about the game when I

started >_>

For the OP...find what you like to do in-game and pick the job that does that. Whatever you go

for, you will be bored of XPing at some point though.

[ZeroBladeEX]

Ain't much one can tell ya about what job to go with. It just matters on what you like. Do you want to take,

deal, or heal damage or do you want to be supportive? Try all the jobs if you still dunno. Like someone said,

start with war. Its like a universal job that the skills you learn from it goes over to other jobs (some more

than others). With it you'll have the sub most DD jobs use and have some additional defensive skills built up

for mages (evasion, parry, shield, etc).

[apkp]

I just

tried to read up on the specific jobs and I really was interested in what the BRD job does as I was reading that

they are a very good enhancing your other party members or so what. Not to mention the fact of being a midget

minstrel as pretty amusing at the time . In all honesty just try out the various jobs and see what you like and

don't like. Just because I like BRD doesn't mean you'll like it either. Leveling the basic jobs I.E. WAR or

WHM/BLM should give you a general idea on what kind of character you want to mold.

[Synthia]

Well, I

chose my first job based on a static party that some RL friends and I wanted to do... Two of the members were

longtime players and guided the rest of us to make a party set up. We knew we needed a healer, and tank, and some

DD at the very least. One of the longtime players really wanted to be BRD, and right off the bat one of the new

players decided he wanted to be WHM. I considered choosing a mage class (that would have been out of character

for me), but in the end, but the others seemed pretty set on DD (Black mage, Thief, and Ranger), so I decided I'd

be willing to tank.

So I could choose between Warrior, Paladin, and Ninja... and Paladin was just so

much more heroic and cool looking! Especially in their AF. I still tanked for our static with Warrior for the

first 30 levels so us newbs could open our advanced jobs. It was ok, but I was dreaming of Paladin the whole

time. We then started over again 1-30 with our current setup as described above, and kept on going until

today (73)!

If you have any RL friends or LS members that are interested in staticking, it's a great way

to go about the level grind! No LFP waiting, and you actually get to play with people you like. You can pick

your job based on what is needed to help you narrow things down.

[Vare]

panupat :
you don't pick jobs.
the job picks you.

I completely agree. I started out this

game as WHM, and got it to 60. I leveled RDM with a static to help them catch up, and it got to the point where i

felt much more comfortable on rdm than i did on whm. Years and 3 jobs later, i still feel most comfortable playing

on rdm.

[Xzeekzx]

Thanks

for all the tips. I actually have thf to 35, and every job is unlocked, but only to 10+, but i've still gotten a

little feel for every job. I want to be able to do dmg, but i like it to be beneficial to the party, but its a lot

of fun seing those huge numbers fly. I guess thats what's most fun to me .If that helps any... Thank you!

[Ammoth]

Be a

Corsair! YAAARGH!

[Kibz]

I

played every job a little and looked into them to see how they are and can be played.(the job forums and other

sites) I make sure the job wears equip I like, and can do WS's or casts spells that I like. How fast do they

get invites, how fast do I want to hit 75?

Also very important to me that my characer is flexible, I'd

hate to be say 75mnk 37war 37nin 37thf 37whm and stuck doing nothing unless I'm in a full party.

My plan

at the moment is to have jobs that can support, tank, do DoT, and do spike damage.(DoT = Damage over Time,

spike = jobs with huge weaponskill damage, but usually lower DoT)

I fell in and out of my jobs, but

the reasons for leveling them were usually consistant when I did.


First job to 75 - RDM.



It took more attention than others, got insanely fast invites, wasn't too expensive, and solo/duo/trio's

very well. AF looked nice on mithra, and it could use fun equip toys like joyeuse and crimson cuisses. Still

took me forever to finish it to 75, but when I did I started making decent money. Almost always lots of <3 end

game for RDM too, so sky/dynamis/hnm shells aren't as hard to come by.

Just an all around good job to have

for most things, so my first.

Second to 75 - NIN

RDM got boring in sky and didn't have much

equip needed. Very nice though, the equip is just hot, katana DoT and Blade: Jin make it a top DD, Blade: Ku

screams sexy, and it can tank! Can't do much better than great looks and great flexibility right!? I have it at

73 now ~.^ 75 this week.

Third to 75 - SAM

I have great solo ability, and I'm flexible

enough to do everything but big numbers on gods/hnm. That's one thing samurai focuses on, and completely

dominates over other jobs end game! Tachi: Gekko and Tachi: Kasha along with being two of the best ws in game

also look very nice with mithra. Shares gear with my ninja, and I can merit it's weapon before 75 so...this was

just a must have choice after a little though. I only have it at 39 now, but once I finish setting ninja into end

game should be no problem burning through levels to 75.
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Of course with the expansion coming out

with three new jobs, there's a chance my third candidate will change, who doesn't want to be a pirate

(Corsaire as fourth maybe?)


Anyways, those are my thoughts for picking my jobs and hopefully soon to be

job/s.(as best as I can remember) I love to be versatile and I love looking good, so I try to pick my jobs

accordingly.

Edit:

Anyways..

Thanks for all the tips. I actually have thf to 35, and

every job is unlocked, but only to 10+, but i've still gotten a little feel for every job. I want to be able to

do dmg, but i like it to be beneficial to the party, but its a lot of fun seing those huge numbers fly. I guess

thats what's most fun to me .If that helps any... Thank you!

If I were you I would take thief and

warrior to 37, then go samurai. It does very big numbers in the 60's and 70's, but because they can gain TP so

fast some people would consider them a support job.

Ya ya SAM's probably think of that as degrading <.<;

but by being able to do so many renkeis so often, BLM's are allowed to just dominate mobs with extra magic burst

damage from it. Two SAM two BLM can kill a mob in maybe 10-20 seconds if meditate and sneak attack are up.



Also very nice hate controll starting at 60 when SAM/THF get trick attack and the first of their three

heavy ws's, Tachi: Yukikaze.

[Astelan]

I wanted

to be nin first but at the time couldnt support it or do it how i wanted, so i took RDM to 75 just due to the

quick invites and relatively cheaper equips at the time. once you have 1 job at 75 things are easier, but I dont

know some people only take 1 job to 75 so whatever is best for you