Hehe, I guess I made it sound as if I wanted to log in and go from zero to awesome without doing anything for it :D
So don't get me wrong, I'm not against putting effort to achieve something (I could just go back to WoW and do that there), heck, I farmed wildlife until I could buy Ochiudo's Kote, but it became somewhat overwhelming.
I loved my SAM and it was really nice getting him to level 56 or so, I honestly can't remember what level and I never will, I checked with Sqeenix and they confirmed that the account has been deleted. Anyway, at that level, I had to start thinking about getting dual sniper rings and a Haubergeon (I think, don't be angry if I can't remember all this stuff
) and I simply had no idea where I'd get the millions of gil required. That was a time before the introduction of almost equivalent quest reward items and a time when melee classes weren't wanted that much, probably because there were so many of us. Oh, it was also before accuracy improving foodstuffs :D
I still think some server is likely to see a new Galka that will some day become a SAM, I'll just have to find out if I can actually buy the game anywhere in this country.
Oh! Possibly a silly question, but do you still regen health at 10 hp per tick and increasing with every 10 second cycle? The downtime I had as a SAM without any healing abilities was fun!
edit: to clarify, downtime as SAM while farming, depending on the zone I could spend half the time just resting. The LS wasn't help, there was one guy I could sometimes convince to come along, but he'd start complaining about being bored about five minutes in.
Kind regards