Job "Personality" Categories

[Olorin401]

OK so I've noticed in my 2+ years of playing FFXI that there tend to be four general classifications of players. Here they are:

Beaters: Players who love to get into the middle of something and start whacking away. Typical job choices are WAR, MNK, DRK, DRG, SAM, THF, & RNG. Some dabble in playing PLD, NIN, BST and the three ToAU jobs.

Mages: These players like having magic of some kind available, and it doesn't have to be mana-based either. Typical jobs are WHM, BLM, RDM, SMN, BRD, BLU and occasionally NIN & PLD. I've even seen some mages playing around with COR.

Pet-Friendly: Always with a companion at their side.. Includes BST, PUP, SMN, and yes even DRG.

Confused: These guys play anything and everything, and enjoy the chaos. They'll even try out odd main/sub combinations just for kicks!

Of course, there's also players that have been around so long that they've done EVERYTHING. So.. what mold fits you?

[Hantz]

The Eternal Noob.

[Skoal]

As my drg/rdm I am the first 3.

[Mhurron]

drg/rdm
Isn't that really confused?

[Skoal]

Isn't that really confused?

Ha!

If I were drg/smn then I would really be confused.

[Raydeus]

Hmm... I'm a RDM who is also a PLD who enjoys soloing stuff, trying different job/sub combos, having a pet or NPC out while meleeing and casting magic on mobs.

So, what exactly am I?

A confused beater-mage, who is pet friendly? :rofl:

[Murphie]

I don't have a preference. But that doesn't mean I "enjoy the chaos" either. I just happen to have an interest in a wide variety of jobs.

[Skylar]

I think if I had to classify myself in one of the choices it would be confused. I have not , as of yet , come across a job I did not enjoy. Albeit , I have yet to unlock a few jobs and have not leveled very far on any of them.

[Neomage]

I'm a beater-mage. In FFXI I have always played mage jobs but I like melee jobs in other games to...

[DrivenTooFar]

I would have to say I am a mage. My main is a Paladin so I am used to being able to cure myself as needed. If I can't do that then I freak out. Maybe I am somewhat of a beater, but that is not the main thing I do.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

There are actually many more personalities:

Permanoob - Never listen, never learns a thing even with multiple 75 jobs.

Primadonna (sometimes mage/tank-specific) - Thinks they are God's gift to FFXI even when they're not worth a damn.

The TMI player (any class) - Has to inform you he's drunk, just had sex or needs to go take a dump.

AFK Melee (any melee) - Why is the WAR not moving to the mob when he has his axes out? House on fire? Not likely. Hit /assit and /attack and walked off the get a drink.

The Kid: An AFK variant (any job) - Has to help mom bring in the groceries or go AFK for 10 minutes to have dinner with the family. Sometimes plays after bedtime, yet has to fake sleep and goes AFK for that as well.

The lolEndgamer - plays what job will get them into an HNM, but is a wallflower other wise.

The Switcher: A lolEndgamer variant - Levelled jobs like BRD, WAR, NIN, RDM, WHM or PLD to get a spot in an endgame shell, yet somehow end up coming to camp kings as DRG, THF or PUP. Not a wallflower, but not exactly an honest member.

The Know-it-all-that-doesn't-know-anything (At least two 75 jobs) - Will give people advice, yet the most elitist player could have a field day with anything they say. Had a guy like this who was RNG, told me that Accuracy Bonus Traits only gave +2 Ranged accuracy per trait, I about died from laughter.

The moron - Usually DRK, sometimes not.

The Couple (two people, any job) - Always lovey-dovey crap from these two. They'll even position thier characters in front of each other, making their toons look into each others eyes. Its more pretentious than romantic, its not even cute, go to the hostel please.

The Seeker of Love (any job) - Thinks FFXI is somekind of Love Connection, has had multiple online boyfriends or girlfriends.

The "Girl" (Any job) - Plays a female character and says they are female, yet are a dude. They just want gear and gil from you.

The Hopeful (male player, any job) - Assumes a female character means the player is also female. The player in question likely didn't state their gender and is generally creeped out by this guy because in light of all the friendly /tells from The Hopeful, they're not sure what to say to them. Its best to just ignore The Hopeful.

The "Man" (any job) - A female player that picked a male character because she knows that if she picks the female one, she'll endlessly get hit on. Sometimes exposes their real gender when gushing about how cute Tarutaru are.

[KalemLyco]

Nice one Omgwtfbbqkitten.

I'm a "Beater" tried playing mage just can't stand it.

I've been a AFK Melee acouple of times... I feel asleep at the controls >.< Thankfully it was a LS party withe a PL in the dunes...

[IfritnoItazura]

I'm a {man} {cat}, but Tarutarus are cute. ._.

[Armando]

Why isn't The Tank on that list? My favorite jobs are, and have always been, the ones where the mob is focused on me.

[BurningPanther]

Why isn't The Tank on that list? My favorite jobs are, and have always been, the ones where the mob is focused on me.
Agreed. There is a marked difference between the ones that simply want to dish out damage and the ones that are man enough to take it as well. "The Tank" should be a category in itself.

[Murphie]

It's not on the list because while fun, these lists are really just a chance for a poster to try and be funny. They are hardly comprehensive.

[Lmnop]

the biggest barrier of all war/nin: "but I hate leveling NIN" and why is that? "I don't like tanking."

honestly, what's so bad about it? Paying attention sucks that bad?

I think I'm tank/melee/confused. I'm actually more Murphie. I just like all the jobs.

oh, and on Omgwtfbbqkitten's list, i'm prolly the elitist. I know better than most people how to do their jobs bwuahahahaha. The difference is that I don't have a single job @75, in fact I hate to tell people when I'm said job whatever. I.e. I never tell 30 Thfs that I'm a thf 45 so they should listen to me. I just explain to them how to set up SATA, just like I did when my THF was 10. Seriously, the only thing you learn from leveling the job yourself is numbers (mp to cast Fire 3, lucky numbers for Evoker's Roll, what level a Brd learns Scopp's Operetta -- whatever tf that is).

[Murphie]

I haven't met a job I don't like. I like tanking, I like doing damage, I like healing, I like enfeebling, I like buffing, I like pulling, I like soloing.

I suppose I'm less of a fan of pet classes (not including DRG since you don't really control the Wyvern) than others, but that's not an insurmountable hurdle.

But I'm certainly not confused.

[Armando]

I like any job that can be wrapped in metal. Preferrably with a sword.

By the way Lmnop, it seems Scop's Operetta is part of BRD's mythical barstatus songs. Supposedly protects against Silence, but I won't believe it until I see a BRD cast it with my very eyes >.> That aside, I've always wondered, what the heck's up with your name? Oh, and that's a bad-ass avatar, Murphie.

[Murphie]

It'd be more badass if I made it larger. I think I may!

[Alshandra]

I'd have to say I'm most definately in the 'Mage' Category....
70WHM, 37BLM, 35RDM, 17BRD...

You have no idea how disappointed I was when I was levelling BRD/WHM, and wondered why it didn't cost MP to cast songs... Until I was informed by my LS that "No Ash, BRDs don't HAVE any MP.. that's your /WHM..."

/devastated.. but still loving BRD!

[bikkebakke]

I'm a mixed of Confused and Pet-friendly. Confused because I dabble in just about everything... Pet-friendly because I've noticed I tend to enjoy DRG, PUP, BST, and SMN the best.

[silentsteel]

Mage/Pet-Friendly for me ^^ Whm high, drg & smn getting there, maybe bst sometime soon, blm kinda high, lol, closest other jobs are 15

[Kholdstare]

The Kid: An AFK variant (any job) - Has to help mom bring in the groceries or go AFK for 10 minutes to have dinner with the family. Sometimes plays after bedtime, yet has to fake sleep and goes AFK for that as well.


Okay, eating dinner and faking sleep I can understand being upset with, but God forbid that someone have to stop playing FFXI to do a sudden real-life task. Do you get mad when parents have to go AFK to change their babies? I'm not saying that it's okay for someone to go AFK because their parents yelled at them to clean his/her room, but something like bringing in groceries is hardly fair.

Besides that, I've actually encountered all of those people, which makes those analyses so creepily true. (Couples piss me off to no end D:)

My personal favorite is the "Color Commentator," the player who has flavor text for all his/her macros. (Boost Macros, "Come forth, yaddabladda" SMN macros, and goth poetic DRK macros all come to mind.)

Others:

"The Spin Doctor" - Starts vocally pointing out other's mistakes to draw attention away from his/her own shoddy playing.

"The Apologist" - Blames his/her self for even the most ludicrous things.

"Pessimist" - The glass isn't half empty. The glass is going to cast Waterga IV and kill all of us.

"The Dillusional" -
You know those people that have gimpy gear, don't follow directions, and blow their 2 hour to brag about damage, yet take an almost offensive level of pride in the way they play? Yeah. This is that person.

[Olorin401]

Why isn't The Tank on that list? My favorite jobs are, and have always been, the ones where the mob is focused on me.
It's because..

(1)There are only two true tank jobs (three if you're like me and count PUP)
(2)Most tanks almost always have another job they're leveling that fits either mage or beater.

You can probably make a case for Tanks being their own category simply because they fit into everything except Pet-Friendly. They're both casters, they both lay down the 'tings, and that makes them both technically confused.

[Hantz]

Do you get mad when parents have to go AFK to change their babies?

You'd be surprised how many people do. Not that I make a habit of wiping as much baby poop as possible during xp, but sometimes a turd or two will make their debut in between mobs.

[LyonheartLakshmi]

Rather than calling it "The Tank", perhaps it should be called "Glutton for Punishment". That was me when I started the game. Did WAR/MNK to 30, picked up PLD, went back to WAR. I enjoy tanking.

Lately I've been into solo stuff, like BST. It's not so much that I'm "Pet friendly" as that I'm "Fed up with the morons, and hate having half my weekly play time wasted by LFGing for 2 hours."

[Mhurron]

Do you get mad when parents have to go AFK to change their babies?
When it's every 5 minutes for 15-30 min at a time and they expect the party to wait for them, ya, that pisses me off.

[Kholdstare]

When it's every 5 minutes for 15-30 min at a time and they expect the party to wait for them, ya, that pisses me off.

If they're leaving that frequently, for that long an amount of time, they either aren't changing a baby, or their baby should be in a hospital.

[Mhurron]

If they're leaving that frequently, for that long an amount of time, they either aren't changing a baby, or their baby should be in a hospital.
I don't care what they are or aren't doing. When you have something to do that is going to frequently be taking you away from your computer, you shouldn't be in a party EXPing, doing a mission or quest or whatnot.

[Hantz]

I don't care what they are or aren't doing. When you have something to do that is going to frequently be taking you away from your computer, you shouldn't be in a party EXPing, doing a mission or quest or whatnot.

Hence "changing a baby." That's not frequent or typical, so it seems strange if people get supremely pissed about losing 2 minutes of xp, once in a 3-4 hour period. Some other jerk is going to go eat, smoke, bail, etc. eventually anyway.

[Mhurron]

Hence "changing a baby." That's not frequent or typical, so it seems strange if people get supremely pissed about losing 2 minutes of xp, once in a 3-4 hour period. Some other jerk is going to go eat, smoke, bail, etc. eventually anyway. You haven't partied with too many people using that excuse have you. The person changing the baby is more often then not the person currently caring for said baby. As in, changing it is not the only thing they have to do to it.

It's never just for 2 minutes every few hours. It's frequent, for long periods of time and no matter how pissed I get over it, they get more so because someone had the gall to kick them over it and find someone reliable.

When it's your turn to watch the damn kid, don't waste 5 other peoples time by partying with them.

[Hantz]

You haven't partied with too many people using that excuse have you. The person changing the baby is more often then not the person currently caring for said baby. As in, changing it is not the only thing they have to do to it.

It's never just for 2 minutes every few hours. It's frequent, for long periods of time and no matter how pissed I get over it, they get more so because someone had the gall to kick them over it and find someone reliable.

When it's your turn to watch the damn kid, don't waste 5 other peoples time by partying with them.


I am the guy changing the baby. But, that should be an atypical experience. Only if the baby wakes up to cry over a dirty diaper (atypical as well; they'll sleep on with some steamers in the crock pot). If the baby is not asleep, I'm not playing.

The underlined part is key. If I don't have time for xping, completely untethered, I don't do it. If you don't believe me, look at my horrendously low levels.

I guess in a way, you're right. I've never heard somebody else give that excuse, much less use it repeatedly for long stretches of time.

[BurningPanther]

I am the guy changing the baby. But, that should be an atypical experience. Only if the baby wakes up to cry over a dirty diaper (atypical as well; they'll sleep on with some steamers in the crock pot). If the baby is not asleep, I'm not playing.
The underlined part is key. If I don't have time for xping, completely untethered, I don't do it. If you don't believe me, look at my horrendously low levels.
I guess in a way, you're right. I've never heard somebody else give that excuse, much less use it repeatedly for long stretches of time.
You're kind of missing the point. "Changing the baby" is an infrequent experience, sure. I don't think there's anyone that can dispute that. But it's the fact that it's that on top of a ton of other distracting shit, as you've detailed.
I know a lady who plays, and will stop to change the kid. Ten minutes later, stop to feed the kid. Five minutes later, stop to soothe the crying child. Eight minutes later, stop to get her child who's wandered toward the toilet bowl in absence of her mother's supervision. Twenty minutes later, top for a full ten to twenty minutes to put the baby to sleep.
The numbers are subjective and the frequency of incidents vary, but it's shit like this that can lengthen a ZM 8 run from 45 minutes to a 2 hour ordeal.

I know two kids in particular. Bitch and moan and /sh for experience party. Ten minutes into it, stop for five to help their parents with the incoming groceries. 15 minutes later, stop for another six to argue with their parents about cleaning their room. 8 minutes later, break for ten(or longer) to do their chores. 10(or more) later, break for another 20 to run an errand for said parents. End the night with a "Do you guys mind waiting for me? I gotta go eat dinner with my family. I'll be back in about in a half-hour."
Or "Hey, um, my parents are bugging me to go to bed, so I'll just fake 'em out and I'll be back in ten 'kay?"
...
...
...Sure kid, come back when you have a job, your own place, and CAN WIPE YOUR OWN ASS.

Again, frequency of said incidents vary, but usually I put up with this more than the "busy parent," who usually know well enough not to burden other people when they have a child present.

It's reached the point where I've taken a harsh view toward minors, feeling that you should only be playing if you pay your own subscription and have your own place.

[Hantz]

I know two kids in particular. Bitch and moan and /sh for experience party. Ten minutes into it, stop for five to help their parents with the incoming groceries. 15 minutes later, stop for another six to argue with their parents about cleaning their room. 8 minutes later, break for ten(or longer) to do their chores. 10(or more) later, break for another 20 to run an errand for said parents. End the night with a "Do you guys mind waiting for me? I gotta go eat dinner with my family. I'll be back in about in a half-hour."
Or "Hey, um, my parents are bugging me to go to bed, so I'll just fake 'em out and I'll be back in ten 'kay?"
...
...
...Sure kid, come back when you have a job, your own place, and CAN WIPE YOUR OWN ASS.

I didn't miss what Mhurron was saying. I just had no idea that there were so many irresponsible parents trying to play FFXI when they should be caring for their kids. When somebody uses "changing the baby" as an umbrella meaning "I'm too selfish to just put down my damn game and let your party be," that's complete crap. The kid teetering toward the toilet...sheesh.

But this quote is WAY more in line with crap I've dealt with while trying to accomplish something. I've seen a lot of snot nosed kids, acting as such, effing up my PT. Now that, I'm familiar with.

[BurningPanther]

Well, the "irresponsible parent" isn't quite as prevalent as the "snot nosed kid," but occurs often enough to get a mention. Like I said, most are wise enough to know better(and sometimes, emergencies will come up in-party. Baby will wake up unexpectedly, take a bad fall... shit happens, I dig that), but every now and again, you get the ones that make you wonder if they were really ready for parenthood...

[Kholdstare]

I'm going to have to agree with the issue of frequency. There's a difference between being AFK once in a while for something like taking care of a kid, or doing a QUICK (5 minute) errand for the family. When it becomes afking every 10 minutes, I'd sooner play with 5 than let the 6th leech and diminish exp.

Besides, I get more annoyed with "AFK for a smoke" people a bit more, usually because it takes them upwards of 10 minutes to smoke a damned cigarette. I know some people don't like to smoke inside their house, but this still gets seriously annoying.

Really, there are really only 3 things I don't get somewhat annoyed about people going AFK for:

1) Bathroom
2) Food/Drink (Not leaving for 10 minutes to eat with the family. Getting a snack or a glass of water is more what I have in mind here)
3) Those rare issue that must be dealt with (Kid issues, making/taking phone calls, answering the door, etc.)

[Mhurron]

Well, the "irresponsible parent" isn't quite as prevalent as the "snot nosed kid,"
Thats only because more children play games endlessly then adults do, but self absorbed children grow up to be self absorbed adults and they don't automatically get a clue when they become pregnant. There are just as many snot nosed brats as there are irresponsible parents in the world, you just have a slightly higher chance of meeting the brat in an MMO.

I just had no idea that there were so many irresponsible parents Maybe you need to pay more attention to the world around you.

[Standablaze]

and goth poetic DRK macros all come to mind
Haha. I tried to take the piss out of those but it didnt work too well.
"/wrist's for Souleater, into the blade my emo blood flows".

Me? I'm the beater/mage (drk and rdm), or a cross of "moronic drk" and "TMI"

[Hantz]

Maybe you need to pay more attention to the world around you.

What crawled up your ass? Uncivil and uncalled for. The playerbase of FFXI is hardly a realistic representative cross-section of the rest of the world.

[Lmnop]

:O suddenly everyone got angry.

I like any job that can be wrapped in metal. Preferrably with a sword.

me too :D At this point in the game, I want a job that's heavily armored (war/pld/drk/bst all stuck out at me due to their equip lists) but can solo well. But then... I hate that Bsts sit around and hide behind pets (pets that get shot by your magic hearts, no less). So errr I'm leveling Marksmanship.


That aside, I've always wondered, what the heck's up with your name?

Is that directed at me? o.0 Um... it's a string of letters used for identification purposes? Me, in response to Wishmaster3k setting my title over half a year ago:

shoot, call me whatever you want. What's in a name? I have no qualms with telling people that my in-game name is Repion, but I use Lmnop because I don't think it's important enough to care about.

Dunno if that answers anything... I just don't care enough to think of good names.

[Telera]

I fall under Pet-Friendly. :p Summoner is my first job up. Dragoon will be my next. And probably Puppetmaster and/or Beastmaster following. o.O

And while my boyfriend and I game together, we don't sit around in exp making our characters 'stare' at one another. I think the closest we come to that in any situation is sitting side by side when one or both is afk, or when we're bored and find a nice place to sit and watch the world pass. Usually the top of Drachenfalls out in Gustaberg. Days like that we dunno what to do, not in an exp mood, but we want to play the game, so we sit and chat with the LS and sit on the waterfall. Nothing too pretentious there. And no random silly emotes. Sunrise/set is pretty out there.

[BurningPanther]

Thats only because more children play games endlessly then adults do, but self absorbed children grow up to be self absorbed adults and they don't automatically get a clue when they become pregnant. There are just as many snot nosed brats as there are irresponsible parents in the world, you just have a slightly higher chance of meeting the brat in an MMO.
It's also a matter of free time. Parents usually realize "Hey, I got a kid, I'm not gonna be able to play this here game like I want." They limit their play time accordingly, and simply don't get in others' ways when they think they themselves will be interrupted.
The snot nosed kid has yet to fully understand consideration for time management and courtesy(among other things), and so he takes advantage where he feels it does him good.
Maybe you need to pay more attention to the world around you.
Maybe they just raise 'em right where Hantz comes from, and until now he's not had to run into the more dimwitted individuals that reproduce.