Starting job help

[emeraldpearl]

Ok im abit stuck on what race and what job to start off with first, i was thinking going WAR until level 20, then unlock my sub job then level MNK to 30 with WAR sub, also i was planning on creating a mithra sound good?

[Jrgsubzero]

Go with what you want to look like and what you enjoy the most playing.

I want to be a pirate kitty!

[Murphie]

That sounds fine. You're the only one who the decision actually matters to. If you want to be a mithra, then that's as good a choice as any.

The only job I would never suggest someone start as is THF, just because it's not very easy/fun.

[emeraldpearl]

lol yeah, i want to become a SMN/WHM ^^

[Jrgsubzero]

I wanted to be Whm/Smn but there are so many whms on at one time it just didn't seem practical. (200 whms on usually)

[Mhurron]

I wanted to be Whm/Smn but there are so many whms on at one time it just didn't seem practical. (200 whms on usually)

There are never whm on when you want them.

[emeraldpearl]

MNK/WAR should last me until 30, then bring on the SMN

[Jrgsubzero]

There are never whm on when you want them.

True.

[na2tt300zx]

If you do start out warrior please please please get a great axe or an axe at level 5 PLEASE! i hate seeing war's with swords, when there is just better DoT. But you know since SE starts them out with a sword it must be good right?.....

[emeraldpearl]

If you do start out warrior please please please get a great axe or an axe at level 5 PLEASE! i hate seeing war's with swords, when there is just better DoT. But you know since SE starts them out with a sword it must be good right?.....

advice taken into account ^^

[Rain_Blade]

There are never whm on when you want them.

So true.

[emeraldpearl]

hehe for the 3 months i played FF XI WHM seemed so rare then also, especially in kazham ugh hated that place, valkurm dunes was also an ass to me

[Malacite]

If you really want to be a SMN/WHM, then you should start off as a BLM and take that to 18 ^^b


Then, you'll be set to take WHM to 37 as your sub for SMN ~.^

You've got a decision to make ahead of you though; do you want to take a job other than SMN to 60+ for the main avatar fights, or will you level SMN to 20 and try to solo them all? (Except for Fenrir and Diabolos who don't have a mini tuning fork fight)

[emeraldpearl]

blah dont like BLM tried it once before didnt appeal to me ^^, although RDM is beggining to appeal to me much more now, i may level RDM then lvl WHM, then i should be all set for SMN till about 60. 60 SMN 30 WHM, then ill lvl WHM to 75 subbing SMN, then ill sub WHM for SMN. Bingo i know what im doing now thanks ^^

[Lunaryn]

That sounds fine. You're the only one who the decision actually matters to. If you want to be a mithra, then that's as good a choice as any.
The only job I would never suggest someone start as is THF, just because it's not very easy/fun.

Speaking as someone who did start with Thief, it can be a real pain. It did have one interesting/fun aspect: I got very good at running and dealing with sound aggro, including kiting an EM Quadav across a whole zone and gaining just enough distance to get 2-3 ticks worth of healing from resting before it caught up.

I've noticed since the MPK/despawn patch, though, that it seems a lot easier to lose mobs now... Did they break tracking by scent outside of normal spawn radius?

I had a partial static through most of the dunes. As a subless THF I really felt like dead weight in the party until level 15. However, I'm not really sure whether a subjob would add too terribly much to this either (though a THF/WAR is capable of tanking at these levels, or at least backup tanking). Although I've heard good things about THF/MNK at low levels, using hand-to-hand weaponry, and may try that on another character eventually.