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Originally Posted by Ham n Cheese  Got two levels tonight, had a guy from the linkshell in my group the whole time. Exp was painfully slow in the dunes until some PL healer showed up (we had no healer before that). After that I probably would've forced myself to go all night just because it was so much better than I was used to if the group wasn't breaking up. Got my crab piece or whatever for my sub-job thing too.
May have activated the Taru for nothing now, but at least I'll have a mule if I need one heh.
Right now current advanced jobs I'm looking at are Ninjas and Dragoons. I like the way the Samurai and Dark Knight appear to be, but I really don't want to be tanking in groups for some reason. I guess Warrior is going to be one of my jobs since thats how I started, how are the two I mentioned with that and what are some other warrior combos I should look at? |
I'll break things down a bit for ya Ham.
DD (direct damage)
DRG, SAM, WAR, DRK, THF, MNK, RNG, NIN, BLU
Magic Damage
BLM, RDM, BLU
Tank
PLD, NIN, WAR(mostly pre-40, but is fully capable of tanking until 75 subbing MNK or NIN). Some HNM Linkshells use RDM/NIN.
Support
BRD, COR, RDM
Other
BST, PUP
None of these are perfectly steadfast categories. BST has A- axe skill and gets basically the same WSes as warriors, but they don't have access to all the damage equipment that wars do, but pets do make up for quite a bit of that discrepancy. I know basically nothing about PUP, can't really comment.
As far as you not wanting to tank, choose from:
SAM, DRG, DRK, MNK, BLU, RNG, BLM(not invited to parties often anymore, gonna solo a LOT), THF(not a widely used job anymore). These are your damage dealing classes. You're gonna want to take WAR to 37 for subjob purposes. Also, NIN to 37 most likely as well. WAR and NIN can both DD or tank, and will do both.
Good websites with a ton of information:
Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel - use the forums
Main Page - FFXIclopedia - a Wikia wiki - omfg I love this site. More than you could ever want to know about FFXI.
Order of the Blue Gartr • Index page - high end LS's forum, think of it as the FoHguild/EJ of the FFXI world.
Oh yeah, this is Spheric from in game.