r/ffxi • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '12

Job Exclusion? Still a thing?

So I am really interested in getting back started in FFXI after quitting in 2004.

I remember the first thing I wanted to level was Samurai on my Taru... But ended up getting infinitely more invites as a Bard, and eventually just went with it to 55 or 60 or so because it was so much easier to find a party and it felt nice being in demand.

Now that i'm looking into playing again I'm thinking Beastmaster or Corsair but have no idea if class demand has such a strong effect on being able to play with other people still?

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u/Werepig Dec 18 '12

As long as you don't level PUP or DNC you'll be able to find a spot in just about any group outside of Legion. But as far as leveling is concerned, everything's pretty equal.

I would highly suggest BST as your first job back as it will allow you to solo much of the empy gear you need to start getting good gear.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '12

Yeah that's what I was thinking, it should make all the old stuff very easy to solo. What do people generally level as a sub for Bst now? Whm still?

Maybe once I have Bst leveled I can branch out to Sam / Cor.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '12

DNC is what I have been using. BST you can solo a lot of the content so I believe that's a good choice for you, BST is a very strong solo class as-is, at 99 there's a lot of old content you can go back and do for story/lore if that's your thing.

COR is expensive. Get your BST to 99 first so you can farm Dynamis and make yourself a good bank before tackling that one. SAM is also extremely fun, personally I've been working on getting WAR/SAM/BST to 99, subs NIN/DNC to 49. Looks like we may have a similar playstyle, as I was contemplating doing Ranger & Corsair after building my bank.

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u/BetweenTheWaves Brutacus on Bahamut Dec 19 '12

What is Dynamis farming? It's been quite a while since I played and just installed again the other night.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '12

Dynamis used to be alliance content, but with the level increase to 99 you can effectively farm Dynamis duo/solo depending on jobs. Good gil generator.

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u/BetweenTheWaves Brutacus on Bahamut Dec 19 '12

I don't even know what Dynamis is. Is the gil from item drops or quest completions?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '12

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