Starting a new save file.

[Deejay]

Gave my acct to the little brother a year ago and I don't have the heart to take it back as he's leveled numerous jobs 60+ and got his SMN to 75. I'm just going to start over with something different (prolly Taru cause theyre certified gangster) and it got me thinking...

If you guys could do it all over again, which race/jobs would you choose? What nation would you start at? Which crafts? Would you even bother crafting?

Thought it'd be cool to start a little discussion.

Edit: Mods if you feel this belongs in Newbie Discussion then by all means move it. Just thought it'd be nice to get the opinions from serious players who wanted to look back on the decisions they've made ingame.

[Quizno]

I'm a taru now, and if I restarted I'd remain a taru.

I also craft for fun and for a sense of completion I guess. It was never just about the money, so yes, I'd craft again. This time however I'd probably do Alchemy instead of clothcraft, just because my RL job is as a chemist.

[Spekkio]

taru blm 4 life! honestly, why would you want to be an ugly looking elvaan or even worse a galka when you can have an adorable taru to put in all sorts of different cuddly clothes? no brainer, plus i love the dichotomy of a tiny little midget unleashing massive amounts of pain.

[Mifaco]

i don't think i'd have the stomach to restart this game... the sheer retardedness of the playerbase is astounding. It's way too easy to fuck up a party

[Therin]

I lol'd at "new save file."

I'd go with a Taru mage first, and pick a craft that's relatively cheap like Food or Alchemy and stick with it as you level. Then, once you get 60-70 and your craft to at least 60, you should have enough experience and income to branch out a bit.

And since you're a Taru mage, everyone will want you for BCs and stuff.

That's just my suggestion. Do whatever you want, but I think picking a job that's more useful than others is a good way to start. You'll have trouble making money and finding groups for BCs and whatnot if you want to go with something like MNK, DRG, DRK, or especially RNG.

[Skyylya]

I like mithra but i would probably go taru if i restarted just cause while I loved leveling my mnk I like rdm the most and taru rdm is just the most versatile.

I'd still start in bastok, but I def wouldn't do goldsmithing all over again assuming the economy ended up where it's at now. For all the millions and millions and millions....and millions of gil it took to even get me to 95+ it is absolutely useless on gilgamesh, i'd probably do bonecraft or something less expensive to get to 100, maybe clothcraft even though it's not exactly cheaper i'd get more use out of it for personal crafting I think.

I would never start again though, redoing zilart, cop, all the quests....all the levling. no way. I've gotten a lot of good r/e's that aren't easy to get like PCA, my RDM AF2 blah blah. If i couldn't still log onto my acc (someone else in LS has info and uses it sometimes) there's no way in hell i'd ever start again.

[Deejay]

I've felt the same way about not wanting to re-do ZMs/CoP but at the same time I'd really really really like to participate in salvage and the new HNMs. Plus with the new expansion around the corner it'd be nice to be 75 and ready to complete all the new shit it'll have to offer.

[Talisien]

I'm a Tarutaru, I could never really play anything else as they're just so cute and hysterical, so I'd restart Taru.

But.. if stats were my only concern, I'd be an Elvaan. Their STR matters for so much, and the lack of MP doesn't bother me as a good party = a refresh job in FF anyways, and a Refresh job means your max MP rarely matters. Plus I hate soloing (another bonus of max MP)

[Intense]

Im a Hume M, but Id probably pick a Hume F, since theyre more attractive for me to look at. Id also prob level MNK as 1st job. :]

[Zosi]

I've actually been in that situation. When I quit for the first time, I gave my account to a friend, and insisted that he not give it back, so I wouldn't be tempted to just start playing again with everything as it was when I quit. I came back anyways, started a new character (Zosi, if anyone was wondering why my BG account is named that) and played the "start from scratch" game for a few months, until I eventually got my account back.

I restarted as a Hume M 4A from Windurst, with the intention of leveling NIN to 75, then PLD, then WAR. I didn't do any crafting, just sold random drops and did the treasure chest BC50 a few times.

[Bregor]

I lol'd at "new save file."

I seriously thought this would be about an emulated save of Chrono Trigger or something.

[Bagel]

If not Taru, go Galka.

If you decide to do a mage job, I'd go something relatively gear intensive for "basic" functionality, like WHM or BRD but a walmart RDM or BLM is still pretty kickass/useful as well.

If melee, I think MNK is the way to go for a first job. If you have friends to help you camp low level stuff like O Kotes and Brown Belt and eventually a half-decent HNM shell for endgame stuff like D Body, Haidate and Black Belt, you're good to go.

[archibaldcrane]

Was 75 galka Thief (pre dagger update), started over...75 galka thief. Also had 75 smn on that old galka, but high-end MP gear is pricey and I'm broke as fuck, so I went galka bard (72 now) because lolgearonbard. Was 52 goldsmithing on old character, no crafting this time. Bastok all the way, of course.

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

My Galka HP has saved me far too many times.

Though, I do like the combat style of Elvaans.

[Thistle]

If you guys could do it all over again, which race/jobs would you choose? What nation would you start at? Which crafts? Would you even bother crafting?

I'm happy to say, I wouldn't change hardly anything. I love being hume, I love my model (most boring of them all~), I love Sandy and will never leave it. While I never play it much anymore, I still love DRK.

Only change I'd make would be the first craft I took to 100. Leather was anything but planned (I had read you could do something with those crystals that mobs dropped, so after trying to use them on various other drops, eventually I got a combo that worked and got a .1 leather skillup, so I figured that must be the craft for me!).

[LinktheDeme]

Go with female hume, I say female because you get lots more help and much more free shit. Hume because you can do every job you want

[Tekumel]

Gave my acct to the little brother a year ago and I don't have the heart to take it back as he's leveled numerous jobs 60+ and got his SMN to 75.

If you have friends to help you camp low level stuff like O Kotes and Brown Belt

Who needs friends when you have a little brother who owes you one account, and can easily be threatened with physical violence? :D

[Tomiko]

If you guys could do it all over again, which race/jobs would you choose?
Still Hume Female, but a different face model.
Jobs I'm not sure but would probably get all possible subs out of the way first. Maybe end up doing Brd first.

What nation would you start at?
Bastok for the free Ring

Which crafts?
Most to 60 probably. Not sure after that.

Would you even bother crafting?
Probably just to make consumables for myself. It's nice being able to make things like Refresh Drinks since it saves on space.

[Starr]

Taru Male, I'd level 40RNG 40NIN 40WHM 20BLM 75COR

[Darus Grey]

If I had a chance to start over(or go back and change something).

I'd 100% choose Galka over Hume.