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Class decision Round 2 - JFrombaugh - 05-06-2014
Well, I've been narrowing down my choice of class and background story for my character.
I've come down to two options, and here are the pros and cons of each in terms of what I can see:
1.
Starting Town: Gridania
Class: Conjurer & Thaumaturge
Pros
-Would make sense as a starting city; Miranda could be drawn to the forest for the beauty
-The harsh treatment could be used as a story device in terms of explaining how Miranda decided to take up Thaumaturgy as a necessary means of defense against further injury.
-She may feel that Conjury and Thaumaturgy are more "natural" and easy to learn, given that she is ruled by her heart more than her head
-I have a meaningful possible last name, Koyo: It means autumn colors, which represents her two classes (life and death, much like how autumn lies between the fullness of summer and the dormancy of winter)
Cons
-Since Gridania is the most prejudiced towards adventuers, while Ul'dah is the most unscrupulous, bitterness and cynicism would definitely form the core of Miranda's theme. She would find herself questioning her closest friends and allies as much as her enemies.
-Not everyone seems to accept that characters can learn multiple classes IC, in any case she probably would be a jack of all trades and master of none
2.
Starting Town: Limsa Lominsa
Class: Summoner or Scholar
Pros
-Limsa Lominsa makes the most sense in terms of Miranda being an Adventurer who values her own freedom, seeing as how many people immigrate there to begin with by ship. (Plus it's the most tolerant city of outsiders)
-Both of the two Job classes offer Miranda an excellent opportunity to be a unique traveling version of each allied with the Scions, especially Summoner (Many have said that SMN makes the most sense from a storyline perspective)
-Y'shtola would probably be the most "ideal" of the Archons for Miranda to work with.
-In addtion, the Arcanists seem more trustworthy than the others, which would be a possible background on how she got interested to begin with. Maybe she just didn't want to have to deal with the (often corrupt) religious tidings of the other two.
Cons
-Personality-wise, Miranda isn't really compatible with most Limsa Lominsans. She would probably see their straight-talking as a sign of their social coarseness, and being an introvert at heart, she would not be interested in the parties and drinking.
-Not that the other two cities are any better, but they may be more ideal in terms of practicing her art because of the isolated nature of the CNJ and THM guilds, as opposed to the Arcanist Guild's emphasis on practical application in the field.
-Because Arcanima is nation-locked to Limsa Lominsa, being one of the two Job classes would be more or less required.
FYI, the two FF characters I've most based Miranda off of are Rydia and Terra.
So...advice on which do you think would be better?
RE: Class decision Round 2 - Mae - 05-07-2014
I personally don't see a problem with learning multiple classes ICly, except in cases where someone is going to try to pull off being The Best at them all. Specializing/excelling/mastering one and having good, solid understandings of complimentary classes is (in my opinion) perfectly fine.
Moving on to the actual topic, though... Unless you're planning to let the first fifteen or so levels and the Main Scenario have a Big Influence on your character, there's no real reason (that I can think of) that you can't just pick the city you want. CNJ, THM, and ACN are all complimentary classes, you're likely to want to get all three up to at least 15 for cross-classing skills and Job requirements. You can also make a bit of nice money this way, by holding onto the gear you get during your first 1-15 leveling spree, and taking the Allagean coin rewards when you run the other two  classes.
As for which Archon you're dealing with... as far as I've seen, once you get past your Envoy mission it's all sort of moot. You deal with whatever Archon is already paired for the region you're currently questing in (Y'shtola for Limsa regions, Yda and Pap...something-or-other for Gridanian regions, Thancred for Thanalan). There might be slight text variations in cutscenes, but you'd really have to look for them.
Now... if you're wanting those first fifteen levels/Main Scenario stuff to have effect on your character... Gridania/CNJ and Uld'dah/THM are easy. With a bit of luck or with an escort, you can run between Gridania and Ul'dah at level 1. Pick the city you want to do the Main Scenario with, run and get the job you want to use, come back to the city you chose, and then just work it into your story that you periodically need to travel to do your class quests.
Limsa classes and Main Scenario stuff with another city as your starter... the way I see it, it would require some more working that you may or may not be willing to do. Essentially... you'd have to run two characters until past the Envoy quests. Character A being the one you're going to keep, grind that up to where you get your airship pass, move to Limsa, then grind up to fifteen again on ACN. Then make Character B with a similar name and appearance, have them start out as ACN, and then level up through the Envoy quests, mentally matching up the Main Scenario quests with your Class quests for your RP. And then once you get to the point where both characters are the same point, you just switch back to Character A and continue on. Past that point, there's only one CS where your starter Archons interact with you, and the event is almost identical in context between the three options... and maybe one line of text in another is slightly altered (NPC says something along the lines of "and you've already met X").
Anyways, that's my thoughts on the matter. Personally, if you really have no plans for the first fifteen levels and related Main Scenario, I'd just go with picking your starting city, leveling the affiliated class, and then go for your preferred class and start RPing from that point. The other way, it can be done but if you're not mentally prepared for it you could run the risk of burning yourself out.
RE: Class decision Round 2 - JFrombaugh - 05-07-2014
I don't mean which would make more sense in terms of levelling. I mean which of the two backgrounds do you think would work better given the prerquisites I've already created for my character's personality, the way she would react to each, etc. assuming that whichever city she spent the first 15 levels in IC may influence her decisions on some things.
I have all three leveled to 50 in OOC sense, but for IC, only one or two can be selected.