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----- Galka -------------------
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The Galka can be found living with the Humes in the Republic of Bastok.  This species is known for it's brute strength.  Galka's are huge, strong, creatures and should probably play the job of a fighter.  The Galka are quite the opposite of the Mithra, due to the fact you can only find male Galka.  The following shows the stats of each job at level 1 if you are playing as a Galka.

Warrior       Monk          White Mage    Black Mage    Red Mage      Thief
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Str: 9        Str: 8        Str: 7        Str: 6        Str: 7        Str: 7
Dex: 7        Dex: 7        Dex: 5        Dex: 7        Dex: 6        Dex: 8
Vit: 8        Vit: 10       Vit: 8        Vit: 7        Vit: 8        Vit: 8
Agi: 7        Agi: 5        Agi: 6        Agi: 7        Agi: 6        Agi: 7
Int: 5        Int: 5        Int: 6        Int: 8        Int: 7        Int: 7
Mnd: 5        Mnd: 6        Mnd: 8        Mnd: 6        Mnd: 7        Mnd: 5
Chr: 5        Chr: 5        Chr: 6        Chr: 5        Chr: 5        Chr: 4


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-= VII. Jobs/Classes =-

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----- Warrior -------------------
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The Warrior is a melee class that focuses mainly on strength.  This strong class usually acts like a tank to take most of the damage and keep the enemy away from his party members.  The Warrior can wield a wide range of weapons.
The best races for this job are probably Galka and Elvaan obviously because they have the most strength of all the races.

Warrior makes a very good subjob for multiple classes.  Almost any of the other melee classes would do great with a warrior subjob.  Tanks use the warrior's abilities the best.  With warrior as your subjob you will still receive taunt!
Taunt is an ability that is almost required in a tank!


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----- Monk -------------------
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A Monk is also a melee class that is very strong as well.  Monk's sometimes just fight with their fists as well as all sorts of knuckles.  A Monk can also act like a tank, but isn't as effective as a warrior.  Monk is a very efficient subjob as well. If you read my race descriptions you already know that the
Mithra's depend greatly on their physical abilities so Monk and Mithra kind of go together.  Monk is actually a good job for all races.


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----- White Mage -------------------
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The White Mage is relied on greatly by his party members.  It is a White Mage's job to ensure that his friends stay alive by healing them with his white magics.  A White Mage doesn't doesn't have much physical strength or offensive abilities so you probably won't find them soloing very often.  I suggest if you are wanting to be a White Mage you probably should be a Tarutaru.  Taru's have the most MP which is a nice advantage for any type of mage.


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----- Black Mage -------------------
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Black Mages are very heavy hitters.  They deal a whole lot of damage with what else?  Their black magic of course.  Before going into battle, make sure you have plenty of MP for your attacks.  Probably the best race for this job would be a tarutaru due to their godly MP.  I highly suggest having a White Mage subjob if you are a black mage.  A White Mage subjob will also boost your MP.


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----- Red Mage -------------------
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A Red Mage is an interesting job.  The red mage offers black magics, white magics as well as the ability to wield a sword.  Anyone who wishes to do a little bit of everything would really enjoy this job.  Pretty much any race would make a nice Red Mage, but if you were looking for the best combination
I would have to suggest an Elvaan Red Mage.  Possible subjobs would be a
Warrior, Black Mage, or White Mage.  Others would work as well of course.


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----- Thief -------------------
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Thieves are very agile and have very high dexterity.  They have many useful skills which help out in battle.  Thieves use their speed and dexterity to steal items from enemies and to easily flee from battle.  Unfortunately, thieves start out as one of the worst jobs and develop into strong and useful characters.  If you are very interested in being a thief, the best class for you would be Mithra and if you wouldn't be caught dead as a Mithra, the next best thing would probably be a Tarutaru.


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-= VIII. Advanced Jobs/Classes =-

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----- Bard -------------------
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Description
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Bards are a very unique class in Final Fantasy XI.  They are able to play songs to do many different things; both offensive and defensive.  If you are interested in being a Bard, I have one word of advice for you and I suggest you stick to it.  The best subjob for a Bard is White Mage.  Anyone who is forming a party and can't find a White Mage that is on will come looking for you and your White Mage subjob.

Another cool feature that Bards are able to take advantage of is the ability to equip instruments.  Without instruments you can still play music, but your character will sing instead of play an instrument.  Instruments provide boosts to your song playing and also sound better than the singing.  Finally, one more thing you should remember.  I don't suggest having Bard as your subjob.  If
Bard is your subjob you cannot use the instruments which puts you at a disadvantage.  Well, I think that's all you should know.  Good luck with your
Bard!


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----- Summoner -------------------
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Description
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This would be a very interesting job as well.  A summoners main role in a party is to... well... summon!  Summoners can gain the power to summon many different beasts to aid them in battle.  Some of the summons will fight and damage the enemy, and others heal your party members or cast auras on them.  If you have decided for Summoner to be your main job, a fitting subjob would probably be
White Mage.  This gives you an MP bonus and is a nice way to get into parties.
If a party can't find a White Mage, they'll search for someone with a White
Mage subjob!

Now, another thing that I recommend is that you don't assign the job of
Summoner as a subjob.  By doing this you will not get to learn any of the more powerful summons because you are restricted to half of your main job.  Finally, now we can decide on a race for your summoner.  I would suggest a Tarutaru, because those summons cost quite a bit of MP and Tarutaru's have that much needed MP.


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----- Beast Master -------------------
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Description
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Ah, the Beast Master.  As a Beast Master you have the power to master beasts!
Or more like tame them for a time.  You can only tame animals: sheep, beetles, crabs, etc...  Also, you are limited to animals that are close to your level.
The Beast Master is the only job that it is possible to solo as in higher levels.  You can only solo if you are a Beast Master with a subjob of White
Mage.

As for good races for this class, there are many.  You could probably choose any race and still do pretty well as a Beast Master it just depends on how you like to play.  For instance, as a Tarutaru Beast Master you would obviously take a hit in the strength and HP department which isn't really required as a
Beast Master and you would have plenty of MP to heal yourself with your white magic.  If you have something against Tarutaru's you will be just fine with any other race so keep that in mind.


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----- Dark Knight -------------------
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Ah the Dark Knight.  A very cool class indeed!  Dark Knights are really there just to do damage and a lot of it.  You will usually find Dark Knights with scythes which as you probably know, do mucho damage!  Also, this class gets a little bit of magic power and along with that power they can cast black magic!
The black magic they can use is fairly weak and they learn them at high levels, but they can prove useful at times.

If you were choosing a good race for this class you would probably want to stick to one that has a fairly large amount of strength under their belt.  You can't go wrong with an Elvaan or a Galkan Dark Knight.  You don't have as many choices for subjobs.  You should probably stick with Thief, Warrior, or Red
Mage subjob.


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----- Paladin -------------------
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Paladin's are there pretty much for one thing and one thing only.  They are there to tank!  If you really don't like being a tank this is not the job for you of course.  If you don't like being a tank because you don't like dying, well you really don't have too much to worry about.  This takes me to why
Paladins are such great tanks.  Paladins have great defense and HP.  And... that's about it!  What else does a tank need, huh?  The only thing you'll have to worry about is having a white mage in your party that knows what he's doing and you'll be fine!

Well, lets see... a possible subjob for a Paladin is Warrior, Warrior and...
Warrior!  That is really your only choice if you want to be wanted in parties.
Since you will obviously be tanking as a Paladin you will need the extra defense and HP bonus from the warrior as well as the wonderful job skill,
Taunt!  Taunt will keep all the hate on you, and that's exactly what you want!
I really don't see many restrictions on race for a Paladin although if you want to be a really good one you had better choose Elvaan, Galka.  A Hume and Mithra
Paladin are the next best thing.  Tarutaru's... well, I think you know the best choice.


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----- Ranger -------------------
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Ah, the Ranger... One of my favorites!  Rangers are very powerful characters and do some of the top damage in the game!  This very agile characters are usually found wielding a bow or gun.  Although both of these weapons have are very slow in attacking they do loads of damage!  The only downside to using these weapons and being a Ranger is that it costs loads of money as well!  As you should know, to use a bow you need arrows, and to use a gun, you of course will need bullets!  These things cost gil and a lot of it!  So if you find that your character is financially insecure, this might not be the best job for you.

Alright, there are MANY possibilities for a race.  I can see all races being
a Ranger and doing rather well at it, or at least not doing horribly.  If you want me to give you the best race I would have to go with Mithra.  Mithra's have the Dexterity and Agility needed for the job.  But don't think that Mithra is the only race suited for a Ranger.  Any job would do well as a Ranger!
Finally, for the possible sub jobs.  I really think you should limit your subjobs to warrior or thief.  These are the best combinations.  The Warrior sub will give you that extra strength and HP, but the Thief sub job will give you even more Dexterity and Agility which would help you greatly as well.  It's all in how you like to play!