Character Information

[Dignified Pauper]

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Hello there, Adventurer! Have you come to slay the great Behemoth, or are you simply doing your civic duty to rid the world of a parasitic ladybug infestation? No matter the cause, the FAT CHOCOBOS invite you to join the best Linkshell and Free Company this side of Hydaelyn!

We are a group of adventurers just like yourself, who have come to the continent of Eorzea in order to make a name for ourselves! It has been five years since the Calamity took so much of Eorzea, and since then, the dreaded Beast Men tribes seek to revive their Primal deities and take claim over the proud lands of the noble races.

We work together to resolve the issues of the local citizens, as well as partner with the three great Grand Companies of Eorzea:





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The Maelstrom of Limsa Lominsa, led by Admiral Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn

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The Order of the Twin Adder of Gridania, led by Kan-E-Senna

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The Immortal Flames of Ul'Dah, led by Raubahn Aldynn

But how can I possibly contribute to such noble endeavors, you ask, Adventurer? Why, leave that to us. We will help guide you through the perilous continent of Eorzea, and make certain you are well prepared for anything you might undertake. First thing is first though, Adventurer, we will need to to fill out some basic information about yourself.

You may go over to THIS DESK (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZCr9Sh0oktGBJLgKSMqT6ixnowoIDkA3lMSlBC0hvqE/viewform), manned by our own Smitten Kitten, and fill out the necessary forms so that we might better understand your role with us, the FAT CHOCOBOS. Even if you might join a separate Free Company, we would love to have your information, as the FAT CHOCOBOS often work in tandem with members of our Free Companies through personal connections and acquaintances.

When you're finished, filling out the form, you can check out our Roster (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnhmWkncR1q5dExpa0Q0eXp6U09vQl9JbVd3elQ0R2c#gid=0) and get acquainted with other members of our company. Be certain to grab a Link Pearl from one of the Officers, whose names will be highlighted in Yellow on the Roster. We do encourage communication between factions, so even if you're a representative of another Free Company, we welcome you to stay in communication with us!

I would also like to add that, if in the event you ever need to change your information, you may make changes yourself to the public roster. Don't worry, out office clerks make regular backups in the event someone messes things up. For issues, please reach out to the following:

Dignified Pauper (http://home.eyesonff.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=12303)

They will be able to address any form related questions.

Adventurer, we hope you enjoy your travels through these great lands. Always remember, the fattest Chocobo is always the best Chocobo.


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TLDR

Please fill out THIS FORM (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZCr9Sh0oktGBJLgKSMqT6ixnowoIDkA3lMSlBC0hvqE/viewform)

After, you can view THIS ROSTER (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnhmWkncR1q5dExpa0Q0eXp6U09vQl9JbVd3elQ0R2c#gid=0).

Need an update? Messages Dignified Pauper (http://home.eyesonff.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=12303).

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Awesome, though you are missing Scholar under Primary Class/Job.

[Loony BoB]

Man, I wish I could view this kind of stuff on my work PC. Stupid work blocking me from working... on non-work related things.

[Dignified Pauper]

Awesome, though you are missing Scholar under Primary Class/Job.

thank you. I also realized that I missed Race, so I may be redoing this. I wanted to get a template started.

Since BoB, you love stats, I figured you would want to be all over this!

[Bierhumpen_Kukki]

eh... fisher, miner and botanist arent crafting classes.^^"

[Loony BoB]

I'd personally take that "which secondary class do you think you'll take the most from?" out because most of the time people will either have no clue what they will also use or they'll use both secondary classes evenly.

Also, might be worth mixing up Classes & Jobs together instead of listing them seperate.

eg.

Gladiator/Paladin
Arcanist/Summoner
Arcanist/Scholar

Alternatively, skip classes altogether. :p

[Dignified Pauper]

That's fair, and just go with "role." This is why I asked for your Google id. To discuss this and make you an admin later when questions are sorted out and we can make manual edits for people who decide change is in order.

[Ouch!]

I second BoB's suggestion to remove the secondary class skillset question, as the answer results so far are showing how misleading that question is. For example, if your primary job is Black Mage, you can't draw skills from conjurer. You can also never draw skills from other jobs. In 1.x, BLM could only use skills from archer and pugilist.

Perhaps a better question would be "What other job(s) do you plan to level?" and allow for multiple options. For example, I split time at black mage and bard toward the end of 1.x, but I also had white mage on hand in case we needed a healer, and you can bet your ass that I'll be leveling another job (probably arcanist or lancer) up to 50 to experience the new low-level content.

[Dignified Pauper]

Great suggestions. When I get home, I will work on their implementation.

[Carl the Llama]

Btw I don't know much about the crafting system but just for clarification can we level all crafting classes to 50 or is it limited like in XI?

[Hattoria]

I feel out of place, server wise. Going to be switching servers with my XI LS from Durandel to Hyperion since the server will be based in NA.

Also agreeing that should take out the secondary skill question. I put down Arcanist and I really don't even know if that'll be accurate as most of the skills are unknown at the time. Great job on the survey/graph though!

[Loony BoB]

Btw I don't know much about the crafting system but just for clarification can we level all crafting classes to 50 or is it limited like in XI?
Yes. All crafts can be levelled to 50.

[Ouch!]

Also agreeing that should take out the secondary skill question. I put down Arcanist and I really don't even know if that'll be accurate as most of the skills are unknown at the time. Great job on the survey/graph though!

Based on the current cross class skill availabilities known for jobs in phase three of beta, it looks like arcanist abilities will be accessible by both BLM and WHM. Currently BLM only gets abilities from archer, and WHM only gets abilities from thaumaturge. Given that every other job can draw abilities from two other classes, it makes sense that they both have arcanist as their second ability.

My best guess is that summoner will get to draw abilities from archer and thaumaturge while scholar will get to draw abilities from conjurer and thaumaturge, but we'll have to wait and see.

[Dignified Pauper]

So... We're revamping this. And since I don't want to make a bunch of conditional questions, (read: lazy) I am just going to ask for the following:

EoFF Name
Legacy Account
Region
Server
Character Name
Race
Role(s)*
Grand Company

Sound good?

*This will have multiple choice selections to cover cross classes. If someone wants to be a DPS and sometimes a Healer, then this can encompass that. If someone is versatile, and wants to level several classes to 50, then they can put down all three roles.

[Ouch!]

Instead of roles, I do think that it would be more useful to just ask us to list which jobs we plan on leveling (and just ignore classes since you're going to be running on job 95% of the time for group content anyway). Since jobs are locked on what classes they can drop skills from, specifying jobs answers the cross-class skills question. Otherwise spot on.

[Dignified Pauper]

Are jobs the end-all be-all of the game. So, you won't find THM's running around end-game content, you're saying. I dare challenge you to say that. The other problem is that we won't have the full list of Classes available until closer to launch. (Though, I'm completely fine with manually editing them in, and I'm certain I can give Bob permission to edit the spreadsheet and he would do so as well.)

[Ouch!]

Challenge accepted.

Jobs are the end-all-be-all of end-game cooperative content. A paladin, for example, has higher base stats than a gladiator. More than that, those higher base stats are also specialized to a specific purpose: they have higher strength, dexterity and vitality which provides more damage output, a higher chance of blocking attacks with their shield and more damage mitigated during a block, and a higher maximum HP pool. They also get five job-exclusive abilities which are specifically tailored to paladin's purpose: to be the best single-target, damage-mitigating tank in the game. The cross-class skills available to them (gladiator and conjurer) are those most important to a tank (additional hate-generating abilities as well as low-level cures and buffs to augment their defensive capabilities).

In all my time running endgame in 1.x, the only class that ever got use was thaumaturge, and it was only in very rare circumstances. It was basically so that thaumaturge could use sacred prism (a conjurer ability that made the next spell area of effect) with sanguine rite (a thaumaturge ability that gave 50% damage reduction and converted some damage to MP recovered) as a 5-second defense againsty very powerful attacks (like Nael deus Darnus's Megaflare or Ifrit (Extreme)'s Hellfire. For reference, neither of these spells exist in A Realm Reborn. Occasionally you might also bring a thaumaturge just so that they could sub raise.

Jobs are specializations for specific roles. They're very good at doing one thing, and not very good at doing anything else. They get access to cross-class skills from only two classes that are meant to supplement and emphasize their strengths. This makes them ideal in cooperative, party situations. Classes are good at one or two things, and they get the full range of cross-class skills to augment their weaknesses. They excel at nothing, but they lack glaring weaknesses.

All end-game content that we know of is designed to be cooperative, and therefore jobs will be preferred. You will spend more time with your job's soul stone equipped than you will as a base class.

We also already have the full list of classes available at launch: gladiator, marauder, pugilist, lancer, archer, thaumaturge, conjurer, and arcanist.

We also have the full list of jobs available at launch: paladin, warrior, monk, dragoon, bard, black mage, white mage, summoner, and scholar.

For clarification purposes, both summoner and scholar specialize from the class arcanist. Your level comes from your base class. This means that if you level arcanist to level 50, you will have both scholar and summoner at level 50 as well. However, both jobs must be unlocked through separate quest lines which will also unlock their five unique abilities (meaning that you can have a level 50 arcanist, but if you've only done the quests for scholar, you won't be have any of the summoner-exclusive abilities until you complete the appropriate quests).

[Dignified Pauper]

Okay, so I can replace that question.

EoFF Name
Legacy Account
Region
Server
Character Name
Race
Job(s)*
Grand Company

Should I also make it to where you can select more than one, if you want to create a versatile character?

[Ouch!]

If it's not too much trouble to set it up that way. My feeling is that it would be best to allow people to just select however many jobs they plan on leveling. I know people who already have all the jobs (well, except summoner/scholar) at 50.

[Dignified Pauper]

Super easy to do. Okay, I'll work on it later and post the new results. I'm wiping previous results since the table won't match up.

[Bierhumpen_Kukki]

Occasionally you might also bring a thaumaturge just so that they could sub raise.


i have to clarify that a little.
since you need to have the cnj/whm passive skill enhanced raise(lvl 28) in order to use raise in battle, you would waste one skill slot for cross-class abilities.

and while im at it. im also not sure what the blm needs convert for...

[Dignified Pauper]

Well, the OP has been updated!

Thoughts?

[Ouch!]

Perfect.

[Dignified Pauper]

Bob, when you get a chance, can you sticky this? And give me recognized member status. Oh, and an officership in Fat Chocobos. And free sex. Thanks.

[Carl the Llama]

Done the new survey and put down Miqo'te as my race as that's the race I intend to remake my character into.

[Loony BoB]

Bob, when you get a chance, can you sticky this? And give me recognized member status. Oh, and an officership in Fat Chocobos. And free sex. Thanks.
I can do all of these things, however can and will are two very different things. I'll give you your stickied thread.

[Bierhumpen_Kukki]

Bob, when you get a chance, can you sticky this? And give me recognized member status. Oh, and an officership in Fat Chocobos. And free sex. Thanks.
I can do all of these things, however can and will are two very different things. I'll give you your stickied thread.

what? no free sex?<.< at least thank him with a nice and cold drink! :D

[Loony BoB]

If Marick ever stops by Scotland, I will offer him a cold drink. ;)

[Bierhumpen_Kukki]

If Marick ever stops by Scotland, I will offer him a cold drink. ;)

great! :D just dont be suprised when you get home tomorrow and some dude is sitting in front of your computer playing the beta while waiting for hits drink. xD

[Dignified Pauper]

Ill have a vodka tea please. I know how you Britons love your tea!

[Loony BoB]

Is that like vodka with a teabag or something? I don't drink either. You might not like your cold drink after all. >_>;

[Dignified Pauper]

It's iced tea spiked with Vodka, BoB.

[Loony BoB]

Is that like vodka with a teabag or something? I don't drink either.

[Dat Matt]

I have yet to actually enter the beta, due to playstation network issue with the latest patch. I've tossed some info on with regards to my details, so this may change in time.

[Dignified Pauper]

Enhancement Added: Filters! Looking to fill a party later? Filter by Class results. Just click the little down arrow in the upper right of each title column! SIMPLE!

[Nicolas]

This is quite the list you've got goin' on here.

[Lumos]

Hi guys ~

I completed the form. I showed up on the list! I didn't know we could choose more than one job. Oops. Can I edit to add Black Mage?

Also, would you want me to add Vaughn's info (to be edited/changed later) under my forum name, or just wait til launch when he re-makes/re-names his character and makes a forum account here?

[Dignified Pauper]

Done! Edited to be include Black Mage as well.

As far as Vaugh, if you know what his forum name will be, go ahead. If not, leave him to do it. We can always change it if necessary. So no big deal there!

[Lumos]

I went ahead and added his info. Both our character names will change at launch anyway so I added TBA to our Char names and his forum name.

Just wanted to get him on the list :)

Thanks for adding BLM for me!

[Dignified Pauper]

That's fine. Just PM me upon creation. We'll get it changed over.

[Loony BoB]

Marick, can I add a "tl;dr" version to the start of your first post so people are more likely to update?

[Dignified Pauper]

NO! NOT AT ALL! (Put it at the end)

I already did.

[Loony BoB]

Honestly, with all the massive images and all the lengthy text, I'm not sure anyone is going to bother getting towards the end. There's something to be said for that ol' "KISS" thing they drummed into my head in primary school - Keep It Simple, Stupid. :p

[Jiro]

Sensible people scroll to the bottom of a post anyway. That's where the important stuff is. Didn't you read your internet manual?

[Dignified Pauper]

Sensible people scroll to the bottom of a post anyway. That's where the important stuff is. Didn't you read your internet manual?

Jiro is 100% right on this. Summaries are always at the end. The point of a sweet OP is that they have to read through it. This OP is sweet. They can boob off if they can't be arsed to find the roster.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Legacy accounts are people that played 1.0, right?

[Dignified Pauper]

Correct, and they have the Legacy Account icon at the character selection screen.

[Rostum]

And we have a Legacy tattoo on our characters. :D

[Dignified Pauper]

FYI: With new Google Doc Revision History, and teh ability to make backups, I have gone ahead and opened this up to everyone to be able to make edits to the roster. Please alert me if someone ruins the fun and deletes a bunch of stuff. I'll restore the content and limit the roster again.

[Loony BoB]

Ooh, you can do that? I might do something similar for the Fat Chocobos sheet.

[Dignified Pauper]

Google Drive plugins, but there's a revision history built in. So, I just plan to make periodic copies manually.

[radicaledward124]

My wifu and i just transferred!! Finally right? And we might have brought another player with us! I can't wait to get in there and play with you guys on my main!!