Is one class combo enough for you? Do you level as few classes as possible to focus solely on your main? Or do you level lots of different classes, switching around all the time because you get bored quickly doing the same old thing?

I keep trying new classes, but always revert back to whm/blm. I tried Bard, but I didn't like feeling like an exp leech in parties. People proclaim Bards as gods among men in terms of exp per hour, but I never felt I was helping much. As a Whm, my contribution to the success of the party was concrete. Hp that was yellow is restored to white when I hit my macro. I like to see the effect I'm having on a party to know if I'm doing a good job. How can I know as a bard if I'm helping a party progress? I'm under the impression I can't. Bards make every party better, but they never make or break a party's survival the way a tank, healer or damage dealer does. I need to feel important.

Summoner flopped for two reasons. The main one was that for all intents and purposes, when debating between Whm and Smn, I was debating the following: Do I want to be a level 30 Whm in a level 30 group, or do I want to be a level 10 Whm in a level 20 group. Having my effectiveness in a party cut in half - no thank you. I'll party with every tool at my disposal, not only the first half. The second was that the 1 minute bloodpacts, the life blood of what we call a summoner, is too long, and the effects too short. Because of this, I more often than not have to live with problem number one - main healing with only half the tools a main healer should have. Life is stressful trying to be responsible for the lives of the party as a whm, and as a whm I'm fully equipped to manage that role. Summoners aren't. No thank you to that in a party.

I keep trying new things, as from time to time, different jobs perk my interest, but nothing ever really surpasses the fun of being a whm. of course, the fact that for 32 levels, or about 45 cumulative days according to the game counter, I've been main healer. It's really all I know how to do. I dread levelling my blm sub any further as it's now nearing 18. I haven't learned how to magic burst yet, and I'd hate to be seen as a noob. I guess I should learn at some point, anyhow.