If you know anything about me, I used to be a Ragnarok Online nut. Well the game has gotten stale to me, so my girlfriend and I are going to be giving FFXI a shot. We haven't started playing yet (her copy hasn't arrived yet) so we're both still talking about what to be. The server issue isn't that big, she has some friends on... Unicorn I think so I guess they are getting us world passes.

After a lot of reading I've decided that I want to try to be a Thief/Ninja. I think she's still deciding but she's looking towards White Mage/Dragoon. Or something like that. At first I wanted to be Elvaan, but I heard they don't make such great theives, and I don't want to be the cat girl thing even though they're the best (or so I heard). So my girlfriend wants us to both be TaruTaru.

Uhh anyway the main point of this is to ask for some advice and what not. I think I'm getting a grasp on some of the dynamics of the game, but some things seem a bit confusing still. Like the party system. I know in RO, people have their roles in the parties. Priests heal, Wizards cast their big ol spells and the melee members hit stuff.

So yeah, any advice on our choice of jobs/classes and what to do as a newbie would be appreciated.