Characters

Main

My main character is called Demetress, (a name initially given to me by the random system of the FFXI installation at startup). Demetress is a Hume Male on the Hades server. His current residence is San d'Oria, to where he moved after living long enough in Bastok and Windurst to complete the mission storyline there and reach Rank 10.

His main job (and first to 75) is Beastmaster. Demetress likes to solo-level jobs, trying out different job combo's (some of which might seem very strange at first, like RDM/BST; others are more generally accepted like DRG/BLU or SAM/DNC). He also particularly enjoys leveling jobs in a static with linkshell friends. However he is not very fond (understatement of the year) of leveling with pick-up parties.

Demetress is a crafter too: he's a level 100 in Cooking and has reached level 60 for all other crafts (except Smithing and Goldsmithing, but working on that). Demetress really regrets the limitation of not being able to level more than one craft to 100 on the same char (which is why he created an army of mules to accomplish that goal).

Finally, Demetress likes to do quests, missions and Assault/Nyzul Isle type events. He's not particularly interested in end-game activities, however he does faithfully participates each week in Dynamis and Sky events.

Currently, his major goals are to merit BLM to decency, get SAM to level 75 and make sufficient gil to fund the necessary gear for both BLM and SAM (especially the set of HQ staves). Sub goals are to get most of the jobs to level 37+ for subjob use (working on DRK, MNK and SCH in that order) and to complete CoP, because, believe it or not, at August 5, 2009, after a near 5 year struggle, Demetress and the other members of the CoP static have gained access to Sea. A few weeks later we finally finished CoP (btw, I picked Rajas). {/cheer}

Signed: --Demetress 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Mules

In addition to my main character, I have a bunch of mules for different reasons. One of my ultimate goals is to have a level 100 dedicated mule for every craft existing in the game.

Meet the family:

• Donkybas, Alchemy mule. Hume Female, THF20/WAR10, residence in Bastok.
• Donkysan, Woodworking mule. Mithra Female, MNK20/WAR10, residence in San d'Oria.
• Donkywin, Clothcraft mule. Tarutaru Female, WAR20/WHM10, residence in Windurst.
• Donkyjeu, Jeuno sales-mule. Elvaan Male, THF5, residence in Jeuno.
• Donkybastwo, Smithing mule. Galka, MNK20/WAR10, residence in Bastok.
• Donkysantwo, Leathercraft mule. Hume Female, MNK20/WAR10, residence in San d'Oria.
• Donkywintwo, Bonecraft mule. Elvaan Female, THF20/WAR10, residence in Windurst.
• Donkysgold, Goldsmithing mule. Mithra Female, THF20/WAR10, residence in Bastok.
• Donkyhold, pack-mule. Mithra Female, WAR20/MNK10, residence in Bastok.
• Cutekitty, pack-mule. Tarutaru Female, MNK20/WAR10, residence in San d'Oria.
• Greenfingers, pack-mule. Hume Female, MNK20/WAR10, residence in Windurst.

The above table shows the progress of my crafting in general (main character and mules). It holds the current level of all crafting skills. The bolded numbers indicate my current level in that craft and also indicate this is the dedicated craft for that character (to be taken all the way to 100). The italic numbers indicate a desired subcraft I intend to take to 60. Green background means 'Goal Achieved', yellow background means 'Goal not yet Achieved'.
The status of my Guildpoint (GP) Item Gear collection can be found on the subpage Guildpoint (GP) Items

Background

FFXI (pc version) was my first contact with the game (heck, even the genre). I created my character on October 29th 2004, and began finding my way in the Bastok City area as a male, Hume WAR. By the time I had it leveled up to 15, I realized I made the wrong choice. I was not destined to become a famous WAR. So I changed jobs and started over as a WHM.

I really like magic to help other players out where needed. This somehow gives me a better feeling of satisfaction than just slicing up the zillionth monster. However, after hitting level 20 I found out that the life of a WHM is very hard in Vana'diel. Keeping your party alive is a very demanding job and you can forget about that solo career. A WHM body is not made to catch more than an occasional blow.

So once again I decided to switch jobs and take on BLM as my main job with WHM subbed. I took both WHM and BLM to the mid 30's, then decided I had enough of the (at times) silly party discussions and started BST. Loved every second of it. I finally dinged BST75 on June 9th, 2006.

I stayed around as BST75 for a long time (over half a year), enjoying it every moment. I leveled BLM, WHM, NIN and THF for subs to 37-40 soloing as /BST. Then ToAU came out and I started to level BLU (2007). Got it to level 75 in a static with LS members but never got the same feeling as with BST. As a consequence I haven't done much with the job and I'm still lacking some of the spells from Sea (only very recently gained access to Sea, as a matter of fact). After BLU, I leveled BLM to 75 (2008) in more or less the same LS static that took my BLU to 75. I then found out that I love BLM more than BLU.

Currently I'm leveling SAM, so I can be more useful and versatile in my Dynamis and Sky linkshells.

General Info

Me as BST with my pet and Fellow NPC in icy Xarcabard

Demetress This user plays from Belgium. This user has been playing FFXI since 2004-Oct-29.     This user plays on the Hades Server.     This user is a Hume. This user is a Citizen of Bastok Rank 10     This user is a Citizen of Windurst Rank 10     This user is a Citizen of San d'Oria Rank 10

Demetress This user is a level 75 Beastmaster. This user is a level 75 Blue Mage. This user is a level 75 Black Mage. This user is a sack holder of the linkshell Tanaii. This user is a proud member of the linkshell CelesteSky. This character has graduated from the Valkurm Dunes School of Hard Knocks with 14 job(s). This character has graduated from the Yhoator Jungle College of Hard Knocks with 13 job(s).