User:Jander

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Job Levels

When I began playing FFXI in January of 2004, I had no idea I'd be still playing the same game in 2007. I started my career as a Thief, and hit level 75 about two months before S-E announced they were planning to lower the experience required to level. Since then I've leveled a few jobs to 75, including full experience buffers for each of them (I don't merit until I've got a full buffer).

Job Level Progress Percent
 Warrior 37
17.9%
 Monk 75
100%
 White Mage 37
17.9%
 Black Mage 75
100%
 Red Mage 37
17.9%
 Thief 75
100%
 Paladin 1
0%
 Dark Knight 37
17.9%
 Beastmaster 11
1.9%
 Bard 75
100%
 Ranger 75
100%
 Samurai 75
100%
 Ninja 75
100%
 Dragoon 25
9.1%
 Summoner 30
12.5%
 Blue Mage 12
2.3%
 Corsair 5
0.4%
 Puppetmaster 1
0%
 Dancer 1
0%
 Scholar 1
0%

Merit Points

I'm pretty much done meriting, in the grand scheme of things- with Monk, Ninja, Bard, Thief, Ranger, Samurai, and Black Mage all at 75 (with capped EXP), I spent a bit of time in the summer of '07 doing some hardcore merit parties, and the chart below with all the checkmarks in it is the result.
There's still some meriting I have left to do, but thankfully the lion's share of it is at an end... until I level something else!

Category Lv 1 Lv 2 Lv 3 Lv 4 Lv 5 Lv 6 Lv 7 Lv 8 Total (spent)
     HP/MP
 Max HP Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 8/8 (30 merits)
     Attributes
 Strength Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 5/5 (36 merits)
     Combat Skills
 Archery Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 8/8 (21 merits)
 Evasion Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 4/4 (9 merits)
 Hand-to-Hand Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 8/8 (21 merits)
     Magic Skills
 Ninjutsu Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 8/8 (21 merits)
 Singing Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 4/4 (9 merits)
 Wind Instrument Check.gif Check.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 2/4 (3 merits)
 Elemental Magic Check.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 1/8 (1 merits)
     Others
 Critical Hite Rate Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 4/4 (10 merits)
 Enmity Increase Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 4/4 (10 merits)
     Monk
 Counter Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 5/5 (15 merits)
 Kick Attacks Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 5/5 (15 merits)
 Formless Strikes Eks.gif 0/1
 Invigorate Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/2
 Penance Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/3
     Thief
 Sneak Attack Recast Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/2
 Trick Attack Recast Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/2
 Triple Attack Rate Check.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 1/5 (1 merit)
 Ambush Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/3
 Feint Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/3
     Bard
 Lullaby Recast Check.gif Check.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 2/5 (3 merits)
 Minuet Effect Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 5/5 (15 merits)
 Foe Sirvente Check.gif Check.gif Eks.gif 2/3 (7 merits)
     Ranger
 Rapid Shot Rate Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 3/5 (6 merits)
 Flashy Shot Check.gif 1/1 (3 merits)
 Recycle Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/2
 Snapshot Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 3/3 (12 merits)
     Samurai
 Meditate Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 5/5 (15 merits)
 Store TP Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 5/5 (15 merits)
 Overwhelm Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/3
 Shikikoyo Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/3
     Ninja
 Subtle Blow Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 5/5 (15 merits)
 Suiton Effect Check.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 1/5 (1 merit)
 Ninja Tool Expertise Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 3/3 (12 merits)
 Suiton: San Check.gif Eks.gif Eks.gif 0/3
     Black Mage
 --- -/- (-- merits)
     Demerited (yeah, ouch)
 Katana Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif Check.gif 8/8 (21 merits)
Total 340/478 merits

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