User:Demetress

Main
My main character is called Demetress, a Hume Male on the Hades server. Demetress (a name initially given to me by the random system of the FFXI installation at startup) is a Hume Male. 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. My main job (and first to 75) is Beastmaster. Demetres does craft too: he's a level 100 Cooking and has reached level 60 for all other crafts (except Smithing and Goldsmithing, but working on that).

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 (level 99). Hume Female. Residence in Bastok.
 * Donkysan, Woodworking mule (level 75). Mithra Female. Residence in San d'Oria.
 * Donkywin, Clothcraft mule (level 75). Tarutaru Female. Residence in Windurst.
 * Donkyjeu, Jeuno sales-mule. Elvaan Male. Residence in Jeuno.
 * Donkybastwo, Smithing mule (level 56). Galka. Residence in Bastok.
 * Donkysantwo, Leathercraft mule (level 82). Hume Female. Residence in San d'Oria.
 * Donkywintwo, Bonecraft mule (level 87). Elvaan Female. Residence in Windurst.
 * Donkygold, Goldsmithing mule (level 57). Mithra Female. Residence in Bastok.
 * Donkyhold, pack-mule. Mithra Female. Residence in Bastok.
 * Cutekitty, pack-mule. Tarutaru Female. Residence in San d'Oria.
 * Greenfingers, pack-mule. Hume Female. Residence in Windurst.

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 live 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's 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 started on 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 the spells from Sea (can't seem to get past them darn CoP missions).

Recently (2008) continued to level BLM in the same static I joined as BLU and intend to take it to 75. Also soloed a bit on RNG, PUP and DNC and have been playing with SAM lately. I might even consider taking SAM to 75 in pick-up parties and/or solo in parallel with BLM. Got it to 42 so far (first AF obtained).

Apart from that, I really like to craft. My ultimate goal is to have a mule for every craft available with the craft leveled to 100 and all necessary subcrafts to 60. My main character is a level 100 Cook with all other crafts but Smithing and Goldsmithing up to 60 (working on that though).

Job Progress List
This table shows the progress of my main character, Demetress, throughout the various jobs. It holds the current level of these jobs and the level I ultimately wish to attain. The status of my Artifact Gear collection can be found on the subpage /ArtefactProgress

Spell Progress List
A lot of the jobs in FFXI use some form of spellcasting (be it magic, ninjitsu, singing, dice throwing or commanding pets and puppets). Some of these jobs I like (such as BLU, WHM, BLM), others I really dislike (such as BRD and SCH). To see an overview of all spells and alike my main character has gathered during his career, check out the subpage /SpellList

Mission Progress List
Missions thend to be harder to solo than quests. For some of the missions, it has also become much harder to get together a good group of people to finish them. This seems to be a problem especially for CoP missions. I have been in half a dozen CoP statics so far, and all of them seem to fall apart just when we appear to be done getting other members to the level I can finally make some progress too. One day, however, one day... I will finish CoP too.

For a complete overview of my mission status, check out the subpage /MissionProgress

Quest Progress List
What can I say? I love to do quests. Gathering materials from different areas or mobs; running from one place of Vana'diel to another; talking to different NPCs, who each of them unveil a fraction of the total puzzle; watching the cutscenes (or better yet, the storyline) and last but not least getting some spiffy rewards... all of this was one of the aspects of FFXI that kept me going, kept me wanting for more.

For a complete overview of my quest status, check out the subpage /QuestProgress