User blog:IBHalliwell/Fiighting Maat & His Cap

Finally, I found a reason to start my blog and hopefully reasons to expand it.

From what I can tell there isn't a way to find out the jobs you've used to beat Maat on your way to getting his cap. Thus it is up to you to keep this information somewhere and be able to keep track of it, while going for the cap. This blog looks like a GREAT place to keep track of this information.

The job that broke level 70 was Red Mage. Yea, RDM! It took me 6 attempts, which in my mind was really a lot and meant I wasn't a good RDM (I'd been only in parties and not solo). I really had to learn about being on my own during this time. I would go out to get my testimonies on my own. My favorite place of Ruby! In fact, I started to farm him for his drops (at the time rubies were selling for 2 million or so per stack). When I didn't have a full stack from farming, I'd buy some of the individual ones to complete my stack and then put it up for the going rate.

It was after I leveled I found another person who (after 15 or so RDM attempts) changed to SMN, leveled it, and won against Maat. It made me feel -- at 5 loses and 1 win -- not so bad of a player.

Several years past and I finally get around to my second job -- WHM -- and at level 75 won on my first attempt using the Repose method.

Tonight I won again (3rd job) with a 95 SMN. I wasn't going for the record, just a cheap and safe win. I won in 3 minutes 42.

My next job might be a 91BLM. The other jobs at 75 and above are a 75DRG and a 76BST. I'd like to level them some to relearn the job (what with all the updates, since the last time I leveled them).

All my other jobs are levels 1 through 49 (e.g. Bard @ 1 and DRK in the 40's). I'm also considering leveling some of the non-Maat jobs to aid me in leveling the 15 Maat jobs.

I'd LOVE to hear your suggestions on leveling these other 9 jobs (15 jobs less RDM, WHM, SMN, BLM, BST, and DRG). Some people say a DNC subjob is great and others say SCH is great.