I find myself playing Elves a lot, so playing Elvaan in FFXI made sense at the start. Then I discovered that Elvaan were elitist, snobby jerks with more muscles than brains and I KNEW Elvaan was the race for me! Elezen was a natural migration (Still arrogant and clearly superior, though I went Duskwight, which are more brainy and evadey like traditional Elves), though I was rather tempted to change it up and roll a Manthra. I can't bring myself to main a female toon since I'm not female and my avatar is an extension of myself (though I've no problem making female alts, should I need them).

I initially wanted to play BLM in XI, but ended up going WHM. My experiences as a WHM made me bitter and angry so I picked up the Greatsword (And Scythe) and started lopping heads as a DRK, which was initially a compromise between the BLM blasty power I wanted and the Melee effectiveness I needed to solo at least somewhat effectively (Mostly for farming purposes). So when XIV came around I decided it was time to revisit my dreams and go BLM. Now with the announcement of DRK coming, I'm a little torn between the job that I love to play in XIV, and the job that I fell in love with in XI. I'll probably end up trying to dual-main both DRK and BLM, but since Tanks are usually in higher demand, I'm afraid once I start playing DRK I'll be stuck on it (Until I refuse to play it any more. :P)