Main vs Canon

[Grayve]

Yes, my main started as a PLD then switched to DRK as various events removed her idealism. It helps that I've always preferred great swords in pen and paper games. I general don't RP as other jobs, but I do play as the, because I like variety to help keep things fresh.

[Cilia]

I don't RP.

That said I do see Temulun as switching between MCH, NIN, and SMN for funsies. When it's time to get serious though, out comes the zweihander and the power of darkness.

[SaitoHikari]

I sort of roleplay as a timid recordkeeper of sorts that switches between WHM if he wants to heal and BRD if he wants to take a few defensive potshots before things inevitably go south and he has to flee. Carries around a journal and all. I've actually considered/already started writing a fanfic of sorts, although I doubt I'd ever make it public outside of my FC.

[Eul]

Eulios is foreigner who wandered on some place that he don't know how to interact with other but with emote (but now he can speak some basic of their language lol). He loves book and summoning, also love to helping each other. So he decided to take all healer and tank job to protect people in dungeon (Having pets is the priority for him). He loves craft everything and collect material to craft. He live in house near beach and also likes tropical stuff so he "mostly" topless to show his muscle . His dream is to have bunny ears on his head and can speak their language fluently. Fledgling Dodo and Slime Puddle are his best friend.

I'm not really into RP tho...

[Aryalandi]

I can only play certain jobs on certain characters based on my headcanon for that specific character. I make them all based around the job i intend to make them play.

Einheria is one of my "mains" and i play her as a paladin, along with dragoon and white mage. She runs around as the more noble classes by default. eventually i will run her dark knight but never the other jobs because I just don't feel right.

Shikaree U'semih has an entire back story as being a spiritual form of huntress (along with her retainers who i decided were shikaree of other tribes) on the shikaree from ffxi who hunt those causing imbalance and threatening the world so she is a bard now, and will also be running a number of other jobs (whm,pld,drg,monk,possibly ninja eventually.) she is also a leather worker and botanist because she would know those things in my view.

Chiyome~ my newest is an au ra raen that i made with the specific intention of running her as a ninja, monk, and dragoon, the martial artsy classes that fit her heritage.

I also base glamor on character type and where i decided my characters came from.

It is easy to understand why most people only use one character, its a personal choice though if someone is willing to put in the work on more than a single character and its just as valid a way of doing things.

[LDR]

over my 5 chars ive progressivly gone from - make the character, add backstory ish later; to; backstory ish, then make a character to fit. i dont actively RP as any of them however.

for each of them though, i say my main on Kessler is SCH altho i fluctuate in useage. however "canonically" i seat him as SMN since its what i started as and behind it all i and therefore he are all about wide spread chaos, and you dont get more destructively chaotic then SMN. the healing thing i credit to wanting to keep idiot friends alive, otherwise he'd be ignoring that and burning everything. SMN is probably my least used class bar WHM on Kess tho so the whole "canon" thing is... ehhh >.>

Alesana was made with the intention of "a tall beautiful slender female who looks like a model; and then proceeds to hit you in the face with a giant axe and laugh" so boom i mained her as WAR, and over time her "canon" in my head developed into a WAR pirate. that said im currently maining DRK on her so, once again the canon and main differ. that said with the progression of her classes and playstyle [aka, being a demonic a-hole who takes to many risks] DRK is a fitting development; but ill still claim her as a WAR main despite not playing it anymore.

Sierra was a midground of wanting to vaguely emulate a werewolf, and wanting to play MNK. luckly MNK has claw weps and is all about punching the shit outta things so it mostly works; she doesnt have any other class and never will unless something more fitting comes out. so the main is the canon but i wish for something else.

Moko was the first step on the other side of the scale, i wanted a character who "looked cute and kind but could cut you up 7 ways till sunday". canon and main is Ninja, so hooray that worked out.

and my 5th hasnt even left level 1 because life changed; he was canonically going to be a "blood till the death" commander type, so i was gunning for MCH/DRK/PLD, with PLD being my eventually unused RP esque class as i picture him as doing it shieldless which... yeah. maybe one day ill have the time to level him out.

still, overall my main class is different from my canon vision except on 2 where its the only class they have

[Serilda]

I only roleplay casually. Renard's background is in thaumaturgy but he's been exploring the lighter side of magic for a while now, and he often uses the Archmage title for a reason. He's a pretty stereotypical caster in personality and his adventurer friends often tease him for his frailty.

It's a strange feeling doing the HW BLM questline when you normally spend most of your time on WHM.

He also dabbles in MCH these days, but it's more a hobby he experiments with on the side than a serious commitment.

[Zojha]

It's hard to say, really. I use classes mostly to represent the weapon my character is currently carrying. Sometimes she carries daggers and a bunch of misc items, sometimes a gun, sometimes just a sword or bow.

Mentality wise, she's quite clearly a rogue and my main class is ninja.

[Aralyne]

My main (Alasdair) started off as a lancer, then became a dragoon, which I still main on him til this very day. It suits his character background story perfectly for me, and while I have been very slooooowly levelling up the other jobs on him, I still prefer playing dragoon the most. As someone who kind of RPs (I actually write ffxiv fics more lol), I just put it down to my character not having much talent for the other jobs, hence why it takes him so long to master them lol.

[Averax]

I ran into this dilemma, so i just decided that my character is an archmage.

Though my proficiency with thaumaturgy has fallen behind.