This is a good idea and reminds me how annoyed I am that we could not start as a gatherer or crafter. In 1.0, I started as a botanist.
(06-24-2013, 05:19 PM)Callipygian Wrote: One cunning way you could work this in for your character is to start in Gridania as a woodsman, since that's where the botany guild is. Keep your starting combat class OOC until level 10 when you can pick up a botanist axe, then when you unlock the ability to go to Limsa around level 15, make it a big character decision for him to go from using the axe primarily as a tool to wielding it with proficiency as a weapon, requiring a trip to the Marauders guild.