Thread: Starting Equipment

Over the past few days I've been learning to craft and have been having a decent time at it. I also listened in on some linkshell chat about how having the hat you start off with as a crafter helps a lot and I got to thinking, whose hat? Which gear is best to start with? What are the benefits of starting off as any one job?

So I painstakingly created all 18 jobs and recorded their stats. I'm pretty confident that the starting equipment won't change much if at all between now and release so I feel good about posting this based off beta data. Note that all races have varying names for their starting equipment but the stats are the same. Here are my findings:

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Botanist
	Defense: 69
	Mag. Defense: 48
	Evasion: 60
	Resilience: 48
	Perception: 2
	Gathering: 2
	Dexterity: 1
	Vitality: 2
	HP: 5
	Elemental Resistences: 57
Fisher
	Defense: 50
	Mag. Defense: 43
	Evasion: 60
	Resilience: 46
	Perception: 2
	Output: 1
	HP: 5
	Elemental Resistences: 50
Miner
	Defense: 47
	Mag. Defense: 38
	Evasion: 59
	Resilience: 42
	Output: 2
	HP: 5
	Craftmanship: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 49
Carpenter
	Defense: 42
	Mag. Defense: 44
	Evasion: 65
	Resilience: 42
	Output: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 53
Blacksmith
	Defense: 41
	Mag. Defense: 37
	Evasion: 59
	Resilience: 38
	Control: 1
	Output: 1
	Craftmanship: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 44
Armorer
	Defense: 57
	Mag. Defense: 48
	Evasion: 65
	Resilience: 43
	Output: 1
	Vitality: 1
	Piety: 1
	Craftmanship: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 48
Goldsmith
	Defense: 61
	Mag. Defense: 45
	Evasion: 57
	Resilience: 43
	Output: 1
	Vitality: 1
	Craftmanship: 2
	Mag. Cfratmanship: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 42
Leatherworker
	Defense: 53
	Mag. Defense: 60
	Evasion: 61
	Resilience: 43
	Output: 1
	Dexterity: 1
	HP: 24
	MP: 4
	Elemental Resistences: 51
Weaver
	Defense: 52
	Mag. Defense: 44
	Evasion: 70
	Resilience: 40
	Output: 1
	HP: 12
	Craftmanship: 3
	Mag. Cfratmanship: 2
	Elemental Resistences: 46
Alchemist
	Defense: 53
	Mag. Defense: 52
	Evasion: 59
	Resilience: 45
	Output: 1
	HP: 10
	Craftmanship: 3
	Mag. Cfratmanship: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 56
Culinarian
	Defense: 47
	Mag. Defense: 59
	Evasion: 55
	Resilience: 45
	Control: 1
	Output: 1
	HP: 21
	MP: 9
	Mag. Cfratmanship: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 48
Thaumaturge
	Defense: 51
	Mag. Defense: 54
	Evasion: 66
	Resilience: 43
	HP: 2
	MP: 12
	Craftmanship: 1
	Mag. Cfratmanship: 1
	Elemental Resistences: 53
Conjurer
	Defense: 57
	Mag. Defense: 52
	Evasion: 69
	Resilience: 45
	Dexterity: 1
	HP: 23
	MP: 2
	Craftmanship: 1
	Mag. Cfratmanship: 
	Elemental Resistences: 52
Gladiator
	Defense: 61
	Mag. Defense: 52
	Evasion: 69
	Resilience: 47
	Perception: 1
	Output: 1
	Vitality: 1
	HP: 13
	MP: 5
	Elemental Resistences: 50
Marauder
	Defense: 47
	Mag. Defense: 45
	Evasion: 57
	Resilience: 45
	Perception: 1
	Control: 1
	Output: 1
	HP: 2
	Elemental Resistences: 54
Pugilist
	Defense: 54
	Mag. Defense: 48
	Evasion: 69
	Resilience: 42
	Perception: 1
	Output: 1
	HP: 13
	Elemental Resistences: 50
Archer
	Defense: 57
	Mag. Defense: 55
	Evasion: 73
	Resilience: 47
	Perception:1 
	Output: 1
	Dexterity: 1
	HP: 13
	Elemental Resistences: 52
Lancer
	Defense: 58
	Mag. Defense: 51
	Evasion: 63
	Resilience: 46
	Perception:1 
	Output: 1
	HP: 18
	MP: 9
	Elemental Resistences: 55

Originally Posted by marstonia

Hi, and wow...thanks for such a great post. Sorry for the newb question, but I'm confused. Here's a list of stats, but what's the actual starting equipment? Do we all just start out with a different hat? Do we start out with gil too or how do we buy our starting weapons? Also, wouldn't it be possible to start a game as one class, send your equipment to a mule, delete and recreate your character in a different class and get that class's equipment too?

The names of the gear varies from job to job/race to race. Regardless of the job/race combination you are though, the stats are the same meaning that if you play a Miqo'te Archer or a Hyur Archer, you will get the same bonuses. The only gear that seems to be a constant on all jobs for each race is the undies and the undershirt. Also, who else is a little put off with the well-worn pantalettes on the Miqo'te( I think well-worn panties may be a bit of a no-no >.> ).

Also, no it isn't possible to start the game as one class and tranfser because sadly the gear is untradeable, it says so in the inventory/equip menu. Otherwise that would be freakin awesome o.o