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Step 1
Choose a race. There are five races in Final Fantasy XI: Hume, Elvaan, Tarutaru, Mithra and Galka.
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Step 2
Select a job for your character. Six initial jobs are available at the beginning of the game: warrior, thief, monk, white mage, black mage and red mage. Many additional jobs will appear throughout the course of the game.
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Step 3
Customize your character's gender, face and body size. Final Fantasy XI allows you to play with many different character looks.
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Step 1
Decide which quests you will undertake. Quests come from individuals, shops or organizations during the game. They are not mandatory but build trust in your character.
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Step 2
Complete the missions assigned. You are hired to resolve certain conflicts your particular nation faces. Missions progress the storylines, give access to new areas and advance your character in rank and privileges.
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Step 3
Fight for your nation to gain control over specific regions. Conquests are competitions within nations to rule regions. You will battle beastmen and monsters in your conquest. The more regions your nation controls, the stronger it will become.
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Step 1
Play with magic in battle. White magic is used for healing wounds, black magic causes harm and blue magic is attained from enemies your character happens upon.
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Step 2
Increase your character's defenses. Certain job levels will provide abilities for defenses.
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Step 3
Use your weapon skills. You receive tactical points when you cause damage and after a certain number of points you will attain powerful weapon skills.
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Step 4
Unleash skillchains and magic bursts. Multiple characters can link their weapon skills together to cause a skillchain or conjure up spells together to produce a magic burst.
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Step 1
Express your character's emotions to other players using emotes. You can express joy, anger, sadness, bow or wave goodbye to other players.
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Step 2
Join a party or alliance with other players to defeat powerful enemies. The more you progress in the game, the harder your enemies are to defeat. A party is a maximum of 6 players and an alliance is a maximum of 3 parties or 18 players.
