Character worth

This thread needs a poll.

1. People who create a character because they like

2. Influenced by friends.

3. Only for the damage, not for the fun of it.

I remember when I picked my first job, third job didn't exist yet. I picked a fighter because I liked swords and pages sound...lame. I was fortunate enough to enjoy my selection once third and fourth job came out. It wouldn't really matter to me if I was useful in a party or not or if I bossed a lot or not, because I never even took that into consideration in the first place. When I train, I almost never party because that's how I am. I go bossing fairly regularly with friends or my guild, but they would take me regardless of job.

As for people playing higher-DPS classes for bosses, some people get enjoyment out of bossing, so they like to play those, etc. I have a friend whose first character is a bishop, but she wanted to be an attacker instead of support at bosses, so she made a night lord. She also tried a dawn warrior, but didn't enjoy it, so she stopped playing that and kept it for the 7 attack.