First Character?

[Aegis]

While I agree that SinX are fantastic classes for end game farming, hunters can solo to 99 and trans, then farm lots of gear well before other classes even think about farming. There are many places a hunter can solo much earlier than other classes due to range attacks, stun locking and traps, i.e. anubis, rachel etc. Thus, hunters can level very quickly on monsters that give great exp, and have no slow points, and can job change at j40/41 since arrow shower... well it's not that great.

Now, I'm not saying the other classes are weaker than/not as good as hunters, but hunters have very little cost upkeep, and generally don't need that many healing items. They save up cash very quickly, and while groups can be effective, generally do better on their own.

So, after meandering through the topic, I suggest making a archer/hunter/sniper first, then hunting the gear for what you really want to play afterwards.