Please welcome Dimetrodon

This hume male started out DRK, and then took SAM, PLD, and WAR to 75 as well - but he has never forgotten his first love. A quintessential DD, Ellion recently finished upgrading the relic great sword, Ragnarok. While he is an excellent tank and will even agree to go as PLD to certain events, with the completion of Ragnarok, he is most often seen on DRK these days. Ell's endgame experience includes Sky, Sea, Einherjar, Dynamis (uh, duh?), Limbus, Salvage, and ground kings.

In another reality, this heavy-hitting hume can be found healing his party as the pimpin' Elvaan WHM, Dimetrodon. Indeed, Dime really is the pimp of the group - of the 6 members of the MoG Squad, he is the only male character! He started out as RDM, and is now bringing WHM up through the ranks. In the final party setup, Dime will be providing the musical inspiration to the rest of us as a BRD.

An experiment in choosing to be noobs

It all started as a crazy idea, formed in a half-dream state as I was falling asleep one night.

I have been playing Final Fantasy XI for about 2 years now. I've got 2 jobs at 75, I have a decent grasp of most of the game, and I've experienced a big chunk of the things you can do. Boy a lot has changed - I remember being a total noob who didn't even know how to talk to people or move around. I wonder what it would be like to be a noob again - like if I was starting now, but with all the knowledge I have about the game?

I mulled the idea over for a few days before bringing it up to Melsara. Mels is one of my favorite RDMs (and DRK, THF, COR) and has been playing the game longer than I have. He laughed, and then decided the idea sounded fun. We started talking about finding an alternate server to make mules on, so that we could duo. But the more we talked about it, the more we both thought it would be even more fun if we had a full party of 6 to play with.

We approached my in-game twin, Sheathe, first. The idea was greeted with much enthusiasm, and Sheathe came firmly onboard. Next up, I talked to two of my other favorite RDMs, Imitarate and Phlux. Imit first said no, that he was going to be too busy - but that didn't last long. ^_^ "What the hell? I'm in." was the answer after about 5 minutes. Phlux thought about it for a couple of minutes, then agreed that it would be fun.

5 down, 1 member to go. We spent a week or so discussing who else would be a good fit for our group, and fit all of our requirements - 1-2 jobs at 75 on Gilgamesh, a good grasp of the overall game dynamics, and someone who is known and on friendly terms with everyone else in the group. Then it hit me - Ellion! A real life friend of mine, and someone that everyone else knew and liked. I proposed the idea, and he immediately agreed.

With the party filled out, thus was born the Mules of Gilgamesh!