TiggyChan
guess its different for me, i have 3 characters with chocobo access an only one of them is rank 5. It wouldnt bother me whatsoever to make another character or possibly cancel one out for the new race. The only thing that is a pain to do is sitting for your license other wise its not really that big of a deal, you can always send money to the new character to start it out till you choose a money maker for them. I really dont mind doing ranks over again, just gives me a chance to re go through the stories which i enjoy the most.*shrugs*
Yeah I guess that if you're going to start leveling a new job its pratically the same to start a new character than to level the job with your old one.
For myself though, I put my heart into one character and I couldn't image playing another one full time xD I guess its part of the role-playing thing^^
Also it helps to have a higher leveled job when it comes to getting AF pieces etc for your new job, and having sky access, subjobs already leveled, etc etc. So there are some advantages to keeping on one character
smile Of course if you have good friends and a good linkshell those advantages may be negated^^