Character worth

Personally, any character I enjoy has worth. I don't give a crap what others think. I picked the class that looked the most interesting at the time, trying to get one of every main branch in order to have some variety, making the game more fun. I made, in order:

58 cleric (was a cleric in beta, liked it, so I made a new one)
64 sin (bandit looked boring to me)
117 xbow (comparing lvl28 xbow to 25 bow made it a no brainer. Getting Ice Shot when 3rd came out was just a bonus)
60 page (wanted a sword, 3rd job Fighter looked annoying)
48 brawler
50 dawn warrior
50ish blaze wizard
Didn't bother with the thief cygnus since it looked too similar to Sin. Same logic on the the archer Cygnus.

Several of those will never have "worth" in the eyes of others but, as long as I have fun playing them, that really doesn't matter. I'll probably make an Aran & an Evan a couple months after those come out too, just to experience the difference.

Anyway, a character will have as much worth as you give it. For example, taking down a bigfoot solo at 114 shows that my xbow isn't useless... I know several 120+s that still have never done it.

Yes you are right on...I think I made my point pretty clear

I mean no one forced you to choose a certain class so you have to live with ur decision

Keep in mind that a lot of us created our characters before third job was even out, much less fourth. Back then, spearmen were regarded as the best warriors and xbows as the best archers. Nowadays, people view these as throwaway classes and only useful as HB & SE mules even though that's flawed logic. This is not through the fault of the characters' owners at all; some classes just won the 3rd & 4th job lottery and some got the short end of the stick.