I started the game with Tailor lol :')) that kinda sucked because you only get to fight with a dagger. I then quickly switched to Wizard so that I could actually attack things!! That was cool because the spells are very long-ranged and you also get to heal yourself + party members. Really gotta stock up on SP potions though!! ;v; I've also tried Hunter and Mercenary... I guess I'm more of a long-ranged attacker because I prefer Hunter a lot more. When you're charging your attacks for Mercenary, you don't lose the charge when you're hit by enemies though! riingocha has played as a Paladin for a while (I haven't started that yet) and I believe Paladin has better defense if you like that more :O
I would say start off with an offensive Life so that you can defend yourself, then do the gathering materials Life (miner, woodcutter, angler), and then do crafting (blacksmith, carpenter, tailor, cook, alchemist) .. because you kinda need to gather materials before you can craft things lol