To be a blm you need Archer at 15 . To be a Bard you need Pugilist at 15 . So either you both start as Archer ' s in Gridania , or you both start in Ul ' dah you as a Thaumaturge and your friend as a Pugilist . <| sep |> As others have described , what you are seeing is a focus rectangle . However , it is an oldstyle focus rectangle and is not expected on a standard installation . Control PanelEase of Access CenterClick Make the keyboard easier to useUncheck underline keyboard shortcuts and access keysI found that after enabling this option and rebooting , I was able to perfectly reproduce the issue with a dotted focus rectangle . turning it off , I was back to not seeing it . So I suspect perhaps this option has been turned on .