Magic Scrolls - {Can I have it?}

[Zezlar]

Patch 1.20 is soon to be on the horizon and it will no doubt be a massive patch similarly to the previous few. Controversy has broken out due to how classes will handle their abilities/spells/weapon skills on a certain class. Magic users (CNJ/THM) in particular seem to have gotten the shaft in this situation. The lore behind CNJ is effectively dead, and THM is a class that for some isn't the same as it was in the past.

Final Fantasy has always been known for the extensively long lists of magic a character can have, whether it be different elements, ancient magics, DoTs, or even tier spells. Before patch 1.20 CNJ has roughly 30+ spells (estimation. not approx) now it will have 11, mostly comprising of healing spells. Why? That isn't Final Fantasy like at all.

Since Yoshi-P and team decided that characters will only be able to have 15 abilities/weapon skills/spells between a single class/job (for the main class) it cripples magic users variety. Players will still be able to add spells from a different class but it doesn't change the fact that half the spells in this game are going away.

Magic users SHOULD have that option to pick and choose what they want. Whether it be all the time or for situational purposes. They simply have to have more slots to choose abilities/spells/weapon skills from than the melee classes. The system could be similar to what Blue Mages use in FFXI.

So what better way then magic scrolls? The scrolls can be added to the game by placing them at vendors, notorious monsters, strongholds, raid dungeons and more. This will not only revitalize certain content but also make it so players have something else to strive for rather than blazing to 50 in 2-3 days. Scrolls would have restrictions of course. Some maybe useable by both classes, and others confined to a specific class.

Patch 1.20 will more than likely be great and I can't wait to check it out, but almost everyone can agree that mages are kinda getting shafted here.

{Vote up if you believe they should implement scrolls}

[Zezlar]

{Vote if you believe they should keep the system as it will be in 1.20}

[PrettyPrincess]

No.

Also 50 is not going to be the level cap forever.

[Zezlar]

Also I forgot to mention that there would be restrictions on scrolls. You wouldn't just be able to use "Freeze" on a CNJ/White Mage.

[ReapKarmah]

That's one idea, here's another:

Have Conjurer and Thaumaturge learn more spells than they are currently planned to learn. I absolutely don't want to have to buy scrolls again. FFXI was enough torture on that aspect; gil was hard to make for me, and not being able to perform my job as a mage only because I couldn't afford to buy magic was a legit low blow. Let it not be the same in XIV.

[grandm]

scrolls sound like the system for some other game not final fantasy, (buying magic would be nothing new, but scrolls are not final fantasy)

[tymora]

scrolls sound like the system for some other game not final fantasy, (buying magic would be nothing new, but scrolls are not final fantasy)

Hm? FFXI was all scrolls.

[grandm]

2 points

1) just because something happend once in one game don't make it final fantasy tradition, final fantasy 8 had the draw system, it was ok, it worked. but we have never seen it since

2) this is not FF 11-2, and yoshi-p has said he doesn't want ppl to look at 14 and see 11-2, i'm not knocking 11 in anyway, just pointing out why i don't see things like scrolls coming

[Lucifer]

Learning more advanced spells through a medium would definitely be more interesting than automatically getting them.

[ReapKarmah]

Learning more advanced spells through a medium would definitely be more interesting than automatically getting them.

Maybe an NPC mentor? As long as we don't have to "buy" them like in XI. Players that lack currency would complain quite a bit.