will we ever get new jobs? Comunity rep response please ;_;

[Teraniku]

Once upon a time, I remember a community of people that stated Blue Mage will never come to pass. It was unrealistic and didn't have a place in Vana'diel. Another story among the community was the level cap increase to 99. It was stated that SE WOULD NEVER increase the level cap because we will be overpowered and break the game (lol really?). Simply put, it will never happen.

Today, we have not only BLUE MAGE, but Cosair and Scholar. Not only did we transcend past 75, we hit 99!

My point: We should not place limits on what SE potential on making this game better. They've went beyond our doubts and showed us they're committed to exceeding our expectations. Without a doubt, I am sure SE will speak about the future of this game by making a statement about adding possible jobs, expansions, and greater challenges (without logs being part of the reward system).

Let's give SE a little break. Let them response to this topic. I wouldn't mind the additional jobs to the game as long as they have a beneficial role throughout the entire game. Personally, I would like to see another offensive mage job like BLM, BLU,SMN, and SCH.

It was a mistake to raise the cap to 99 in the 1st place, imo. The game was fine @ 75. Don't get me wrong they could have added Abyssea / Voidwatch etc. and balanced it @ 75. When they added the unique way you gain XP in Abyssea, they had no choice in raising the cap. In doing so they broke quite a few jobs (RDM and PLD come to mind) (All you SMNs put your hands down, It's never gotten the attention it truly needs to let the job stand with either BLM or the melee DDers) and basically made all the old content obsolete. (I understand their reasoning for this though.)

[Kaisha]

75-cap was stale come the WoTG expansion.

It was either add new gear for lvl75 that invalidates all existing 75-gear, or raise the cap along with it and give us some new toys to play with while they were at it. We already had 50 side-grade pieces back then, didn't need any more.

[Alhanelem]

It was a mistake to raise the cap to 99 in the 1st place, imo. The game was fine @ 75.

It wasn't a mistake to raise the level cap. It was a mistake to add jack crap for content after doing so.

[Llana_Virren]

It was a mistake to keep the level cap at 75 for as long as they did. All the abilities/spells accessed were being based on a Lv37 subjob limit, which is why balance went the way of the dinosaur when they lifted cap. No real content or abilities added post-75 because everything had revolved around a level 75 limit for so long, that now at 99 we needed Abyssea (and crap) to give any challenge.

SE pressed the easy button, overall. Of course, for an MMO that's exceeding 10 years online, you can't expect "perfect balance" to remain forever.

But new jobs aren't even needed at this point. There is no mid-game in FFXI unless you go out of your way to create it. So any new job added will be looked at solely from the view of "how do we ensure this is balanced at /49 and 99?" To be honest, there's no need for a new job, at least not without a new expansion, which I don't see happening.

[Basileus]

To be honest, I would rather have "new" content. It's pretty obvious that we have slim pickings as to what they can afford to work on. Because of this, I would rather have them focus on "new" areas and "new" stories. I think we could get more out of new areas than a new job. Just my opinion.

[Randwolf]

We don't need any more jobs. Plus, the game, for the most part, is in its senior years. Just be happy with the new content we are getting. If S/E hadn't screwed up XIV, you wouldn't have the content we have now.

Secondly, I still have tons to do with the current crap in game. If you've maxed all jobs, all gear, completed all quests, completed all missions, etc., you're amazing. But, I'm guessing you haven't since most gamers like that don't hang in one game forever.

Finally, the cap raised to 99 was needed. Getting groups for the old content is close to impossible. At least with a 99 cap, you have a chance to solo a lot more of it.

[MiniDiamond]

Truth be told, I think they should Upgrade from PS2 to PS3. That way there wouldnt be console limitations. Xbox can handle FFXI, it can even handle besieged and Campaign.

Rasing FFXI-Ps2 to Ps3 could allow Square enix to implement better and bigger things into this game.

But I do hope for new jobs~ :3

[Daniel_Hatcher]

We don't need any more jobs. Plus, the game, for the most part, is in its senior years. Just be happy with the new content we are getting. If S/E hadn't screwed up XIV, you wouldn't have the content we have now.

Secondly, I still have tons to do with the current crap in game. If you've maxed all jobs, all gear, completed all quests, completed all missions, etc., you're amazing. But, I'm guessing you haven't since most gamers like that don't hang in one game forever.

Finally, the cap raised to 99 was needed. Getting groups for the old content is close to impossible. At least with a 99 cap, you have a chance to solo a lot more of it.

Technically if the cap wasn't raised to lvl99 then it would still be endgame for lvl75, so lvl99 wasn't needed as such.

Truth be told they've broke so much with lvl99 it's unreal.

[cidbahamut]

Truth be told, I think they should Upgrade from PS2 to PS3. That way there wouldnt be console limitations. Xbox can handle FFXI, it can even handle besieged and Campaign.

Rasing FFXI-Ps2 to Ps3 could allow Square enix to implement better and bigger things into this game.

But I do hope for new jobs~ :3

It just changes from "PS2 limitations" to "game engine limitations".

[MiniDiamond]

It just changes from "PS2 limitations" to "game engine limitations".

Well! With that kind of negativity We'll never get anything!