next level break

[Camiie]

Well really if its a sign of experience with a job, and to show your good at it, whos to say parties wont start saying that basically, if your DD isn't lv100, you cant join? If you don't have it, you probably aren't to good of a player at that job anyways, so you cant come now.

That's exactly what would happen. All else being equal, why take the level 99 over the level 100? Even if the bonus is minimal, an edge is still an edge.

I think this would help set personal identity in this game for many characters and not only on a personal level but also would help greatly when building a party.

Let's say I identify myself as a BST and would really like to make it my defining level 100 job. We all know how little BST is desired for much of anything. Now in order to create an identity for myself I've essentially gimped my other, more useful/desired jobs. And, yes people will see a level 99 job as gimped compared to a 100. In order to get things done, I would have to abandon my "identity" and make something more desirable my level 100. That kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

I see where you guys are coming from on this, and I'm sure you mean well. I just think that, much like SE with many of their game play mechanics, your idea is not going to work the way you planned once it's exposed to human nature. It'll backfire big time.