(IDEA) Increasing the Support Job level cap to EQUAL main job level!

[Malamasala]

Even raising regular job caps over 75 is stressing the system.

Actually raising it past the initial 50 cap was the start of stressing the system. But you'll always have people who think "What the game was when I started to play is how it was intended".

[Seriha]

While I'm not totally against the idea, the sheer thought of needed macro space to possibly compliment something /50+ is maddening.

[Sotek]

Actually raising it past the initial 50 cap was the start of stressing the system. But you'll always have people who think "What the game was when I started to play is how it was intended".

Errr, no. Sure the game started with a Lv.50 cap, but that doesn't mean it was intended to stay there.
Lv.75 cap was intended for RotZ and RotZ was intended to be part of the original game, ergo Lv.75 was intended from the start. The Lv.99 cap is completely different, they didn't make the game with Lv.99 in mind and as such none of the game mechanics or events facilitate anything but a Lv.75 cap (except Abyssea, obviously), where as all class balance, spells, etc., RotZ, CoP, ToAU and WotG were all based on the Lv.75 cap.

[Rambus]

Errr, no. Sure the game started with a Lv.50 cap, but that doesn't mean it was intended to stay there.
Lv.75 cap was intended for RotZ and RotZ was intended to be part of the original game, ergo Lv.75 was intended from the start. The Lv.99 cap is completely different, they didn't make the game with Lv.99 in mind and as such none of the game mechanics or events facilitate anything but a Lv.75 cap (except Abyssea, obviously), where as all class balance, spells, etc., RotZ, CoP, ToAU and WotG were all based on the Lv.75 cap.

RoZ was out then 75 cap came out, just sayin

but ya FFXI is still based on 75 cap rules.

[Glamdring]

I'd have to say no as well. HOWEVER, they should let us have the full HP/MP of our level 45 sub job instead of just a fraction. Just embarassing running around on my 90 brd/whm with 168 MP and some of that is from gear...

[Krisan]

The Lv.99 cap is completely different, they didn't make the game with Lv.99 in mind and as such none of the game mechanics or events facilitate anything but a Lv.75 cap (except Abyssea, obviously), where as all class balance, spells, etc., RotZ, CoP, ToAU and WotG were all based on the Lv.75 cap.

Actually, they did. There was plenty of evidence even from the early days through data mining that proved they always intended to raise the cap upwards to level 99, if not even maybe higher originally. The problem was that after they hit the level 75 cap, they realized this would be impractical to implement, and too difficult to balance. It wasn't until many years later - the present in other words - that they decided to go back to the drawing board with the idea and give it a whirl anyway.

Abyssea is certainly not how they envisioned the cap increase to be originally, this much is true. But they did from the start plan to take it to 99.. It just didn't pan out that way.

[Zyeriis]

I'd have to say no as well. HOWEVER, they should let us have the full HP/MP of our level 45 sub job instead of just a fraction. Just embarassing running around on my 90 brd/whm with 168 MP and some of that is from gear...

You do get the max benefits of your sub job's hp/mp. The difference is, that job has a base hp/mp upon which it builds. You only get the bonus hp/mp because your main job already has it's own base hp/mp. Which in BRD's case, is 0 MP. (Base HP/MP increases more per level than bonus for job).

Edit: If you want them to add the base hp/mp of the sub job then it wouldn't be base hp/mp because your main job already has that covered. Yes, they could combine the two but still, that would be a general rewrite of what a job's base hp/mp is (also /mnk would become rdiciulously popular for tanking, which I'd personally prefer to never ever be the case.)

[Meyi]

Lv.75 cap was intended for RotZ and RotZ was intended to be part of the original game, ergo Lv.75 was intended from the start. The Lv.99 cap is completely different, they didn't make the game with Lv.99 in mind and as such none of the game mechanics or events facilitate anything but a Lv.75 cap (except Abyssea, obviously), where as all class balance, spells, etc., RotZ, CoP, ToAU and WotG were all based on the Lv.75 cap.

Ah, except there were .dats for the tier V spells we're gaining access to now. Whether or not they had determined to facilitate these spells at a later time or not I cannot say for certain.

That, and we could always /sea all 1~99, not just ~75.

I never thought they'd raise the level to 99. So, who knows! Maybe we'll get subjobs to 99 too. And it might be fun.

[Zyeriis]

If the "sub" job was 99, it wouldn't be a "sub" job now would it?

[Miera]

Why not a third Subjob instead, that seems more realistic. =\ Half the level of a sub. then you could be NIN/DNC/WAR

90/45/22 or 99/49/24 100/50/25 (Though I doubt Cap will reach 100)

I can see it now PLD/NIN/WAR or something like that.