Gearswaps are dead - long live the Jobswaps!

In the Eorzea Tsuushin (Major Japanese Gaming Magazine) article that came out yesterday, the “Eorzea Tactics Squad” advises to change jobs multiple times during a dungeon run to maximize your performance.

Which awfully reminded me of the gearswaps we had in FFXI. The difference is that instead of blinking characters swapping gear during a fight, we now have blinking characters swapping gear while running through a dungeon.

Since it brings back very bad memories, I have a strong personal opinion about this topic – but I would like to hear how others feel about it before I settle for a conclusion. So…

Please like this post if you think job swaps during a dungeon run are an innovative combat mechanic that should stay.

Please like this post if you think job swaps during a dungeon run are a cheesy combat mechanic that should not stay.

I think you should be locked to your class/job upon entering the dungeon. Job swaping is really not a welcomed strategy. You can change abilities/spells but your weapon slot should be locked for the instance.

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Originally Posted by Perrin_Aybarra

I think you should be locked to your class/job upon entering the dungeon. Job swaping is really not a welcomed strategy. You can change abilities/spells but your weapon slot should be locked for the instance.

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On a serious note:

Who didn't see this coming?

Shame on you for thinking you could level 1 job in a Final Fantasy MMO and get away with it.

How can you swap jobs when it is going to be 1 job per class. Did they mean swap classes?

As to the question, I hated the idea of gear swapping and the thought of changing jobs over and over again seems just as cheesy. But then again, one of the selling points of the game was to change classes on the fly so it kind of fits with the original vision.

While I wont condemn it. I can't imagine SE wants it to become standard making the entry level of end-game content become like a never ending climb instead of just a time consuming one.

Imagine if entering a endgame linkshell demanded you had multiple 50's? to even be considered.

I didn't see that info yet on JP sites, you got the magazine? Lucky you if you did :(