Some Job requirements make no sense

Bard. Now that I know how to punch stuff, I can sing songs and play a harp!

Monk. After practicing on how to stab things with a really pointy and long stick, I can fist things like never before!

Black Mage. After learning how to shoot arrows, I can cast spells easier!

So you are saying you rather:

Black Mage: lose access to quelling strikes for more dps and less hate from archer

Monk: lose access to all the dmg increasing buffs from lancer

Bard: lose access to self-buffs from pugilist

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The combinations have never really made sense in the FFT games either, I mean to unlock Dragoon in Tactics you had to level up Thief...why of all jobs the thief? no one knows.

I think with a little imagination, they make enough sense to pass.

Archery is hard on the arm muscles, so building upper body strength as a pugilist seems to make sense. Same is true for lancer and pugilist.

As for black mage requiring archery, maybe the point is accuracy of ranged shot? Black mage is also a ranged DPS, so you'd imagine that being able to pinpoint your target on the battlefield and aim well would be a necessary before casting your spell. (If we're talking from a more "realistic" perspective anyway.)

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Originally Posted by Lilyarel

I can fist things like never before!

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That makes two of us!

The one that doesn't make much sense to me is that NIN doesn't get to use BRD cross class abilities since they're perfect for the NIN.

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Originally Posted by OMEGA_HACK

So you are saying you rather:

Black Mage: lose access to quelling strikes for more dps and less hate from archer

Monk: lose access to all the dmg increasing buffs from lancer

Bard: lose access to self-buffs from pugilist

?

The combinations have never really made sense in the FFT games either, I mean to unlock Dragoon in Tactics you had to level up Thief...why of all jobs the thief? no one knows.

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You do realize i made this thread for fun...

Some cross-class abilities are lackluster. I hope the expansion changes things up.

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Originally Posted by Lilyarel

I can fist things like never before!

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In the words of George Takei: OH MY!

It's not about how you attack, it's about how you move, avoid and concentrate. And you learn that by practicing other disciplines.

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Originally Posted by Yitan

It's not about how you attack, it's about how you move, avoid and concentrate. And you learn that by practicing other disciplines.

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I learned absolutely nothing from Archering while preparing my BLM.

Clearly you take archery so you can become an Archmage.

*Crickets*

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Originally Posted by Lilyarel

Bard. Now that I know how to punch stuff, I can sing songs and play a harp!

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It's for the Muscle Serenade