Please do not lock Jobs to the Weapon Class that unlocks them.

[Focant]

Problem is what would you called a G.sword class :S

Honestly I have no idea haha. That's not my "job!"

Augh that was awful.

Also, Cairdeas, your stance seems to rely heavily on previous SE titles. While I hate to say it, XIV is not tactics, it is not XI, and it is not any other FF game. I mean even from its inception it's been markedly different. I never played tactics but you're saying that any job could use any weapon. Now we look at XIV which uses the weapon to DEFINE the job. Obviously they are on totally opposite ends of the spectrum so how is it that you see it fit to compare them as if they were equal?

[Cairdeas]

Honestly I have no idea haha. That's not my "job!"

Augh that was awful.

Also, Cairdeas, your stance seems to rely heavily on previous SE titles. While I hate to say it, XIV is not tactics, it is not XI, and it is not any other FF game. I mean even from its inception it's been markedly different. I never played tactics but you're saying that any job could use any weapon. Now we look at XIV which uses the weapon to DEFINE the job. Obviously they are on totally opposite ends of the spectrum so how is it that you see it fit to compare them as if they were equal?

Weapons do not define jobs in FFXIV. They define a Weapon Class. Weapon Class =/= Job.

The whole point of the Armoury system is your Weapon.
The Job system is your Role in Combat.

Paladin is a Meat Shield and Self Healing Tank.
Warrior is a pure blood damage dealer
Thief is an obfuscating backside attacker and crowd control agent.
Dragoon is a hate control specialist.
White Mage is a Healer
Black Mage is an Elemental Nuker.

Those are Roles in Combat not weapons. Which is how all Final Fantasy's have done jobs.