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

[BloodLotus]

Cairdeas, I guess I am not understanding your post. In your post, you are assuming that Lancer is going to unlock Dragoon, and Archer will unlock Ranger. I do not see how they would ever have a lancer, and a dragoon, or a archer, and a ranger in the game at the same time. The only way that would make sense is if Dragoon was designed to replace Lancer @ Rank 50, and you are not able to Rank Lancer any higher. Basically, a promotion system. I did not read anywhere in the post that he mentioned a promotion system, so I would pretty much rule that out. Also, you mentioned at the bottom of your post that if you want to play a Thief/Marauder, you should be able to. I did not read anything that mentioned a main job/sub job system. Again, I may have just missunderstood your post.

I don't know about him, but I'm using Lancer and Dragoon as examples because I like those classes/jobs I had one in 11.

But the names of the Jobs aren't meant to be taken literally. They might not have any name we know of.

Using rift and their souls setup as an example....

http://www.riftgame.com/en/classes/index.php

Pretend Warrior Cleric Rogue and Mage are the classes we have now; Gladiator, Lancer etc.

Now imagine the Souls (Champion, Purifier, Nightblade and Elementalist) are the equivalent of Jobs.

Cairdeas wants to be able to use skills from Elementalist as a Warrior.