How do you select a second class?

[Bixby]

For some classes, the class is a bit better for soloing because of the lack of limitations on cross-class skills. But from what I've seen, the difference is not all that pronounced; most of the people I know who solo much just solo as their chosen job anyway, because the bonuses to the job balance out with what you give up on the class, and it can be kind of annoying having to remember what you can and can't do as class vs. job.

A job is (literally) a piece of equipment for a given class. When you become a Paladin, you are leveling Gladiator, with the Paladin soul crystal equipped. Whatever level your Gladiator reaches is the level of your Paladin. You don't level them separately.

Conjurer is a separate class. You can level it just like any other class at any time.

[Tandor]

A job is (literally) a piece of equipment for a given class. When you become a Paladin, you are leveling Gladiator, with the Paladin soul crystal equipped. Whatever level your Gladiator reaches is the level of your Paladin. You don't level them separately.

Conjurer is a separate class. You can level it just like any other class at any time.

Ah thanks, I hadn't realised that. So can you unequip the Paladin soul crystal in order to get the full Gladiator skills and cross-class skills if the situation demands that? Or is a case of once equipped, that's it for ever?

[Bixby]

Ah thanks, I hadn't realised that. So can you unequip the Paladin soul crystal in order to get the full Gladiator skills and cross-class skills if the situation demands that? Or is a case of once equipped, that's it for ever?

The former. You can unequip a soul crystal to switch to its base class, re-equip it to switch to its job, anytime you could change any other piece of equipment (i.e., not in combat).