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

[Lerris]

"Realistic" How realistic is it to suddenly forget how to use a sword because you've been training with a spear for a while and mastered a special skill that teaches you how to jump into the air really high and crash on to a enemy? Not very realistic at all >.>

How realistic is it to learn an advanced spear technique and still have access to it when you equip a sword?

A lot depends on how these new jobs are presented. I would hope the lore and the mechanics are internally consistent whichever way they implement it.

[Cairdeas]

How realistic is it to learn an advanced spear technique and still have access to it when you equip a sword?

A lot depends on how these new jobs are presented. I would hope the lore and the mechanics are internally consistent whichever way they implement it.

Most weapons of war maneuvers learned can be borrowed or shared amongst many other weapons.

Learning to block a downward strike with the shaft of your weapon? Pole Arms, Axes, Swords, etc. can do that?

Stab a person directly into the heart? hard to do for an ax because its slashing and crushing and not piercing.

[Lerris]

Most weapons of war maneuvers learned can be borrowed or shared amongst many other weapons.

Learning to block a downward strike with the shaft of your weapon? Pole Arms, Axes, Swords, etc. can do that?

Stab a person directly into the heart? hard to do for an ax because its slashing and crushing and not piercing.

This is true. The armory system already covers moves that are adaptable across weapon types. The job system contains abilities that they have stated are not adaptable across jobs. Whether they're adaptable across weapon-types... that is the bigger question.

Is a dragoon's jump a mystical ability, or are they using the pole of the spear to vault themselves into the air? We don't know. Which is what undermines your realism argument.

You're making assumptions, the other side is making different assumptions, and you're not arguing from the same starting point.

[Alaltus]

It certainly is a cool idea and i would love to see it implemented, it would give people a reason to dedicate their guildmarks(pikemanship etc) to a specific weapon because they would be able to play multiple roles through the job system with one weapon.

[Reika]

Most weapons of war maneuvers learned can be borrowed or shared amongst many other weapons.

Learning to block a downward strike with the shaft of your weapon? Pole Arms, Axes, Swords, etc. can do that?

Stab a person directly into the heart? hard to do for an ax because its slashing and crushing and not piercing.

Bill-type Axes have piercing