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

[Cairdeas]

How about this, Gladiator unlocks Dark Knight and Sentinel unlocks Paladin.

The Dark Knight Fans would be mad they can't use a Scyth or Great Sword


Tekno from the way things are described jobs have no level

[Teknoman]

The Dark Knight Fans would be mad they can't use a Scyth or Great Sword

You'd still be able to use Great Sword if they designated it as a Dark Knight Job specific equip. There was an image of a great sword model awhile back with the diremite reveals in famitsu...so maybe thats what they had planned.

I mean Thaumaturge,Arcanist, and Conjurer already have 1 and 2 handed weapons attributed to their jobs...so its not like it cant be done right? Honestly great swords fit Dark Knights better than scythes...especially since they've been the most commonly used DK weapon in the past titles...aside from IV, where Cecil used dark swords and shields.

[elreed]

So will there be any reason for a gladiator to not be using paladin? Or will all the gladiators just turn into paladins at rank 50, and we're back where we started?

I dont think they'll trow away all our efforts to rank up classes i guess they'll give or leave some abbilities exclusive for that class at rank 50, that you can only use with one job especifically, like paladin getting the abbility to use defender 2 of marauder, or not being able to upgrade defender on your job if you dont have the previous one, like defender 2 to defender 3, or just an abbility that your job cant learn and its very useful for tanking, so you need to level up that class to improve your role as tank.

idk, but as it is now i think they'll be adding jobs ranking up different classes.

[Xeno]

You'd still be able to use Great Sword if they designated it as a Dark Knight Job specific equip. There was an image of a great sword model awhile back with the diremite reveals in famitsu...so maybe thats what they had planned.

I mean Thaumaturge,Arcanist, and Conjurer already have 1 and 2 handed weapons attributed to their jobs...so its not like it cant be done right?

Not to mention the letter X clearly says introduction of Job specific weapons and gear.

[Drogyn]

Gladiator=Paladin
Marauder=Warrior
Lancer=Dragoon
Pugilist=Monk
Archer=Ranger
Conjurer=Black Mage
Thaumaturge=White Mage

I win?

THM => WHM?
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Prefer THM to RDM

[Xeno]

THM => WHM?
>.>

Prefer THM to RDM

Would be the only thing that makes sense because we have Fencer coming in the future, which would most likely turn into RDM.

[Cairdeas]

THM => WHM?
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Prefer THM to RDM

To be honest I would be upset if they introduced "Great Swords" as just an addon for a specific job and not its own Weapon Class. Thats just completely bypassing the Armoury System. why freaking bother?

[Devil_Ether]

I don't see a problem with allowing players to freely choose their job/class. It would allow people to have freedom to experiment.

Of course groups will still prefer certain classes to an individual role.
Ranger/Archer would be preferred over Ranger/Conjurer in the majority of groups, but what is wrong will allowing that to exist.

That way you can specialize by being a Dark Knight/Lancer or Dark Knight/Marauder but still have the same role.

Some classes will support some job roles better than others, but I don't see a problem in allowing that freedom.

[Lerris]

The Dark Knight Fans would be mad they can't use a Scyth or Great Sword

To be fair, nobody can use great swords right now, let alone hypothetical dark knights.
Until they're introduced, we don't know whether they'll be a 2H gladiator weapon ( as casters get both 1H and 2H this isn't far-fetched ), an alternate marauder weapon or a new class entirely. Also, a 1H axe could be an alternate gladiator weapon, or a 1H marauder arm, or even a new class.

[Teknoman]

To be honest I would be upset if they introduced "Great Swords" as just an addon for a specific job and not its own Weapon Class. Thats just completely bypassing the Armoury System. why freaking bother?

Then how about setting it as a two handed Gladiator arm, with specific great swords being job exclusive to Dark Knight?