Can Red Mage start at level 30?

[Ultimatecalibur]

For me it is not about the level.
But about keeping job startlevel identical and that starting at lv 50 can mean less story for the new jobs (in comparison to the jobs that will have lv 30-70 story).

Most of the 30-50 job stories were fairly hollow. Also more story does not mean better story. It is easier to write two good 6 quest stories rather than 3 6 quest stories.

[Zojha]

It is easier to write two good 6 quest stories rather than 3 6 quest stories.

Mhm...yes and no.

It's like complexity and depth - complexity does not necessarily create more depth, but to create depth, you need accept a certain amount of complexity. Likewise, a long story isn't necessarily a better story, but it's hard to write a good story without accepting some length. One of the big issues there IMO is that most class/job stories get "resolved" at 30/50/60, so you can't build on them anymore and the arc of suspense is always fairly short thus the stories a little underwhelming.