[dev1033] Ideas for a Two-Tier Class System: Jobs on Top of Weapon Specializations

[Carpe]

Another thought is that maybe the Title System can be worked to allow every class to perform every role just not the exact same way so there is a reason to use one class over the other based on player preference.

Well, this kind of goes with my idea that they need to differentiate the weapon classes regardless of whether or not they add titles/jobs. Differentiating would give bigger differences between combinations like DRK/LNC, DRK/GLA, and DRK/MRD.

The idea is that they should extract themes around these weapons and have the spells/abilities you learn from them be built more around those themes. So arbitrarily, a MRD might give you more abilities for AOE type damage, would have more critical/burst damage, and give you abilities that improve your parry rate, where as, a GLA might give more steady single target damage, give you abilities that maybe buff you in some way (ex. Accuracy/Damage Mitigation). Reworking these classes in this way starts to further define your play style regardless of what role you are going to be performing for the party.

So someone doing PLD/GLA/SEN might use a 1H sword and shield and be more of a steady damage, accuracy, damage mitigation tank, while a PLD/MRD/SEN might use a 1H axe and shield and be more of a criticals, AOE, enmity, parry tank. A PLD/ARC can be like a kiting tank.

Or modifications like Cairdeas suggests:http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...3990#post43990

That way the Job/Title will basically be defining (to some extent) WHAT you will be doing, while your Weapon Class is determining HOW you will be doing it.

[OmegaNovaios]

Job/Title will basically be defining (to some extent) WHAT you will be doing, while your Weapon Class is determining HOW you will be doing it.

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