Idea: Class split idea for all jobs

[Reynhart]

Gear and weapons do matter, as they have to update older weapons/armor so the 2nd job can use it or create a new weapon for every so many levels after the initial level.

Armor is tied to roles, most of the time. I really doubt it was that complicated to give DRK access to every 2.0 gear for WAR and PLD, AST all gear for WHM and SCH, etc...

And if you look at SCH's book, they more of less have the same stats than WHM's weapon of the same ilevel, just skinned as books. Not that difficult to create. The itemization is so straightforward in this game, I'm pretty sure you could create dozens of weapon procedurally.

[Shouko]

Armor is tied to roles, most of the time. I really doubt it was that complicated to give DRK access to every 2.0 gear for WAR and PLD, AST all gear for WHM and SCH, etc...

And if you look at SCH's book, they more of less have the same stats than WHM's weapon of the same ilevel, just skinned as books. Not that difficult to create. The itemization is so straightforward in this game, I'm pretty sure you could create dozens of weapon procedurally.

I never said it was hard, complex or any of that I said it was a hassle more than likely, in any case it really doesn't matter what we think if the devs don't want to mess with it. I don't know how simple or hard it is to do all of this but they obviously have no desire to do it.

[Reynhart]

I don't know how simple or hard it is to do all of this but they obviously have no desire to do it.

What's confirmed is that they had no desire to do it in the past, after the issue with SCH and SMN.

But, since then, several things have changed that could make it work better now. Role Actions mean that a class' toolkit can be less clearly oriented, and the balance between the number of class actions and job actions has also heavily changed, since class don't learn new skills above level 50.

So, maybe, it's time to look back at this concept and see if it can fit the game better now.

Just a little question, since I don't play SCH much myself : it there a reason to use Pysick once you have access to Succor ? Because if there isn't, Pysick, and an AoE counterpart of physick, could be a healer role actions so that, basically, a job qualified as "healer' could sustain a party with role actions alone until they have access to their job actions. And once you do, you'll never use those two skills anymore.