Quote Originally Posted by Malkria View Post
The point being, regardless of HOW we get any such cross job boosts I feel that there should be some tangible benefit to other jobs you have for having put time into leveling jobs.

Sure, but the same case can be argued for the long term player having more jobs to be flexible to party needs, having more resources, more stuff unlocked, and even just the ability to repair their gear in the field. There is a difference between a min-maxer vet cutting edge player vs the average player who would just get a little tangible reward for trying other classes.
I mean, that alone is already a huge benefit I think you are completely glossing over. As someone that has all jobs/crafters/gatherers at max, I always augment my queue choices for roulettes based on the "Adventurer in Need" bonus. Which saves me time in some way shape or form in the long run, whether that be the instant and apparent faster queue time to later on down the road when I'm pent-melding gear and have 300+ cracked clusters to derp around with to get whatever materia I want and not have to worry about MB prices or potentially SB'ing gear or farming for gil to buy the materia.

I do the same thing when looking for specific content to join in PF. I get the benefit of joining any party I want and I can adjust my role based on what jobs are already present in the party. I never get locked out of content because all spots available for "my role" are already filled.

Quote Originally Posted by Malkria View Post
Does that mean that the newbie with only one job maxed out will have slightly less power then a longer term player?

Now all of that aside, these are minor traits that in theory should be at best a 10% buff to a character overall.
I don't think you have a proper grasp of what "slightly less power" would need to be at to also be considered end-game friendly and not "mandatory". 10% is freaking huge... they'd almost have to be negligible... like 0.5% to 1%. Which at that point... why even bother, right?


If you are looking for some kind of rewards for leveling other jobs, perhaps you should start thinking along the lines of glamour, minions, mounts. Actually the glamour one could be something interesting since that is a thing I see creep up on the forums all the time. Thinking along the lines of Tactics support abilities like "equip _____(type of armor)". Only in this game it would be "glamour _____(job)". So you could learn traits that allowed you to glamour job-restricted gear on other jobs to make your ultimate fantasy warrior outfit...