It's time to break up and begin anew.

[MistakeNot]

Doing away with the classes would be the most ideal opportunity for the dev team to 'divorce' the two jobs. As a matter of fact, they would accomplish it through pure happenstance if they did that. I know it's in their agenda, so I think your wish will be granted eventually.

I for one really do not want the classes to go away.
I like the classes, and I wish they had continued with the cross-class skill system. The class quests and related lore is also something I want to stay.

[Gemina]

I for one really do not want the classes to go away.
I like the classes, and I wish they had continued with the cross-class skill system. The class quests and related lore is also something I want to stay.

I like them too. I do play SMN, but don't take it into any serious content. The fact that I can't level SCH to a high level, and turn around and be just as proficient with SMN without ever touching it tells me that the two jobs are indeed diverse, and I really don't see a problem with either of them as far as being linked to the same class.

I find it really interesting that one school of magic branches into two different jobs. A friend of mine in my FC started around the same time I did, and also chose ACN as her starting class. She went the SMN route, and I went SCH. It reminded me so much of being in the same class with someone all through grade school, becoming really good friends, and then having to part ways because different schools are chosen to take on our advanced subjects of interest. It is so cool that we continue to relate to each other when we reflect on our ACN days, but also can talk about our different experiences adventuring as our chosen jobs. She tells me about her 5-figure death flares, and I tell her Indom rules all^^

I honestly hope they never do away with classes.

[Elamys]

I for one really do not want the classes to go away.
I like the classes, and I wish they had continued with the cross-class skill system. The class quests and related lore is also something I want to stay.

Most likely the guilds and quests and lore and stuff would still exist, you'd still be say a conjurer, but really only in name. It's just having Scholar and Summoner tied together is really crippling the design for both of them. Quests for the two could still go through the ACN guild but you'd have different rewards maybe?