Bring back the old sub job system.

[Selvokaz]

its time for a change, the formula has become old and stale, people are craving for the game to shake it up a little. Class balance tweaks aren't cutting it anymore, waiting for new dungeons to grind isn't as interesting as it once was. The game was exciting when it felt like there was new discoveries to be found, both in the world and its mechanics. The game felt more alive people were trying new things, new ideas, well the subclass system change that, maybe.. somewhat.

[Penthea]

People were saying the exact same thing you are when we had the old job system. I don't think going backwards in class balance is going to help anything.

[Rockette]

Hard disagree. Being forced to level a job you had no interest in, in order to play the job you are interested in, was backwards and ridiculous.

[Istaru]

Don’t worry, they are in the habit of making the game simpler and easier. This does neither and won’t be added.

[SannaR]

Right, lets bring in something that adds more to the meta then what we already have.

[Kurando]

Although it did give players a little experience in other classes/jobs, even if you never played them afterwards you could at least be a bit familiar if other players in your party had those classes/jobs instead. Like I learnt the effects and potencies of a lot of actions just by playing them, back when I was a one trick DPS ha! well that's just me anyway. But I don't think the old system should come back, it just needs some serious attention moving forward.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

You mean being forced to level jobs you have no interest in just to unlock necessary skills? Absolutely not. It was a pointless system as people often abandoned those jobs the moment they reached the desired skills. Unless, of course, they cared about leveling everything to 70, in which case, it's still irrelevant since they were going to level them regardless.

All that aside, how does this change anything? People bored of dungeons and the stale progression system aren't going to suddenly feel reinvigorated because "Oh boy! I get to level Black Mage to 27 again for Swiftcast!"

[Selvokaz]

Hard disagree. Being forced to level a job you had no interest in, in order to play the job you are interested in, was backwards and ridiculous.

Not even what I said, The old job system isn't 1.0 or 2.0 it's the Dual Class system or sub job system that is seen in ff5, FFtactics.

[Rockette]

Not even what I said, The old job system isn't 1.0 or 2.0 it's the Dual Class system or sub job system that is seen in ff5, FFtactics.

Ahh yes, the old job system from another game in a post talking about this game. How silly of me.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Not even what I said, The old job system isn't 1.0 or 2.0 it's the Dual Class system or sub job system that is seen in ff5, FFtactics.

Why didn't you specify that then? The only "old sob job system" FFXIV has ever had is the one everyone assumed you meant.

Regardless, sub jobs won't accomplish anything except an even greater workload. Now you have to balance several times the number of jobs because each sub alternate needs to be viable otherwise it'll be instantly deemed useless. Furthermore, sub jobs won't magically improve the stale progression system or make some like Pagos any more fun. It'll be the exact same thing but now Dragoon gets access to Trick Attack. Oh boy!