What's the reason (or reasons) new jobs aren't added to the initial roster?

[Hazama999]

Or we can just not give the developers extra work that is completely pointless.

I don't think it's pointless. Having a greater variety of choice in the initial roster would certainly be a plus for someone who's just starting.

[Daralii]

I don't think it's pointless. Having a greater variety of choice in the initial roster would certainly be a plus for someone who's just starting.

For the HW jobs, they'd need to write and design another 81 new job quests in total. The investment does not seem worth the return.

[Hazama999]

For the HW jobs, they'd need to write and design another 81 new job quests in total. The investment does not seem worth the return.

I suppose they could just not have them start any job quests until they reach the original requirement level, that is, 30 for the HW jobs and 50 for the SB jobs.

[Daralii]

I suppose they could just not have them start any job quests until they reach the original requirement level, that is, 30 for the HW jobs and 50 for the SB jobs.

Then they would need to redesign the initial quests because they make a very big deal out of you obtaining the soul crystal, especially DRK. You also couldn't start the HW job quests until 50 because you can't get into the Holy See itself before finishing ARR.

[Hazama999]

Then they would need to redesign the initial quests because they make a very big deal out of you obtaining the soul crystal, especially DRK. You also couldn't start the HW job quests until 50 because you can't get into the Holy See itself before finishing ARR.

I feel like at this point, one could just say "gameplay and story segregation" though I suppose one could argue that there's a lot of mindfuckery going on in the DRK quest, so you finding your job stone could be rationalized away.

I realize that it'd make little sense with the way some quests stand now. That said, if it allows newbies to experience the job from the get-go, I'd be fine with that.

[Jardani-Jovanovic]

Sorry this doesn't help the thread at all but didn't know where else to ask. I recently started playing game maybe 2 weeks ago tops and just realized I've been getting 2xp the entire time. Does anyone know why this is the case and how long it lasts?