Requesting Information on Jobs: Preparing for 1.21

[Keftenk]

Yes please! I also would like to know if AF is just dropped or we get the great quest lines we got in XI for them. I'm assuming Yoshi ditched the whole story based gear direction

[Sigmakan]

I'm assuming artifact gear is U/U, which brings me to my question - will there be any sort of storage for U/U items. Over half of one of my retainers inventory is filled with U/U items. Makes it very hard to manage my inventory.

[Biggs]

Yes please! I also would like to know if AF is just dropped or we get the great quest lines we got in XI for them. I'm assuming Yoshi ditched the whole story based gear direction

Want to say I thought he said they are all quested, and that the quest that will release for the af weapon in 1.22 will be very difficult. Not 100% though

[NoctisUmbra]

Yes please! I also would like to know if AF is just dropped or we get the great quest lines we got in XI for them. I'm assuming Yoshi ditched the whole story based gear direction

The initial set of job specific gear will be obtained after completing the last job quest. The quests are supposedly challenging as well so we shall see.

[Keftenk]

Oh, well I'm dumb I guess.

[Zeref]

I'm assuming artifact gear is U/U, which brings me to my question - will there be any sort of storage for U/U items. Over half of one of my retainers inventory is filled with U/U items. Makes it very hard to manage my inventory.

They said they're working on making a storage for them, I don't remember an ETA though.

[NoctisUmbra]

My thought with cross classing is that the classes used to unlock the job will have allowable skills in that job. For example, according to one of Yoshida's early interviews PLD is unlocked by 30 GLA/15 MRD so my expectation is that all GLA skills are allowable for PLD and all or half of MRD skills are also allowable. For PLD this works since both GLA and MRD can tank, so it's complementary. If BLM is THM/CNJ then, once again, it's complementary a far as cross class skills go.

There has been other interviews where Yoshida didn't mention the 2nd class requirement with regard to unlocking jobs (Live interview 2 maybe?) so I'm not even certain that unlocking jobs is a lvl 30/15 situation or just lvl 30, but if we go with Yoshida's first comment which was 30/15, then there ya go.

That's another curious thing. I'm thinking they were in the concept stages back then, so I really wonder what they ended up going with. Perhaps it's worth putting in as a question even if only because the info we've received involves two different answers.

[Zezlar]

There are a few things I am concerned about in regards to the new Job system.

1.) The AF Armor is going to be town gear due to lack of good stats, and being un meldable. Essentially making it worthless.

2.) Not being able to use abilities from other classes. I understand that on the job you excel at that role. However almost all content in this game requires second wind, sentinel, and cure. This will make soloing much more inefficient for almost every class (EXP, and farming). I hope they at least allow 5 abilities to be used from other classes (Speculation post here, this information hasn't been confirmed).

I want to play as a Dragoon, not a Lancer. :/

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

There are a few things I am concerned about in regards to the new Job system.

1.) The AF Armor is going to be town gear due to lack of good stats, and being un meldable. Essentially making it worthless.

2.) Not being able to use abilities from other classes. I understand that on the job you excel at that role. However almost all content in this game requires second wind, sentinel, and cure. This will make soloing much more inefficient for almost every class (EXP, and farming). I hope they at least allow 5 abilities to be used from other classes (Speculation post here, this information hasn't been confirmed).

I want to play as a Dragoon, not a Lancer. :/

I think the solo aspect of the classes is meant to be dropped.

On the limited cross class ability side, I imagine there would be the added layer of tactics and roles to try out. The recovery options of a cross class, versus being restricted to job-specific abilities that may have more emergency responses built into them.

[Colino]

Not being able to use abilities from other classes. I understand that on the job you excel at that role. However almost all content in this game requires second wind, sentinel, and cure. This will make soloing much more inefficient for almost every class (EXP, and farming). I hope they at least allow 5 abilities to be used from other classes (Speculation post here, this information hasn't been confirmed).

Jobs are designed for parties, not solo play.