No one should be allowed to queue without a soul stone if applicable.

[Vahlnir]

Classes cannot be removed from the game, as they are too ingrained in the coding, system, and lore at this point. Which is why they are moving past them as a whole. Besides they do add some character with their unique connections to various jobs.

Oh, they could most certainly remove them. It's just a matter of time and money, which they want to spend on other things.

[lolicon09]

Oh, they could most certainly remove them. It's just a matter of time and money, which they want to spend on other things.

Considering how many of the Jobs are obtained, i don't think it would work. We can't just start with a Soul Crystal if we've just arrived to Eorzea. We obtain them following the corresponding story of the Job, and continue from then. How exactly can we be a Paladin if it's our first time in Ul'dah? Now, it could make sense for some other Jobs, but not all of them

[Eloah]

Oh, they could most certainly remove them. It's just a matter of time and money, which they want to spend on other things.

That's why I said both the coding and lore. They most certainly could remove them, but at this point, the time and effort is better spent on newer things.

For SMN/SCH I was thinking of broader concepts. ShB did separate these jobs a bit further but there are still Aetherflow mechanics in SMN for instance, although they are not tied to anything anymore. We could just have Fester / Painflare on the same CD and work just fine. They still share the same EXP bar too. SCH's Ruin II feels odd to me when you don't have other Ruin spells.
While they could make one job the continuation of ACN, and the other one a stand alone job...
Anyway, that's not a priority we can agree on that

You aren't wrong in that regard, but at that point it's about altering how each job functions, not separating them. But, they can't fully change certain aspects, since SMN and SCH are meant to act as parallels to one another. So Summon, Artherflow, Aetherpact, certain elements need to appear similar to maintain that connection. That being said there are some things that don't make sense that I hope do get rectified come 6.0.