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

[tdb]

If job abilities aren't available until level 30 anyway, then why couldn't they just give you the job crystal as soon as you unlock the class? Outside of maybe a minor and inconsequential stat difference, how is a level 10 DRG different from a level 10 LNC?

Lore reasons. Soul crystals are somewhat rare and precious, so they're not handed out to just any rookie who comes waltzing in. In some class storylines like scholar's they're all but lost and you need to go to a great deal of trouble to obtain them.

[DumdogsWorld]

Lore reasons. Soul crystals are somewhat rare and precious, so they're not handed out to just any rookie who comes waltzing in. In some class storylines like scholar's they're all but lost and you need to go to a great deal of trouble to obtain them.

Couldn't the fix be to use lore excuses, then? Like, the class guild or whatever gives you a useless, non-magical trinket as a sign of membership and the item changes its name and icon once you reach level 30 in order to become a soul crystal.