Quote Originally Posted by DefectiveMuse View Post
What has made you think Dancer and Machinist branch off of the Archer job?

The good news is that you're incorrect. Only one base class splits into two: Arcanist becomes Summoner and Scholar. And none of the DLC added classes (Dancer, Gunbreaker, (edit to add: Samurai, Red Mage), Dark Knight, Astrologian) have a base class. You will start Astrologian and Dark Knight at level 30 by default, (edit to add: Samurai and Red Mage at leveel 50), and Dancer and Gunbreaker at level 60.

Why not just start a new job as that thaumaturge? you can have every class on one character. And just buy a fantasia when you have $10, and boom you've got new race, new class, same story progression.

Though, of course, do what you want. I remade characters a few times too until I got tired of doing the early story, haha.
In ARR and HW, cross-class was a Thing. To become BLM you had to have ARC at level 15. DRG? Level 15 MRD. WHM? Level 15 THM (I think--or maybe that was just to unlock Swiftcast). That was all dissolved in Stormblood but if it's been a while since the OP has played then I totally understand the mindset.