SECOND Job Stones for base classes of ARR?

[Tonkra]

I agree with the devs; I would rather a completely new job with completely new weapons, not “Paladin, but he’s a healer now”.

It doesn’t serve the game- having a player spend less time in game, by way of leveling jobs, loses revenue if you level two jobs at once

I get that argument. I dont know what the statistics about maximizing every class in the game is. But with every expansion comes a new level cap.. new jobs to level, new content to go through.
I personally feel i cant catch up with the content and the classes i like to play anymore (since the amount of classes is growing and growing + the level cap) , because it feels to be "too much content". This can kill motivation and money, too. By the way.

I guess many players in FF14 dont quit, because there is "nothing to do". And secondly it doesnt stop the devs to develope complete new jobs for an expansion simultaneously, too.

It doesn’t serve the player well, as a player might level job X exclusively on dps, then be pressured to heal or tank which they have no experience and possibly interest in doing.

Seems to work for SCH / SMNs i guess. And being *slightly pushed into a role can also result in discovering an other job role / class for yourself (other than dps), too.


Just saying.

But why couldn't you simply have a Ranger job that would not be tied to the archer class then?

First: They'd share the same weapon. Secondly: they wouldnt need to develope a whole new job. It would be more like the same base class / job with a refreshing new twist / spec.

[Garnix]

First: They'd share the same weapon. Secondly: they wouldnt need to develope a whole new job. It would be more like the same base class / job with a refreshing new twist / spec.

They wouldn't though.
SMN and SCH both use books. But not the same books.
WHM and BLM both use two handed staves despite being different classes.
So both jobs could have a bow without having the same base class.

To be honest though, I also want a Ranger job. But I kinda want it to get a crossbow instead of a bow.

Edit: and as proven by SCH and SMN, your second point is not valid. The two jobs have nothing in common anymore.

[Vahlnir]

To be honest though, I also want a Ranger job. But I kinda want it to get a crossbow instead of a bow.

A crossbow job is something I could get behind.

[kaynide]

Re: Ranger

I expect a crossbow job at some point; possibly even dual crossbows a la Diablo or Linkle.

But, on bows... it's not really an issue at all as many have said, WHM and BLM both use staff. It would be a non-issue. I mean, Guildwars 2 has 2 different types of bow. Guildlwars 1 had 5.

[Tonkra]

Edit: and as proven by SCH and SMN, your second point is not valid. The two jobs have nothing in common anymore.

Because one is a healer and one a dps class.. so?

Mustnt be the same for a Dragoon <> Wyvern Master (for example)

Although a beastmaster <> warrior could be completely different, too.
So why not?