Jobs and Class, I am nervous now.

[Ryuko]

From what I'm gathering, you are sacrificing versatility for efficiency.

By equipping a job, you may lose your ability to raise... but gain boons elsewhere. If your group is FLAWLESS, you'll be able to kill faster, and with ease... but if someone dies? Not everyone can raise anymore, and not everyone can cure anymore. Fights will be much harder because if you are not PERFECT in your strategy, your group will surely wipe. The current setup leaves room for error. Oh, did you die from a pomflare? NP, anyone can raise you, and we're all on 5 minute timers. But that just isn't the case with jobs.

I am both intrigued and nervous about this. Adjusting to 'new' fights may be harder than it would have been had we all stuck with the current system. I'm thinking what may end up happening is... people will assume different jobs (or none at all!) to maintain a balance of both versatility and efficiency. In a group with two CNJ, one might go WHM while the other stays CNJ. In a group with multiple Archers, some may change to BRD while others stay strictly ARC.

I think the problem here is that too many people are assuming that just because we can USE a job means we MUST use a job during every moment of every day. In the end, it might make sense to switch on/off of your job... similar to the way a 'stance' works now.

[NoctisUmbra]

From what I'm gathering, you are sacrificing versatility for efficiency.

By equipping a job, you may lose your ability to raise... but gain boons elsewhere. If your group is FLAWLESS, you'll be able to kill faster, and with ease... but if someone dies? Not everyone can raise anymore, and not everyone can cure anymore. Fights will be much harder because if you are not PERFECT in your strategy, your group will surely wipe. The current setup leaves room for error. Oh, did you die from a pomflare? NP, anyone can raise you, and we're all on 5 minute timers. But that just isn't the case with jobs.

I am both intrigued and nervous about this. Adjusting to 'new' fights may be harder than it would have been had we all stuck with the current system. I'm thinking what may end up happening is... people will assume different jobs (or none at all!) to maintain a balance of both versatility and efficiency. In a group with two CNJ, one might go WHM while the other stays CNJ. In a group with multiple Archers, some may change to BRD while others stay strictly ARC.

I think the problem here is that too many people are assuming that just because we can USE a job means we MUST use a job during every moment of every day. In the end, it might make sense to switch on/off of your job... similar to the way a 'stance' works now.

I wouldn't go so far as to say you have to be perfect.

It's simply much more dependent on teamwork.