Quote Originally Posted by Zebraoracle View Post
I haven't read the entire thread, but wanted to touch on this.

I see people make claims like this surprisingly often, but I always wonder, which games allow this to happen? Only a few of them actually have job systems that you can change the jobs of the party members, and even then, I can't think of any of them that let you do this other than FFV and ONLY when you're the freelancer job.

Which games actually let you do this, if it's such a "since time immemorial" sort of thing? Not being snarky, I'd actually like to be informed on this.

Definitely not 1 and 2
I didn't play 3
4 each character had their own unique job
5 sort of (as explained above)
6 each character had their own unique job
didn't play 7 but I don't think it had a job system?
I don't remember a job system in 8
didn't play 9
10 didn't have a job and the only difference between each character was their weapon and where they started on the grid
didn't play 11
12 didn't originally have a job system and everyone could equip anything as long as you spent the LP on the grid, Zodiac added a job system but you were stuck with the two jobs you choose for each character
13 I hated too much to care about it and it's too late in the series to count as "time immemorial"
15 again too late in the series to count as "time immemorial" and... didn't have a job system.

Final Fantasy Tactics maybe? I didn't play enough of it to be able to know if this happens
FFTA and A2 definitely had a job system that did not do this

So how exactly is this a "time immemorial" thing?
Final Fantasy V, once you master that job all of its bonuses and abilities can be used by the base "Freelancer" job. Which allows also allows you to wear any armor