Quote Originally Posted by SieyaM View Post
I will say that since the loss of job/class quests and gaining abilities from them I feel like I haven't really earned anything when levelling up a job. The new abilities are just kind of handed to you without any kind of fanfare or reason for us to have learned them. It would be alright if that were consistent, but we started out learning these skills from mentors and events and now it feels kind of like eh whatever you levelled up so here is some new stuff.
Someone actually came up with a reason for that which involved the soul crystals. Everything you learn through your job quests is learned from the information stored in the soul crystal. When you finish your job quests you begin coming up with the techniques yourself, and instead you are now putting information into the soul crystals as you develop.

It fits the lore, even if it doesn't change how you feel or even if it might just be a poor excuse.