Jobstones

[TheMightyMollusk]

2. SMN should be split off from Arcanist into its own job. Just reassign all of its identity to "SMN" instead of "ARC" like expansion jobs, and have it be acquired and start leveling at level 30 absent the ARC pre-reqs. Like a HW job but beginning at ARR-appropriate level 30 instead of 50.

I would argue that Scholar should be the one split off. Summoner follows more obviously from arcanist, as a DPS using summoned arcane creatures as a focus. Scholar branches off into healing instead.

[Supersnow845]

I would argue that Scholar should be the one split off. Summoner follows more obviously from arcanist, as a DPS using summoned arcane creatures as a focus. Scholar branches off into healing instead.

However SCH retains actual pet control being somewhat core to their job design which despite the ground up rework is still very much part of ACN’s lore

SMN meanwhile could delete carbuncle tomorrow and nothing would change

SCH thematically flows better from ACN than SMN does

[TheMightyMollusk]

However SCH retains actual pet control being somewhat core to their job design which despite the ground up rework is still very much part of ACN’s lore

SMN meanwhile could delete carbuncle tomorrow and nothing would change

SCH thematically flows better from ACN than SMN does

Scholar's fairy is an entirely separate entity that comes with their job stone. Carbuncles and egis are both created from the caster's aether. (Which also explains, in lore terms, why we can glamour the egis back into carbuncles, but not the fairies.)

ACN also doesn't actually control the carbuncle in any meaningful way anymore either.

[SeverianLyonesse]

I would argue that Scholar should be the one split off. Summoner follows more obviously from arcanist, as a DPS using summoned arcane creatures as a focus. Scholar branches off into healing instead.

Actually I think I will revise my suggestion and agree with you. I think I misremembered job quests and thought the Nym stuff appeared earlier in the 1-30 quests.

So I would propose Scholar and Ninja be split off into level 30 "expansion" jobs with no associated classes, and Rogue reworked into its own thing.