Thief, Musketeer, Dark Knight, and Arcanist

[Arcell]

Seems I am the only one who likes the idea of being locked into a Paladin or Dark Knight, picking your class and sticking to it should be encouraged, otherwise we just end up with everyone running around being anything they want, there is no individuality or specialisation in the game and it allows people to make their decisions lightly..

But that's the entire point of the system that the game uses. Everyone CAN level all jobs to cap and use them as they please. All specializing does is force people to play alts, still the same number of people running around with it. There's still plenty of individuality as people tend to pick a few classes as their functional main classes but they still have the option to do other things if they put the time/gil into it.

[Vanguard319]

But that's the entire point of the system that the game uses. Everyone CAN level all jobs to cap and use them as they please. All specializing does is force people to play alts, still the same number of people running around with it. There's still plenty of individuality as people tend to pick a few classes as their functional main classes but they still have the option to do other things if they put the time/gil into it.

Also, what if a certain job becomes undesirable in a party? You are effectively screwed if you are that job.

[Arcell]

Also, what if a certain job becomes undesirable in a party? You are effectively screwed if you are that job.

Exactly. Let's say that for whatever reason Paladin is really desirable for Dungeon A but not for Dungeon B. Well if you chose Paladin, you're shit outta luck if you want to do Dungeon B. Better level another class/job regardless of if you actually want to play it or if you even enjoy it. Locking out classes/jobs is a bad idea, it just creates more problems than it's worth.

I would only be okay with locking classes/jobs out if there was a quest to regain access to both. A temporary lock-out with a really tough quest which would allow you to have both. I would be okay with that because at least then I'd have the option of getting both back, but it would have to be difficult to do so.