Wouldn't having two "Freelance" classes make more sense than the current system?

[NoloeTazier]

Wait till we have 12 classes, 12 jobs. Armor will need 2 pages just to list GLD PLD MRD WAR etc. Also like it was mentioned Jobs are suppose to be more specialized classes if we have 2 jobs branching from 1 Class how much can those Jobs really be different when you get the same Class abilities, cept for a different 2nd Class, but really that doesn't add a whole lot. Gladiator -> Paladin tank. Gladiator -> Dark Knight it has tanking abilities but we all view it at as a Melee DD with Black Mage spells tossed in, I'm sure Shield Bash and Flash will come in handy.

[Skies]

Wait till we have 12 classes, 12 jobs. Armor will need 2 pages just to list GLD PLD MRD WAR etc. Also like it was mentioned Jobs are suppose to be more specialized classes if we have 2 jobs branching from 1 Class how much can those Jobs really be different when you get the same Class abilities, cept for a different 2nd Class, but really that doesn't add a whole lot. Gladiator -> Paladin tank. Gladiator -> Dark Knight it has tanking abilities but we all view it at as a Melee DD with Black Mage spells tossed in, I'm sure Shield Bash and Flash will come in handy.

You are thinking too close-minded.
What if Gladiator turns to be Red Mage, subbing into Thaumaturge and Conjurer with most of their offense coming in the form of THM and RDM spells? He'll be a mid-range attacker with good survival skills and support.
What if Gladiator turns to be Rune Knight, with abilities like Silence, giving party members MP and blocking enemy spells? The magical counterpart of Paladin.
Hell what if he turns out to be Dark Knight alright, and has an FFIVDS version of Darkness that greatly amplifies his attack power at the expense of gobs of HP, all of his self-defense abilities will be nescessary, imagine even a spell that make so he 'counters' with a draining attack when he's hit?

Open your mind, child. There is no spoon.

[Raven_Reborn]

That would be SOOO boring .... no...

when I started the game.. I enjoyed the fact that I was a Lancer and had Lancer skills.. and my friend had their own roles. Made us learning the game much more fun.

[NoloeTazier]

You are thinking too close-minded.
What if Gladiator turns to be Red Mage, subbing into Thaumaturge and Conjurer with most of their offense coming in the form of THM and RDM spells? He'll be a mid-range attacker with good survival skills and support.
What if Gladiator turns to be Rune Knight, with abilities like Silence, giving party members MP and blocking enemy spells? The magical counterpart of Paladin.
Hell what if he turns out to be Dark Knight alright, and has an FFIVDS version of Darkness that greatly amplifies his attack power at the expense of gobs of HP, all of his self-defense abilities will be nescessary, imagine even a spell that make so he 'counters' with a draining attack when he's hit?

Open your mind, child. There is no spoon.

That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about 2 Jobs stemming from the same base Class. Gladiator -> Paladin and Gladiator -> Dark Knight. It gets tanking abilities from Gladiator, but we all view Dark Knight as a DD with Black Mage. Even with say Black Mage/Arcanist as the other 2, that doesn't take away from the fact its main source of abilities are Tanking or Shield Base.