The level link between Jobs and Classes

[Kraggy]

For me the original concept was fine, sadly too many XIV players were stuck in XI mode and wanted to feel unique snowflakes in whatever 'role' they played, so they complained about the 'multi-classing' nature of the game as it was released.

Sadly SE caved in to this demand for retro-style character development and we went back to an XI-kinda structure, but without the simplicity of XI's job/subjob structure.

Worst of all worlds, it didn't appeal those who liked the more free-form character construction of the original nor to those stuck in the 2002 world of rigid 'dual-classing'.

[Shougun]

For me the original concept was fine, sadly too many XIV players were stuck in XI mode and wanted to feel unique snowflakes in whatever 'role' they played, so they complained about the 'multi-classing' nature of the game as it was released.

Sadly SE caved in to this demand for retro-style character development and we went back to an XI-kinda structure, but without the simplicity of XI's job/subjob structure.

Worst of all worlds, it didn't appeal those who liked the more free-form character construction of the original nor to those stuck in the 2002 world of rigid 'dual-classing'.

Agreed ( mostly - Yoshida himself wanted classes to be more structured ). It screwed a lot of its pros and just introduced more cons XD

put that jackie chain mind blown image here.jpg

Why not just tell everyone you are scrapping the system.. or dont and keep what made it good.. lol

[Duelle]

For me the original concept was fine, sadly too many XIV players were stuck in XI mode and wanted to feel unique snowflakes in whatever 'role' they played, so they complained about the 'multi-classing' nature of the game as it was released.

Sadly SE caved in to this demand for retro-style character development and we went back to an XI-kinda structure, but without the simplicity of XI's job/subjob structure.

Worst of all worlds, it didn't appeal those who liked the more free-form character construction of the original nor to those stuck in the 2002 world of rigid 'dual-classing'.

The alternative would have been what The Secret World currently has: abilities can be used by anyone so long as they have the appropriate weapons, but setting certain abilities creates a "pre-built deck', which in their context would be no different than what we know as jobs. Set certain abilities and you're a witch hunter. Set certain abilities and you were an exorcist. Set certain abilities and you were an assassin. And so on.

Is it perfect? Not really. Would it have worked in this game? No idea.

I'm okay with the current system, and will continue to be so long as the jobs keep getting things that make sense for them. I know it sacrifices some versatility (I know the chance of me seeing Holy Knight implemented are slim to none), but if it means the jobs stay within concept, I'm fine with that.

[Azurus]

For me the original concept was fine, sadly too many XIV players were stuck in XI mode and wanted to feel unique snowflakes in whatever 'role' they played, so they complained about the 'multi-classing' nature of the game as it was released.

Sadly SE caved in to this demand for retro-style character development and we went back to an XI-kinda structure, but without the simplicity of XI's job/subjob structure.

Worst of all worlds, it didn't appeal those who liked the more free-form character construction of the original nor to those stuck in the 2002 world of rigid 'dual-classing'.

it has nothing to do with being "stuck in 2002" it has to do with the fact that literally every class played exactly the same and their were a select number of skills everyone used since they made for the fastest grinding of coblyns. it was real dumb. THM tank anyone? the system was fine? really? u say it gave freedom but it just pidgeonholed u in to leveling certain classes for certain skills so you could solo effectively. (before classes there was no real content to balance around) before jobs it was just zerg world nms with a thm tank.