I sort of wish players could only choose one job.

[LlenCoram]

I think I start to feel a little disconnected to FFXIV when my tank changes out of his plated armor and into a dress. And if we are going to split hairs let me point out that learning how to bake, play tennis, and ride horses aren't exactly difficult things to learn in comparison to what our characters endure to level a job. I can say this because I actually work in a Bakery, my mother owns horses, and I played tennis in high school.

I mean, how likely is it to meet someone who is an expert at everything? Because that's exactly what our characters in FFXIV are made out to be. If I were to try to make a correlation in real life, it would be like someone attending college and getting a masters degree in everything. Is it cool to play a character who excels in everything? Definitely! Realistic? I don't think so.


It's this that ruins my immersion, when I was playing FXIV I felt like I could actually feel reality warping to suit the needs, desires, and actions of my character when she began to quest for a new job. Is tjis job restricted only to the best, to a certain gender, or to a certain type of person? Regardless, my character was will be able to get in, on account of her incredible skills/communication, etc. My character is the only one who is able to fix things, because the things get fixed in response to her.

It is like challenges of taking on that job to the typical person in the game has a 'blurry' sense, as if it has been shunted aside, like experience, central themes, etc. in favor of the character. I mean, we often do we see NPCs change their job entirely with little to nothing suggesting that they had any experience with it. It's as if... oh, something doesn't really exist until we come in contact with it. It's gotten to the point that our character could go into a field and grab a cup and a box of cookies, yet you really had no idea they were there, til she makes them appear. Is it likely that these things may have occurred to a character in that world for one of these jobs, probably. All of them? I highly doubt it.

Essentially, our characters have been molded into "Mary-sues" who are always in the right place at the right time. I would rather play a character who took on a realistic amount of challenges, with reasonable difficulty so that when I finally achieved my goal I would really feel like I've earned it. Not like it was handed to me with little effort on my part to cater to convenience.

Even in FFXIV the NPC's are shocked at how our character seems to innately pick up a job with such ease, despite how their background would suggest that they spent their entire life training and working to get where our characters are in only a few days. And I want to remind you that I'm not going trying to say that you're wrong, or that my opinion is somehow better, I'm merely pointing out why I feel the way I do.

What you want is easily achieved in the game now. Very simply, don't play other classes. Make your character, choose a class, and only play that one class. Done. That way you get your prefered way to play, and you don't gimp the rest of us into playing YOUR version of the game.

I'm sure you'll argue that it's impossible to only play one class, but it's really not. Some will ask you to play a certain class, others will require it, but who cares. Play the game your way. In return, let us play the game our way.

[KyahAlmasy]

What you want is easily achieved in the game now. Very simply, don't play other classes. Make your character, choose a class, and only play that one class. Done. That way you get your prefered way to play, and you don't gimp the rest of us into playing YOUR version of the game.

I'm sure you'll argue that it's impossible to only play one class, but it's really not. Some will ask you to play a certain class, others will require it, but who cares. Play the game your way. In return, let us play the game our way.

I don't want the game to change! I want others to enjoy the game too. This is just me explaining why some of the elements of multiple jobs is distasteful to me. I enjoy having conversations and hearing the opinions of others on this type of stuff! And it's not like we have much else to do while we wait for the beta! :3

And you're right, technically it's not impossible. But if I decided not to join a party every time they wanted me to change a job I wouldn't be doing much playing at all. It's delusional to simply do it for my own sake and ignore the reality of the game. I've swallowed that bitter pill a long time ago.