Some observations and some questions.

Observation 1: Most of these changes appear to be incorporating concepts already in use in FFXI with tweeks. Not a bad thing in and of itself. If you have played for any length of time you have already capped your physical levels <I did 4 Months ago> and are waiting for your Rank to catch up.

Observation 2: Solo play is being relegated to leveling up to unlock jobs. With the current state of the game and its population this will mean that I will be spending less time in game as my current palying time is during the day and there appears to be no groups around for NA players that I have found. Ergo most of my play now is solo. Hopefully the New Company system will address this. Not enough details to be sure though.

Question: You are going to use Rank classes to unlock quests for corresponding jobs. Once unlocked are these jobs at a basic level or will we receive stats in proportions to the Ranks we have acheived. If it is at the formewr I see no need to take any DOW class to 50.

Observation 3: Crafting Ranks were not addressed and did not need to be for those who asked. The current classes can stand alone from DoW.

Observation 4: Though I am in favor of most of the changes listed absolutly no time table was hinted at. When can we expect to start seeing implementation? Do you have a projected completion time? While I understand that all dates would be subject to change an indication of your thimking on this would be beneficial.