Quote Originally Posted by Reika View Post
Without physical levels, your new job will have brand-new player stats.
Akihiko Matsui didn't actually state that's what would happen. He just said that stat gains would be keyed to gaining rank. It is entirely possible that once you gain a stat point you get to keep it no matter what class you change to.

It is possible (i.e. speculation) that ranking up different classes would gain you different stat points. So a player who went straight Gladiator for 50 Ranks gained 100 VIT, 50 STR, and 50 DEX. If that player started to rank up Marauder, they would still get to keep those stat gains from Gladiator.

That would truly be "organic-growth" as originally envisioned by Hiromichi Tanaka.