[dev1058] Response on new Armoury System Class/Job info

[Lerris]

You balance classes and job separately, you don't balance each single combination.

In XI we had what, 18 jobs? so with the sub-jobs it's 18jobs x 17 possible sub-jobs = 306. It worked out not too bad

If you balance them separately, you're doing it wrong. That's how you end up with a broken game.

At release, FFXI had 11 jobs. (110 ). It also didn't have mix-and-match abilities from other classes. And it worked out not too bad after extensive rebalancing ( not at release ).

And releasing it in a limited fashion does not rule out opening it up to other combinations later. But, it needs to be right the first time in order for SE to save the game.

[northernsky]

If you balance them separately, you're doing it wrong. That's how you end up with a broken game.

At release, FFXI had 11 jobs. (110 ). It also didn't have mix-and-match abilities from other classes. And it worked out not too bad after extensive rebalancing ( not at release ).

And releasing it in a limited fashion does not rule out opening it up to other combinations later. But, it needs to be right the first time in order for SE to save the game.

Yup I agree with this.

[Altano]

You balance classes and job separately, you don't balance each single combination.

In XI we had what, 18 jobs? so with the sub-jobs it's 18jobs x 17 possible sub-jobs = 306. It worked out not too bad

How many of those 306 were actually viable? Some main jobs were far from useful as a sub under any circumstance. And many were far from useful under many circumstances. It encouraged experimentation, that's true, and while some experiments succeeded (/SMN for mage comes to mind), many simply were not particularly viable.

[northernsky]

How many of those 306 were actually viable? Some main jobs were far from useful as a sub under any circumstance. And many were far from useful under many circumstances. It encouraged experimentation, that's true, and while some experiments succeeded (/SMN for mage comes to mind), many simply were not particularly viable.

I would say at least 6 combinations per main class were viable, 2-3 were very good. But probably not at the moment they were released as pointed out by another poster

[Laughlyn]

1 word: EPIC

- Looking forward to try this.