Please do not lock Jobs to the Weapon Class that unlocks them.

[Hellsoul-Sama]

All I can say is that I seriously hope SE looks at this thread and sees all of the commotion and pressure to make a proper job system, cause if they mess up, the forums will explode...

hear that SE? Take this golden opportunity to actually provide some life to FFXIV... don't fail this miserably and just give us another reason to leave FFXIV again... this time for good. lol

[EdenArchangel]

Does anyone know which page the Community Rep's response is? Or is able to quote it for those curious just for that?

[Sorel]

Spoke to the dev. team to try and wrangle some more details regarding the upcoming job system. The current thinking is to have one job for one class. So for example, if you are a gladiator, the job you could unlock would be paladin, etc. Right now, we can't give any further details about the possibility of having multiple jobs per class.

To try and stave off the coming flood of "So if gladiator becomes paladin, then what will xyz class unlock?" You'll have to stay tuned for more details in the future!

Here you go. Page 81. Post #801. Or follow the link in the quote.

[Asmeret]

Here you go. Page 81. Post #801. Or follow the link in the quote.

I don't understand that quote. Why only have 1 job per each class? It doesn't make much sense. If there's only going to be one job, then they should just add skills to the class. The only way jobs would be viable for different party play is to have different ways to play it.

[Lerris]

I don't understand that quote. Why only have 1 job per each class? It doesn't make much sense. If there's only going to be one job, then they should just add skills to the class. The only way jobs would be viable for different party play is to have different ways to play it.

In that quote, Bayohne is referring to unlocking jobs. It's still unclear whether we'll be able to use the jobs with other classes.

As to why only 1... probably to get things released ASAP. The phrase "current thinking" suggests to me that they aren't ruling out more for the future.

[Mack]

In that quote, Bayohne is referring to unlocking jobs. It's still unclear whether we'll be able to use the jobs with other classes.

Actually you're just in denial. Bayhone's post clearly states that its on job per class and he even gave an example of Gladiator unlocking Paladin (i.e., Gladiator specializes as Paladin) and he even went on to say there is nothing planned with regards to job specialization on different classes, the typical response you would expect from SE. Job are only specializations, so it will take Gladiator and make it a much better tank and call it Paladin (it will do this by tweaking its stats most likely and giving it access to job specific abilities), it will do the same with Marauder and make it a much better DD and maybe call it Warrior, etc. They are separating overworld party/solo play from party dungeon play. At first I thought its a good idea now I don't even care.

[Lerris]

Spoke to the dev. team to try and wrangle some more details regarding the upcoming job system. The current thinking is to have one job for one class. So for example, if you are a gladiator, the job you could unlock would be paladin, etc. Right now, we can't give any further details about the possibility of having multiple jobs per class.

To try and stave off the coming flood of "So if gladiator becomes paladin, then what will xyz class unlock?" You'll have to stay tuned for more details in the future!

Actually you're just in denial. Bayhone's post clearly states that its on job per class and he even gave an example of Gladiator unlocking Paladin (i.e., Gladiator specializes as Paladin) and he even went on to say there is nothing planned with regards to job specialization on different classes, the typical response you would expect from SE. Job are only specializations, so it will take Gladiator and make it a much better tank and call it Paladin (it will do this by tweaking its stats most likely and giving it access to job specific abilities), it will do the same with Marauder and make it a much better DD and maybe call it Warrior, etc. They are separating overworld party/solo play from party dungeon play. At first I thought its a good idea now I don't even care.

Is there a quote other than this one that you're referring to? Because I haven't read it.

And to accuse me of being in denial when I really don't care whether we can use jobs on other classes or not is senseless. I'm not saying it's not true, I'm saying SE hasn't addressed the question. Show me a dev post that proves me wrong.

[Evangela]

1 job per 1 class

and 1 class per 1 job

ok, this game is not going anywhere better

[Mack]

You're reading it like you wanna read it and not like its written. Bayhone said, in the one you quoted above, that a single class will unlock a single job, meaning one job per class. Him saying, "Right now, we can't give any further details about the possibility of having multiple jobs per class." Pretty much saying there currently is no possibility of that happening. We'll see when its released I guess, sorry for saying you're in denial forget I said that I don't care to start a fight about this. But yea, guess we'll find out soon.

[Sorel]

I'm making myself sound like a broken record, but ...

The current thinking is to have one job for one class.

The word "for" is too imprecise. Does "for" mean "unlock" or does it mean "available to"?? The implications of each are very different.

So for example, if you are a gladiator, the job you could unlock would be paladin, etc.

This sentence seems to indicate the the word "for" in the previous sentence meant "unlock".

Right now, we can't give any further details about the possibility of having multiple jobs per class.

Again, "having" is too imprecise a word. Does "having" mean "unlocking" or does it mean "playing as"??

Simply put, Bayohne's post requires clarification that only the Community and/or Development Team can provide. Until then, this topic is still very debatable.