Class system Discussion

[Enkidoh]

SE won't replace the Armoury System - that question was asked of players on this very forum back when Yoshi-P first took over and players voted overwhelmingly to keep it (hence why Jobs simply upgrade from a class). Unfortunately players don't actually see exactly what classes truly are - they're not so much a DnD style class but more a set of abilities based around a specific weapon (hence why they're really called 'Disciplines'). All the Job is is just a specialization that builds on from that.

EDIT: and following on from that, ironically classes as originally designed in 1.0 were pretty much what you are advocating ZDamned - classes didn't level up with exp, they leveled up with 'skill points' - instead players had a basic 'physical level' that was raised with exp, and their class instead 'ranked up'. This system was never really popular and physical levels were scrapped when Jobs were implemented, with classes instead levelling up via exp, like what we have now.