Samurai!?

[mythicrose]

I am in support of new classes requiring you to level from 1-50. The problem is that as it stands, the easiest way to get to 50 is by using FATE parties, which most of the time do nothing to teach you your job. I think this is very vital in cases such as SMN vs SCH. Going from DPS to healer in one fell swoop can be a bad experience for some.

I understand you concern. I leveled up both paladin and warrior through dungeons. It's not feasible (especially for dps classes) to level through the dungeon experience to "learn" their class. Even the first class going through the quests 1 - 50 aren't really "taught" how to play outside of a few mandatory dungeons. Sometimes the best (and worst) learning is trial by fire.

As you said, the best way to level up is FATE running. Going from 1 - 50 again won't do much good to learn the class. This is just a pointless grind. Don't get me wrong, I dislike people that level through FATES and don't learn their class mechanics well when using DF for things. Is it "fair" to learn how to play the class at other's expense? Depends on the people you group with as some are friendly and some are down right hostile. However, as I do use the DF, I acknowledge I take a gamble on who ever it groups me with.