Classes and Jobs - The issue of creating unique jobs

[Gamemako]

Some will make perfect sense, while others will be very hard to adapt. The Conjurer becoming a Geomancer for instance would be great. They already have a DPS stance and some wind/earth abilities. The job itself could add stone 3/Aero 3 and then Water, Tornado and Earthquake. The only thing they may have to alter are the traits to include the DPS abilities.

The opposite is true. CNJ has only 4 damage abilities (5 if you count Fluid Aura), and one of them is all but never used (Stone). Furthermore, Cleric Stance is an obstacle. The ability swaps healing and damaging stats, which means you'd still be MND-focused and basically just be a competent DPS and healer both. For any content where a second healer isn't necessary all the time (which is most content), you'd take the Geomancer instead. That's not to mention the issue with giving the player access to two jobs with the same bonus stat.

CNJ is the dead-on worst job to fix. It has 4 damage spells and two universal damage-related traits (Maim and Mend). It has nothing for tanking at all unless you want to count Stoneskin's marginally-related utility. It's less-suited to another role than any other class -- even GLA.

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i still dont understand the point of the classes

I should find Kitru's response to this, which I feel is the best explanation. The gist of it is that jobs serve a story progression function. Any schmuck can join the Arcanists' guild. Walk in, ask for a book, get crackin'. When you become a Scholar, however, you're reviving an art lost 1500 years ago with the fall of the Nym. A job means that your character has been able to excel, to be come something remarkable. Part of growing as a character in Eorzea is surpassing the ordinary sods at the Gladiators' guild and joining the Sultansworn Elite.