Thread: @ Darkhold Discussion and possible 1.18 Job System

Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

I believe in 1.18 we will be getting the first of the Class adjustments that come along with the auto attack system. From what it sounds like we will no longer be able to cross class as we please and will be restricted to lower tier skill's and abilities from other classes. So you wouldn't be able to equip cure 3 on your MRD only Cure 1 and maybe Cure 2 depending where they set the cut off point.

I wouldn't have a problem with this if it were the case actually. It doesn't do the game balance any good if everyone is a veritable ubermensch throughout the whole game. This gives it the sort of limits that subjobs had in FFXI, while still giving the ability to mix and match a variety of abilities from other classes as per the armory system, while still saying "you need a specialist".

Sounds like what I originally thought the Armory system was going to be.

Originally Posted by Malakhim

I wouldn't have a problem with this if it were the case actually. It doesn't do the game balance any good if everyone is a veritable ubermensch throughout the whole game. This gives it the sort of limits that subjobs had in FFXI, while still giving the ability to mix and match a variety of abilities from other classes as per the armory system, while still saying "you need a specialist".

Sounds like what I originally thought the Armory system was going to be.

Exactly I am thinking of it as a sub job 2.0 system in which you are not limited to just one class to choose skills from but every class. Now the trick will be in the balancing, SE said they would be making more skills Class specific and they wouldn't be allowed to cross class, so hopefully nothing like Utsusemi will come along and break everything by being allowed to cross class ^^

Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

Exactly I am thinking of it as a sub job 2.0 system in which you are not limited to just one class to choose skills from but every class. Now the trick will be in the balancing, SE said they would be making more skills Class specific and they wouldn't be allowed to cross class, so hopefully nothing like Utsusemi will come along and break everything by being allowed to cross class ^^

If they are starting the cross class blocking (before jobs) in 1.18 then they need to do it completely. If you take away Cure III from all jobs except CON then you need to take away Cure I-II as well. There can be no compromise. That would defeat the purpose of trying to specialize classes. If SE decides to half ass another aspect like not doing a full cross class block, the content will be a cake walk once again due to classes still being jacks of all trades.