Delete auto-learn of skills

[Kirol]

While I agree with this, it would be counter-intuitive to delete retrospectively learned skills.
I mean, really, would you have the next patch with a bunch of R50s all with no skills farming the same NMs for the best skills and spells, or have them all bought from a shop? What would be the point in that other than remove gil from the system?
I like the idea, I have to say, although it would be an impossibility.

[MattyWS]

While I agree with this, it would be counter-intuitive to delete retrospectively learned skills.
I mean, really, would you have the next patch with a bunch of R50s all with no skills farming the same NMs for the best skills and spells, or have them all bought from a shop? What would be the point in that other than remove gil from the system?
I like the idea, I have to say, although it would be an impossibility.

Or, as an alternative people fail to see, let everyone keep their abilities and from now on, make them quested or drops or bought. This way, any new abilities will need to be worked for in the future and any new players from now on will have to work for it. Now, this may sound unfair because it means any R50 people right now will have not worked for it and anyone else from now on will have to work for it. That's just something that people will have to live with though.

Just so you know it's not just for my benefit that this system should be in place, I have no R50s and I don't have any mage jobs levelled yet, but I will in the future, and I'd be happy to do it.

[Kirol]

No, no, that was something I'd thought of. That would just breed haters having to jump through hoops to get something others got for free.
Ancient magic, for instance, say your friend got given a ferrari for free for being age 24, but you're age 23, and it's your birthday in a few days...
Boom. Life updates, and you now have to save up to buy one.
Just a weak example.
Still, the system won't change, at least not for a long time. It's a good idea and of course happened in FFXI, although a bad idea at the same time due to RMT activity (for example I never got some of my elemental spirit spells for SMN on FFXI, and a few spells on some other jobs for them costing too much or being too hard to farm) it's a touchy subject at best, so I feel we should leave it as it is.
Another way to learn skills would be to reach an applicable level, then visit an NPC and pay gil to learn the skill temporarly, then complete a quest to fully learn it (Just like real life!)
But yeah.
Just my two pennies.
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Moreover, there are skills you learn through guild marks, so I suppose not everything is autolearn... Perhaps post-50 skills will have to be taught? Maybe there is hope for your cause yet.
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