Well, as it currently sits, after 30 you progress to your job. In most if not all cases you do your group a great dis-service by not equipping your gem. Granted there are times when base class kicks butt, but for the most part, job is the way to go. We are smart players though and maybe, just maybe, Rogue might be the first class that wont need it. Hard to say, but we will find out soon enough.

I imagine that Rogue and Ninja are the jobs of the base class Thief (but that's just my imagination)...wouldn't that be something.

Syn