yeah they are planning on doing both ways, and I kind of like it that way.

You get set states at start, and set increase at level up, but then you get some points to play with and tweak yourself to what you like.

Me for instance, I want to be a Lancer/Con (with DRG I guess as job *shrugs*) and so as a Miqo'te I would already have decent ACC, so I could throw a few points in STR MND and INT.