[dev1033] Class name changes -> Specialization/Talent Trees Into Classic FF Classes

[Abriael]

At least I hope that if they put as Advance job, rank them from 1, and with different abilities.

I personally doubt that they'll implement the old FF classes ad advanced jobs. While this system could work and some features of it are quite nice, I seriously doubt that SE can spare the development resources to do something that deep in less than biblical times.

They're more probably going to just convert the present classes in FFXI equivalents and keep the armoury system pretty much as it is (it's the very basic foundation of the game, changing it radically would require much more than changing the classes as some think. It would require going back to the most basic level of the drawing board and it would probably take no less than a year or two).

Gladiator -> Paladin
Pugilist -> Monk
Marauder -> Warrior (or Dark Knight)
Lancer -> Dragoon
Conjurer -> Black Mage
Thaumaturge -> White Mage
Archer -> Ranger

The only problem with that is located in the conjurer and thaumaturge split. Some abilities will have to be switched around in order to have a Black Mage that's a primary nuker and a White Mage that's a primary healer. Obviously some people would find issue in such an arbitrary choice, but the problem could be solved by offering some kind of conversion choice. (IE: people should be allowed to chose what class convert to what, giving them the freedom to chose between, for instance, converting their rank 50 THM to WHM and their rank 30 CON to BLM or the other way around).

The other classic Final Fantasy classes (Samurai, Ninja, Red Mage and so forth) will be probably expansion material. I very much doubt that Se will implement all the classic classes from the get go.