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

[solracht]

More recent version: http://i56.tinypic.com/2q34wa0.jpg

An adventurer is not a class, it's a job. The FF jobs are not classes, they are jobs. They are built on classes. They use classes (weapons) to learn skills. They aren't tied to weapons themselves.

I don't know how you'd switch into jobs (talk to NPC, equip it from the menu, I don't really care), but let's make that distinction clear.

A paladin is a sword-user, a shield-user, and a magic user.
In FFXIV terms, with our English translations, you could say a Paladin is a Gladiator, Sentinel, and Conjurer. While your job is set as paladin, equipping a sword would "turn" you into a Gladiator, and equipping a Shield into a Sentinel (but you'd still be a paladin - see the pictures on the left). Any other weapons are restricted as shown by the template in the new version.

The idea was built on the thought that our current classes are nothing but a manifestation of equipping a weapon (saying polearm skill is the same as lancer rank in that context). As such, classes and jobs are neither mutually exclusive nor conflicting.

I posted in the other thread because I didn't want to hijack this one which was clearly about specs, but oh well. Sorry Kuro : p