Extend Classes into full Jobs?

[Bishop81]

Frankly, if we got rid of the stat boost on the Soulstone
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Replacing your few Job skills with 5 more crossclass CDs might actually be a gain in performance for some classes.

IMHO many Jobs are pretty much "carried" by the stat boost and the lack of the stat boost is what makes many/all Classes "non-viable".

I think SE wants to move away from cross-Class skills. The more choices in cross-class skills, the more variation in player "builds", the harder it is to balance. The fact that cross-Class skills are shared by many Classes/Jobs, makes any kind of alteration to them difficult, as changing one cross-Class skill will impact multiple Classes/Jobs, further increasing the difficulty of balancing.

It depends on how hard up SE is for Class/Job balance. It's a fine line to walk. When balance becomes an all consuming pursuit (at the expense of everything else), like in WoW, it can be detrimental to the game as a whole.