Quote Originally Posted by Aeyis View Post
No idea why they didnt give you actual choice; for example being able to become a warrior or paladin if you leveled gladiator.
Blame 1.0. They wanted to make the classes more "versatile," but then tacked on jobs later.
Initially the developers wanted to do like they did with ACN->SCH/SMN and have multiple jobs branch off a single class, but that didn't end up working out so they scrapped the idea, but apparently left the originals in there in case they decide to come back to it down the road.