Discussion for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XX

[StrejdaTom]

Congratulations Square-Enix for taking everything I loved about FFXIV and getting rid of it.

Closing account.... now.

Bye, I don't think this game and community will miss anyone who can't even provide a valuable feedback.

Why does derplander have more emotes than my character? -_-

[AnnaMolly]

Congratulations Square-Enix for taking everything I loved about FFXIV and getting rid of it.

Closing account.... now.

What are they getting rid of? lol

[Lexia]

So new jobs start at level 30... going to be some teething issues as people learn the new rotations and abilities, but it's better than having to start from 1.

Cause it so hard to level up from level one.... I would preferred if they started at 1.

[Callinon]

Cause it so hard to level up from level one.... I would preferred if they started at 1.

I'd have preferred they start at 1 too. As for the class vs job semantics nonsense.. I don't care what you call them, they should've started at 1.

[Kotemon]

So new jobs start at level 30... going to be some teething issues as people learn the new rotations and abilities, but it's better than having to start from 1.

Makes sense since its a job. But If they use a soul crystal like other jobs then does that mean, Drk, Mak, Ast can walk about with out the need to equip a weapon? If so what base class is required for the new jobs. Or will they have their own pre lv 30 skills?

[Wildsprite]

If so what base class is required for the new jobs. Or will they have their own pre lv 30 skills?

this is a question on my mind as well

[Callinon]

Makes sense since its a job. But If they use a soul crystal like other jobs then does that mean, Drk, Mak, Ast can walk about with out the need to equip a weapon? If so what base class is required for the new jobs. Or will they have their own pre lv 30 skills?

Odds are they'll have their own set of skills and not be tied to any class (elsewise they would start at 50 for a lot of people, which is not a thing). My assumption is that they'll be controlled by the equipped weapon like everything else is and just won't involve a soul crystal. They'll basically be treated like classes except they'll be called jobs.

[kyuven]

Makes sense since its a job. But If they use a soul crystal like other jobs then does that mean, Drk, Mak, Ast can walk about with out the need to equip a weapon? If so what base class is required for the new jobs. Or will they have their own pre lv 30 skills?

It'll most likely work like Tera and WoW's added classes. They'll start with a number of skills about equal with the classes.
They will not use a soul crystal. There's no mechanical reason for them to exist for the new jobs, and SE would jump at the chance to save adding more unnecessary inventory slots.

[Balipu]

Makes sense since its a job. But If they use a soul crystal like other jobs then does that mean, Drk, Mak, Ast can walk about with out the need to equip a weapon? If so what base class is required for the new jobs. Or will they have their own pre lv 30 skills?

Definitely not without weapons. Either they just forget about soul crystals or they make the 3 new soul crystal equippable with any base class and make the main hand weapons equipable only when the soul crystal is on, so the crystals themselves don't change your class.

[Kuwaitum]

Makes sense since its a job. But If they use a soul crystal like other jobs then does that mean, Drk, Mak, Ast can walk about with out the need to equip a weapon? If so what base class is required for the new jobs. Or will they have their own pre lv 30 skills?

They'll be treated as Classes (currently), you don't need a Soul Crystal to be (Arch/Pug/Lnc/Arc/Thm/Cnj/Rog/Gla/War).

I don't see why the name 'Job' must be connected to 'Soul Crystal'.. Plus, in a review of the New 'Jobs'.. I recall seeing the name on screen 'Class' not 'Job'.. either way.. there won't be a 'Soul Crystal'... that means 'ready to use' and being it at Lv.30 makes it easier to new players to catch up.