Quote Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi View Post
at start FFXI had warrior,monk,white mage, black mage, red mage and thief. That's 6 XD btw it's already confirmed they'll add cross-class jobs, just not now
actually the game shipped in japan with advanced classes, you just had to hit 30 first, no new patch expansion or anything was required this means in vanilla you had
mnk war thf rdm whm blm pld drk brd bst rng which is 11 jobs.

they also had an expansion out within 13 months of the originall release that added drg samurai ninja and sort of smn

as far as the cross class thing, he said in an interview they were thinking about it, but it would be long term. Which i would say means it is more likely than not, but not guaranteed, and it would probably be a long time away, since jobs is at best currently slated for 1.21, and they are claim they will need a lot of feedback and adjustment