No More Classes?

[LeoEmpire]

None of these new Jobs have Classes attached to them. Do we hate Classes now? Arcanist is my favorite thing in the game right now because it's playing with a base skill set in very different ways. I love the dynamism and was hoping we'd see more like that with the other existing classes. Instead it looks like we're setting up to do away with them completely! I really hope that's not the case.

[Terrini]

I think they're doing away with them because they aren't going to add these new jobs at character creation, so if you will, they don't need new classes as it requires you to level another one first anyway.

But I agree, I was hoping to see more class/job divergences like SCH/SMN

[Hiruke]

Classes are essentially useless, and we'd be much better off without them. I'd rather see SCH get their own dps skills that borrow from SMN, and I think many would rather be able to allocate bonus stats differently to SMN and SCH rather than them share a set. There's really very little legitimate reason to use a class once you have the job, and the cons heavily outweight the pros, so what's the benefit of having classes as a system to begin with?

I think they'll keep the class sytem, and just not use classes in the future. I'd rather they just junk classes altogether, though, and make the guilds solely for lore value. It sure doesn't look like they are adding a musketeer class any time soon!

[Asheilin]

I agree with Hiruke. The class system is useless. we should start as the JOB, as the level 1 class; at 30 we take the new questline by proving we have a grasp at our secondary skillset. So as a level 30 paladin, we take the quest that proves we have a grasp of white magic; gaining our Soul Crystal which increases our stats and allows us to continue the Paladin Storyline; leading us into our Artifact Gear.

[LeoEmpire]

To me the big advantage comes from versatility, you level one class and you can fulfill 2 roles. I also like that it gives weight to the Bonus Point allocation system in the first place, there doesn't seem to be much point if everyone does it the exact same way. This way it forces you to make a decision, not like you couldn't change it later if you wanted to. To me the purpose of the class isn't to use it independent of Jobs but to serve as the foundation to how you approach a given role. That's why I was really hoping to see more classes get a 2nd Job attached since in most every case, the class is indeed useless.

[Mimilu]

I hope they turn the classes into there own jobs. >3>
My question is, if they get rid of classes, how are they going to handle Scholar and Summoner?

[TheodoreMcIntyre]

I hope they turn the classes into there own jobs. >3>
My question is, if they get rid of classes, how are they going to handle Scholar and Summoner?

They're probably not going to get rid of them.
If anything, they're just not going to use it anymore for future classes.

[Bishop81]

None of these new Jobs have Classes attached to them. Do we hate Classes now? Arcanist is my favorite thing in the game right now because it's playing with a base skill set in very different ways. I love the dynamism and was hoping we'd see more like that with the other existing classes. Instead it looks like we're setting up to do away with them completely! I really hope that's not the case.

I believe they are getting rid of classes and cross-class skills in general - not killed outright but left to die a "natural death" via neglect; they will get more and more useless as they add more and more abilities to Jobs.

"Configurability" makes it harder to balance for raiding.

Personally I find such design boring, but ... /shrug

[Mirron]

Cross-class skills still exist, so it's not like they're "dying". Likely that Rogue didn't get factored in because they need to rebalance everything to make sure it works out, which will come with the expansion.

[mdha02]

I don't think they will do away with current classes. Will there be more classes? Probably not. I think it will be easier for them to to come up with the 7 job skills then it is to come up with the however many class skills you get plus those 7 from the job. I think it makes it easier to add new jobs to the game rather than having to wait for expansions. Just my thought. I could be totally wrong.