The harp is a lie.

[FestAkos]

So what are they planning? You access the jobs after 30 with the current classes then eventually they get rid of all the current classes, fully replacing them with the 'jobs'?

Well, this is the question on all our minds. The devs simply haven't given us enough information on the subject. But from what I understand jobs will be more group oriented and the armory classes will be more solo oriented. So if you like archer as a ranged DD right now, you might be out of luck until they add the Ranger job.

[Scardon]

Well, this is the question on all our minds. The devs simply haven't given us enough information on the subject. But from what I understand jobs will be more group oriented and the armory classes will be more solo oriented. So if you like archer as a ranged DD right now, you might be out of luck until they add the Ranger job.

Seems so. Now I have to decide if I'm going to put up with this ridiculous BS. Forget what they are doing with this archer/bard crap, they are basically saying all the current classes and all the work everyone has done with them are going to become more or less useless. Using one of the current classes full time would be simply gimping yourself. I guess this replacement of current classes people worked on is payment in lieu of paying a subscription.

"You guys don't have to pay a sub because the game isn't done and the game is being overhauled to make all the work you did on current classes a huge waste of time. You're welcome."

At least now I know there's no point in leveling past 30. Get 30, do some stuff to earn access to a useful job, completely abandon level 30 class.

[Alkoun]

Well, this is the question on all our minds. The devs simply haven't given us enough information on the subject. But from what I understand jobs will be more group oriented and the armory classes will be more solo oriented. So if you like archer as a ranged DD right now, you might be out of luck until they add the Ranger job.

But what's to stop us from playing a class in a group? Why play a RNG or BRD in a group if I can instead be an ARC with MRD and GLA and LNC and CNJ and THM skills?

[Scardon]

But what's to stop us from playing a class in a group? Why play a RNG or BRD in a group if I can instead be an ARC with MRD and GLA and LNC and CNJ and THM skills?

Because apparently there design goal is to change things in such a way where jobs will be infinitely more useful in a group than any combo of class skills. Even if someone does find a useful combo of class stuff they can just gimp the hell out of it until its worse than all the jobs. At least this is the intent I gather from all these dev posts.

[Scardon]

Well if they want to increase bard damage over archer that would be nice. But it will probably be all DPS jobs do more damage than the classes, and bard will just do the same damage as archer (less than the other damage jobs though) while slinging buffs.