A Problem of Archetypes (Class Discussion)

[Betelgeuzah]

You seem to have some misconceptions or lack of information concerning the Job System.

Firstly, Classes have more diverse role and as such as suited for soloing purposes.

Secondly, Jobs perform much better in a single role in exchange for less diversity. As such they are much better suited for grouping purposes.

Your misconception is that Classes and Jobs will stand on an equal ground. This will not be the case. Jobs will be able to perform much better in their given role, while Classes can adapt a more versatile playstyle.

That said, in low-man environment where you can not fill every role with its respective Job, or in a solo-situation where you are on your own and as such need to perform in all roles, it will be more beneficial to utilize classes and their diversity.

In a traditional grouping setting, however, specialized roles are needed as the content will be tuned with that in mind. You need a specialized DPS Job to deal sufficient damage, specialized tanking Job to mitigate enough damage, and specialized healer and support Jobs to provide enough support for the group. Diversity becomes less important as every member of the group can fill a specific role, and specialization becomes more important to be able to tackle the content in question.

SE MMO's also have a fourth archetype, Buffer/CC.

In either case, you can not put Classes into a specific archetype but you can do that for Jobs. Classes will still be able to perform in many roles.

Tanks: Gladiator, Pugilist, Marauder
DPS: Gladiator, Pugilist, Marauder, Lancer, Arc, Thm, Cnj
Healing: Thm, Cnj
Buffing/CC: Arc, Thm, Cnj.