Separate Character Level & Class Level

[Nurvus]

A lot of things didn't work out in 1.x, but not only is my idea different, I think it's unfair to assume all the bad things of 1.x would come along with it...

I am not asking for complicated systems or crazy class-specific stuff.

This is merely about giving your character more credibility in the form of a decent stat growth of his own, such that when you change to a lower level job, you don't feel like a wimp again.
Naturally, synched content is unaffected.

Currently, Class represents 100% of your naked Stats.
With my suggestion, Character represents the portion of your Stats that is common to all Classes and Jobs (let's say it's hypotetically 60%).
The Class then adds the remaining ~40% (because each class has a different Stat growth besides the Traits).