Job Alignment Chart

[Jonnycbad]

Even thought Black Magic is only illegal because people can't be trusted with it, does not make it any less evil. If you have a knowing willingness to wield a power which is against the law, that you purposely use despite it being illegal, it is 'bad/evil' according to society. Most things that are illegal in the real word are illegal because people can't be trusted. Some kinds of murder are arguably justifiable, HOWEVER . ALL murder is illegal because people can't be trusted if 'some murder' was legal. Same goes for black magic in FFXIV. It's not inherently evil, but it's usually (though not always) used for destruction therefore it's banned.

[Alberel]

That's a matter of debate which is entirely up to roleplaying. Just because you fight "evil" beings doesn't mean you're necessarily good. I consider my WoL to be a true neutral who does quests and fights powerful foes simply because they can, with no regard to whether it's good or evil to do so. Other's could argue that while their WoL is an evil character, they take on quests and help people simply because they are paid to do so, or because they want to prove that they're stronger than the other "evil" foes that exist. Just because you're a Warrior of "Light" doesn't make you instantly good. What matters in terms of good vs evil is the motivation behind doing an act.....

There's no room for debate on this within the scope of the game's story. You can roleplay outside the scope of the lore as much as you want but within the lore the WoL we play as is good and only good. If your character were neutral they would show occasional support for evil factions but there are no opportunities to do so via quests. If your character were evil they would do some more evil stuff within the story... which they have no option to.

You're welcome to roleplay as whatever you want but you can't pretend that it has any impact on the actual story of each of the jobs and their 'alignments'. As far as the story is concerned all player WoLs are good and even the jobs with shadier origins are being employed for a good cause.

Even thought Black Magic is only illegal because people can't be trusted with it, does not make it any less evil. If you have a knowing willingness to wield a power which is against the law, that you purposely use despite it being illegal, it is 'bad/evil' according to society. Most things that are illegal in the real word are illegal because people can't be trusted. Some kinds of murder are arguably justifiable, HOWEVER . ALL murder is illegal because people can't be trusted if 'some murder' was legal. Same goes for black magic in FFXIV. It's not inherently evil, but it's usually (though not always) used for destruction therefore it's banned.

In most of Europe guns are banned because people can't be trusted with them. Based on your logic then guns are evil and thus a whole lot of Americans are evil for using them. See where I'm going with this...? Black Magic is not evil. It is simply destructive magic that draws aether from the void. It is dangerous magic to wield but so is White Magic. The entire War of the Magi story within the game is very explicit that Black and White are just as bad when it comes to destruction... so why aren't you claiming White Magic to be evil as well?

[SendohJin]

There's no room for debate on this within the scope of the game's story. You can roleplay outside the scope of the lore as much as you want but within the lore the WoL we play as is good and only good. If your character were neutral they would show occasional support for evil factions but there are no opportunities to do so via quests.

that's not what Neutral means in the scale of Good and Evil. Neutral characters can do good/evil but usually are motivated because of self interest and relation to others. you're almost always fighting a threat to your friends/nation, it doesn't make you Good to want to defend those things. you can be perfectly neutral and still want to protect those things.

i agree none of the storylines allow your character to be Evil but most of the time you're Neutral/Good depending on perspective.