Job Auto-leveling: Yes or No?

[Tibian]

Your stance contradicts itself. You are saying that XI's issue was having to level multiple classes (sub jobs). Well first of all sub jobs were only half of your main level, and getting to 37 was a lot easier than getting to 75.

As a 50 GLA I need MRD to at least 48 for Defender II, CNJ 40+ for Cure III, etc, etc, you get the point. XIV is worse than XI in the respect some classes require you to level multiple classes to their max level in order to just play your main class properly. Even with jobs having their own EXP bar, I'd rather level GLA to 50 and then PLD to 50 than level GLA to 50 and then every other class to 50. Granted, having it auto-to 50 would make this process faster but that is the whole point of this thread which you have failed to address.

I can see where you think my statements are contradictory and I am sorry for not making them clearer. My main point is that to be of any use in XI, as a Blue Mage I had to level Warrior, White Mage, Black Mage, Ninja, and Thief for experience parties, that wasn't even end game. People would literally turn me down if I didn't have their particular 'wanted' subjob. XIV needs to move away from this type of experience. Gladiators should not have to level up Marauder nor Pugilist to befunctional tanks. However injecting jobs with experience bars would just exacerbate the current situation we're already in.

You mentioned that you have to level three or four jobs to be a successful tank. I am completely against that and I have made several comments about Gladiators needing to hold their own WITHOUT leveling other jobs. Clearly tanks are in the worst situation when it comes down to leveling multiple jobs. I think SE needs to address that issue, and in 1.2 they have a very good chance of doing so.

And I think I've addressed the topic of the thread appropriately. Having jobs with experience bars, just makes the situation 100x worse. We don't need more grind in XIV, we need content. I was using XI as a comparison of how terrible it is to have individual experience bars, because it contributes nothing but a monotonous grind, which is what the inclusion of job exp bars would do.

Again, no to individual exp bars for jobs. Keep them tied to the level of the class that unlocks them.