Quote Originally Posted by Chezen View Post
You are missing the point. Conjurer and White mage are not supposed to be the same. No class was supposed to be the same as the job it's linked to. That is what Yoshi-P said the classes and jobs would be. Linked but separate.

If there is any role conjurer currently resembles, it's red mage. That doesn't "point" to anything. Not that it matters. The only thing that matters is the official posts from square, not the rumors people fuss over.

Note: It's morning and I haven't had my coffee yet.
I'm not reading it that way.

For example, you'll notice that all job weaponskills combo off the related class's weaponskills. It would appear that when you switch to your job, you have all the skills of your class, but you can do extra things above and beyond what your class is capable of (in exchange for forgoing cross-class abilities, so there's still value in using your class instead of your job as well).

It actually makes a lot of sense this way. While soloing or in low-man groups, flexibility is an asset. Being able to perform multiple functions works better than specialization in those situations. If all you could do was cure, but not damage, you wouldn't get anywhere.

But in light parties and full parties (as the nomenclature goes), specialists work better. You don't want someone good at healing, you want the best healer possible. Same goes for tanking. And damage dealing. That's where jobs come in, removing the flexibility, but accentuating the specialty.