Jobs and Classes: Ratios.

[MartaDemireux]

lotta stuff

Yeah they could go a lot of routes with some jobs like Red Mage. They could make a GLA(or maybe FNC when it's released?)/THM/CNJ all be requirements and then allow the stone to be equipped on each so then you have your melee RDM, your offensive RDM and defensive RDM. I hope they don't just keep it as a 1 or even 2 jobs per class but I guess we just have to wait and see.

I'm currently replaying FFTA2 and it kind of just smacked me in the face that a lot of the jobs in that game are pretty similar. Makes me wonder if they're doing the same thing here. I'll take the bow users for example. Each race has a different use of them essentially. In total you have Archer, Hunter, Sniper, Ranger and Assassin (might have missed one).

Each one of those plays a different role and each one has different weapons:
Archer > Bows
Hunter > Greatbows & Knives
Ranger > Bows & Knives
Sniper > Greatbows
Assassin > Greatbows & Katanas

That said, they could apply the same mechanic to future ARC related jobs. They could make ... IDK Ronin or something as the Samurai class (they confirmed Katanas will come). Level ARC and RON to get Assassin. Get some ranged abilities if you use ARC>ASN or get some close ranged abilities for RON>ASN. They could even be the same abilities but the weapon effects them differently, like a bow might give lower damage output for a higher chance to land the debuff associated with the ability (PIE is on bows afterall) while the katana could give higher damage output while giving a slightly lower chance to inflict the debuff. Just an idea that I really hope gets implemented. Would lead to a lot of diversification while maintaining the basic structure of each job/class.