Can Red Mage start at level 30?

[RukiaFae]

No. Leaving it at 50 gives people options. Lowering it forces everyone to go through extra leveling. The games gives you multiple ways to slowly learn your jobs. You can do fates, lower level dungeons, or POTD. Leaving it 50 allows people to decided how quickly they want to jump into new content. I plan to do POTD because I can learn my skills at my own pace and then start leveling to 60 when I feel comfortable. With POTD there is no real reason to drop the level to 30. You can go in to POTD solo or with a friend. I hated having to level AST all the way to 50 before I could start the story. It put me behind in the expansion pack.

[CassandraJean]

I supose the upside to starting Red Mage lower (like level 30) is that new players would be able to switch their main class to RDM that much sooner. Like start the game as a Thm, then at 30 they would be able to main RDM as their job instead of BLM up to 50 first.

[Velhart]

Yoshi-P already said at the last Fanfest that Job Quests will not be structured the same as they were before. So you can easily fit whatever story you want into Red Mage's structure. Even if it was the same they can still make a workaround with it.

I have no idea why you would want to start at 30 instead of 50. Especially how 40-50 is easily the current most excruciating part of the leveling experience. Just go do a level capped dungeon or FATE if you want to learn the job at lv.30. Having RDM at 50 is one of their best decisions.

[AsahinaMyLove]

A BIG No thanks to lv30! >.>

I dont wanna grind fates again on ARR Maps alone! Cuz No1 else is there!

Lv50 is just fine!

[lulunami]

If I recall correctly, the Dev team wants all the players to play together in the new areas for Lv.50 to Lv.70. You do not want to do The Sunken Temple of Qarn, Cutter's Cry, Dzemael Darkhold, and Aurum Vale for the thousandth time! Let it go! Red Mage starting at Lv.50 is fine.

[iBerserker]

Some people enjoy leveling and learning their jobs can we start at level 30. Instead of 50 it makes more sense since jobs (including heavenward jobs) start at 30.

Why level 30 why not level 1 then, no I'm not trolling I too miss leveling too

[Imoen]

Why level 30 why not level 1 then, no I'm not trolling I too miss leveling too

I can't think of a technical reason, other than just not wanting to do job quests, given all jobs start at 30 so far in the game though, it would make sense. I personally would love everything to start at 1.

I don't find it too surprising that the same people that want this to start at 50 are some of the same people that are wanting potions to be added. If it were to lead to an idea, of suggesting that RDM start at a lower level, for people like myself and instead asking for potion restriction on new jobs to be lifted, I have a sneaking suspicion they would be less than enthusiastic about it. Anyway I digress.

[TarynH]

Some people enjoy leveling and learning their jobs can we start at level 30. Instead of 50 it makes more sense since jobs (including heavenward jobs) start at 30.

They said a while back they were going to change up how job quests worked from 4.0~. So it really doesn't matter what level the job starts at. It could have a quest every level for all we know. Personally, I would like to level RDM to 60 quickly and use it for 4.0 MSQ. So I'm fine with 50 as a starting point.