Can Red Mage start at level 30?

[Jandor]

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.

I agree, classes at 1, Jobs at 30. It's just nice and straightforward, not like 30-50 takes very long but it gives a bit of room to flesh them out, adjust to the playstyle and it helps to keep things neat & tidy.

I feel the opposite way - while my friends were having fun oohing and ahhing over the new Heavensward zones and taking screenies of their flying mounts, I was stuck grinding FATEs in Costa del Sol, Coerthas, and N Thanalan. While I mentioned in another thread that it was fun in a socially-driven, mutual community kind of way, it was also kind of annoying as a player who fully intended from the start to make AST her main.

I got Machinist 30-50 done in less than 2 days, it was felt pretty good to set a goal and accomplish it so quickly and smoothly.

[Xlantaa]

THe level 50 start seems is not decided yet, and I hope they put it back to 30. I think all Jobs should have the same amount of Story. I don't find fair thet Red mage do not have level 30-50 story.

[Seig345]

Lorewise, it could simply be that one must already have mastered a job to level 50 before they are ready to apprentice as a Rdm. Think of it as a job more advanced than the more familiar ones in ARR and the slightly more advanced ones in HW.

As for the number of job quests; every ARR job had roughly 10 quests from 1 to 50, then another 10 from 50 to 60. Yeah there were some doubles thrown in there for the story's sake, but that could apply to RDM just as easily. RDM starts at 50, caps at 70, so potentially 20 quests right there give or take to start with. I understand the other jobs will get additional quests as well, putting their total higher than RDM's starting amount, but the HW jobs started off with a few less job quests than the ARR jobs out of the gate. So I feel like this trend already started with HW.

As for learning so many new skills at once; PotD isn't your only option, you can also start with low level dungeons and fates. The game restricts and unlocks abilities when level-sync'd accordingly from level 1 onwards, even on a job that starts at level 30 or higher. I've been using that same method to level Astrologian, and learned its spells/abilities in the process. I would also encourage taking a look through each ability's description as well, and quantify them for their use in similar situations compared to a job you're familiar with in the same role.

You're going to have just about everyone and their mom's dog trying out RDM, so everyone's going to be used to new RDMs reaaaal fast. I wouldn't stress too much over the learning process.

[Savagelf]

lvl 30 is good place to sart for RDM and new jobs i think

[Blueyes]

I wish they all started at level 1, but I understand that isn't the popular opinion.

[Canadane]

I wish they all started at level 1, but I understand that isn't the popular opinion.

I'm with you here.

[Laerune]

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.

If you want to start at level 30 to learn the class, you can always do level 30+ content and just stay there. Personaly, I am glad that we start at level 50, this way, I can level to 60 and start the 4.0 MSQ and enjoy the story.

[Wolf_Heartnet]

If it were up to me, i'd make every new job start at level 1.

[Khalithar]

Red Mage should start at level 60 and should be available the second the xpac goes live. That way those of us that want to go through the whole with the new job can rather than having to level it THEN go through the new stuff.

Edit: I also think Drk/Mch/Ast should have started at 50 also.

[Martin_Arcainess]

Just because the job starts at LV50 doesn't mean it's going to get less story, heck from LV30-60 some story CS's are more then just filler anyway so sometimes a shorter and more focused story is a good thing.