Quote Originally Posted by Zodathria123 View Post
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There is not indication what-so-ever as to what changes they might make when the simplify the class/job system. My expectation is they will simply make the transition from class to job automatic. That will mean a change for the SMN/SCH dynamic but since Arcanist is a DPS I think it is more likely Scholar would get the overhaul to be a more viable healer at lower levels. They aren't going to completely remove classes as it would mean reworking the questlines for all Jobs to at least lvl 30 which is a hell of a lot of work.

Its also worth adding that they didn't say this would happen in 5.0. Yoshi P actually said that IF it would happen it would be in 5.0 AT THE EARLIEST. They have made no promises on this part.

As for SMN in general I think peoples issue are valid but there are several important points to remember. One is that FF11's model wont transition over to FF14 well. FF14 has a fundimentally different structure and any Job design needs to fit into that and be manageable to balance. The reason they didn't add any additional Egis is because of that. As it is the existing Egi's cover all the major roles an Egi could fit. Further Egis would probably just effectively replace existing ones and people would use whatever the most optimal Egi is. Egi glamour on the other hand is something they have been working on for a long time and we are just starting to get. We will likely see more start to roll out as we move into 4.0.