I recently returned to FFXIV and decided to start a new character. I visited the Dutiful Sisters of Edelweiss and am on my way.

However, I read that S.E. is getting rid of the class job system in Stormblood. It made me wonder.

What was going to happen to my rogue? Heck, what was going to happen to all the classes?

Are we soon going to be playing in a world without marauders, gladiators, or archers? For that matter, what about arcanists?

To me, that would be such a shame because I feel there already is too much emphasis on the jobs. As it stands, once you get your job, there is little reason to go back to playing your original class.

Yet, simply expanding on the classes so they are equal in abilities to the jobs causes there to be too redundancy in abilities and niches. There has to be pruning! Otherwise, the game will become a tangled mess.

So, I am worried. Are all the classes going away?