Possible removal of Classes

[St0rmchild]

I think, given the way the game has evolved so far that removing classes entirely might not be a bad idea.

If the game had evolved where class combinations might lead to multiple different ends/jobs then the class system might have been worth further developing (for instance if AST had had a solid requirement of CNJ30/THM15 against WHM at CNJ30/ACN15) ... but given the development trend towards independent jobs ultimately dispensing with classes and rewriting the class stories to jobs is pretty much inevitable.
Cross class skills are getting revamped - I hope for details on that soon; and that will provide more clarity going forward.

[SendohJin]

ultimately dispensing with classes and rewriting the class stories to jobs is pretty much inevitable.

there's nothing inevitable about it. just leave them alone and save the development time on new things.

maybe give 1 free jump potion for every character so they can ignore that completely for anyone who wants to.

[St0rmchild]

there's nothing inevitable about it. just leave them alone and save the development time on new things.

In case you missed it, Yoshi-P has pretty much said classes will be gone circa 5.0

[Kallera]

In case you missed it, Yoshi-P has pretty much said classes will be gone circa 5.0

The only way id be okay with this is if they came back redesigned as jobs.

[SendohJin]

In case you missed it, Yoshi-P has pretty much said classes will be gone circa 5.0

i did, where/when?

[St0rmchild]

i did, where/when?

Had to go look for it - sorry took me a while to find the source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ida_after_nas/

Quote:
"Existing jobs will have different images accompanying those changes. The unification of jobs and class itself may be in 5.0 onwards when asked, that is if they want to do it. Because that itself will take a lot of time to actually execute it, they don't have time right now to deal with this."

I recall it having been said elsewhere to, but I can't find the source for this atm so I'm not sure.

[Jandor]

In case you missed it, Yoshi-P has pretty much said classes will be gone circa 5.0

Quote:
"Existing jobs will have different images accompanying those changes. The unification of jobs and class itself may be in 5.0 onwards when asked, that is if they want to do it. Because that itself will take a lot of time to actually execute it, they don't have time right now to deal with this.".

He said that if they get rid of them, it won't be till at least 5.0.

It's not really "pretty much saying classes will be gone circa 5.0" at all.