Two healer starting classes

[Ariane]

So something Yoshi promised was that base classes would be removed completely by 5.0, meaning that all ARR jobs would start instead at level 1. No Conjurer, but instead you'd start off on White Mage. This also means that not only would Summoner and Scholar finally get that split they deserve, but Scholar would also start off at level 1.

He didn't promised that. He said the earliest it could happen was 5.0. Also when they actually start thinking about this seriously they will probably realize they can't just remove classes easily. If all the ARR jobs star at level 1, that means redoing a bunch of class/job quests. So instead, they will just still have you still start as a CNJ, but you then get a permanent name change to white mage at level 30. And then the soul crystal inventory space could be removed. As for SCH, they would probably just make it a job that is on its own and it starts at level 30 like the DRK, AST and MCH.

[Saccharin]

So, when you start out(not using jump potions), I feel that it does not make much sense for there to be one healer class. There are two tanks, 5 dps classes, and 1 healer. Therefore, anyone who starts as a healer, has to choose WHM which I feel is a little boring. While I am not saying a nee class should be added(though I feel like it would be a nice idea) I was just wondering what are the benefits of only have one healer class to choose from? I mean, yes, it is probably the easiest healer class....good to teach people, but still. Why not more variety for healers? The next healer class is only available when you get another class(Arcanist) to 30.

I suspect that 5.x will abolish classes altogether and they'll make new 1-30 stories for either Scholar or Summoner. I'm not sure what job it would suit most really.

[Squintina]

Also having SCH/SMN as ACN is awesome. All the benefits of having a new job (no different than unlocking AST really, it's just a questline that unlocks yet another job), while also choosing whether to level it as a healer or dps because they share levels. Do solo quests as SMN, do dungeons as SCH for fast queues. Best of both worlds.

If they just let ACN queue up as either dps or healer, and give them an action to reverse magic attack and healing stats (without a cooldown or timer, but can't be used during battle), this would not be an issue.