We see a lot of the Job storylines referencing early class NPCs. Hamon and co. turn up in the MNK quests, Sephie in the WHM and even the MRD guild reps in the WAR. WAR 60-70 had potential but kind of got silly cause they decided to go goofy with the romance subplot and for me that kind of killed it. WAR touches a little of DRK stuff because for WAR controlling the inner beast is all about your emotional state and desire. If your emotionally confused or unbalanced your inner beast will likewise be unreliable or difficult to control. That said, the big difference is the WoL never has issues with controlling their inner beast so its more about observing the qualities in others.

They basically have themes they work off. DRK is a very personal one because it focuses on the WoL's personal mental state. It however has comparatively little lore. Compare that to the BLM or MNK which have some pretty major details about the origins of the arts and/or major historical events. Further, BLM is about power, it's value and its risks while MNK is about using strength to build rather than just destroy and learning from the past. PLD doesn't seem to be about anything really which is a shame because I found the 30-50 actually had a solid start.

Here is a case in point. If we went with the whole 'shield of the innocent' thing then they could have set things up so winning the tournament was a big deal but have us chose to abandon the final to go off to save the kid. Doing the right thing and keeping to your oaths above all else, even in the face of ridicule and pressure. What it means to be a PLD. Instead they have this weird one above all thing going. I mean I liked the fights and the quests weren't bad and I loved the Nostalgia. Interesting to learn that exploding orbs of light ability is actually a Ishgardian knight technique rather than a primal ability. However there was nothing PLDy about it and frankly I found pretty much every other questline dealt with that one way or another.