Quote Originally Posted by SuzakuCMX View Post
Unfortunately jobs are confirmed to be 1:1 and locked to the class that unlocks them, at least for the ones coming in the 1.21 patch.
I'm aware, what I'm concerned with is 2.0 and beyond.
But you must agree how bad ass a system like that would be.

Even though you can do this with your classes already...
You could basically paradigm shift, while retaining your job.
Imagine something like oh say RDM
Give it a free cast ability so that it can move and attack WHILE casting, say on a Scout class for dps.
Then things goes crazy and the party starts loosing, the RDM then falls back to CNJ, pops fast cast and heals his nads off to help save the party.

Then you have the classes coming in 1.21, which are confirmed to be 1:1 locked.
This is okay, because the things you learn from those jobs extend the abilities of your class. Even still, just because their proficiency is only instilled in 1 class does not make them any less useless than a job that can use 2-3 classes.

Classes define what your doing.
Jobs define how you do it.

Of course paradigm shift would only be effective with classes of close level, but I gives an incentive to cap all of the classes that a particular job can use.

Sorry I went off on a huge tangent response, but the idea makes me want to crap myself.