Thread: Requesting Information on Jobs: Preparing for 1.21

I actually have to level up Conjurer to unlock Paladin when it comes out. Grinding up a job I really didn't even want to play. I never been the level up a whole much of jobs / have a bunch of alts in a MMO type of person. I rather just level 1 up and be good at that.

Originally Posted by Elexia

Since Yoshida is a lot less for catering to the anti-social/everything must be soloable MMORPG community it wouldn't surprise me if they were party based as a lot of new quests and the like allows you to actually do things in a party.

If you look at almost any modern MMO you level up by solo questing or dugenons which have some kind of queue system to get in. Grinding countless mobs is not good game design and isn't popular with most people these days. The endless grinding is probably one of the reasons FFXIV lacks players.

Originally Posted by Zumi

I actually have to level up Conjurer to unlock Paladin when it comes out. Grinding up a job I really didn't even want to play. I never been the level up a whole much of jobs / have a bunch of alts in a MMO type of person. I rather just level 1 up and be good at that.

Thats because in most MMOs you can't be more than 1 thing on 1 character... I think they are trying to get people to embrace that whole "be every class" concept

Originally Posted by Zumi

If you look at almost any modern MMO you level up by solo questing or dugenons which have some kind of queue system to get in. Grinding countless mobs is not good game design and isn't popular with most people these days. The endless grinding is probably one of the reasons FFXIV lacks players.

I think its viable. See some will want to quest to the cap. Grinding should be faster than questing though, maybe not per hour but by the fact that quests are either limited or on a timer.

The grind is not bad as long as the end destination is highly desirable.

If every review site, personal reviewer, blogger and gaming friend you knew all said this big boss was by far the best (And most fun) thing they'd ever seen in video gaming history but to fight it you had to grind for like 4 months to get to be able to fight it... then people wouldn't mind the grind at all because the end justified the means

I don't see this as like even a new job but just an expansion on the old ones. A series of quests that give you 5 new abilities, and some job specific armor and weapon. Even with the 5 new abilities each of the jobs get they will probably play pretty much the same they do now.

Originally Posted by Camate

Finally, there was one last question about whether there would be content that requires everyone to play as jobs, but there are no plans for content where you could not take on the challenge if you are not playing as a job.

Heck yeah, good answer.

Originally Posted by Starlord

So... It is Coming this patch... in 1.21? :O

job specific weapon != af weapon

he means theres no system to automatically be a PLD by equipping a sword without a job stone.