Thread: Requesting Information on Jobs: Preparing for 1.21

Originally Posted by Griss

As i understand it, and this may just be my thinkerbox not fully understanding the relevant info. Some of the gear will come from the quests, other pieces will be obtained via other methods. Dollars to doughnuts it will have to do with one of the new incoming "Raids".

From what I understand you get the initial set they displayed via simply finishing the last job quest which is at 50 if I'm not mistaken. However, if they do in fact put in some extras that are JS in the new dungeons that would be absolutely exciting! Perhaps another JS weapon? Finally some looted accessories with unique effects perhaps? Another curious thing is the shield being missing from the PLD in the Job pose thumbnail they posted a while back...

Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra

From what I understand you get the initial set they displayed via simply finishing the last job quest which is at 50 if I'm not mistaken. However, if they do in fact put in some extras that are JS in the new dungeons that would be absolutely exciting! Perhaps another JS weapon? Finally some looted accessories with unique effects perhaps? Another curious thing is the shield being missing from the PLD in the Job pose thumbnail they posted a while back...

they said they plan to make getting all the gear rather difficult, thats all i can recall on it.

I'm assuming artifact gear is U/U, which brings me to my question - will there be any sort of storage for U/U items. Over half of one of my retainers inventory is filled with U/U items. Makes it very hard to manage my inventory.

Originally Posted by Sigmakan

I'm assuming artifact gear is U/U, which brings me to my question - will there be any sort of storage for U/U items. Over half of one of my retainers inventory is filled with U/U items. Makes it very hard to manage my inventory.

They said they're working on making a storage for them, I don't remember an ETA though.

Oh, well I'm dumb I guess.

There are a few things I am concerned about in regards to the new Job system.

1.) The AF Armor is going to be town gear due to lack of good stats, and being un meldable. Essentially making it worthless.

2.) Not being able to use abilities from other classes. I understand that on the job you excel at that role. However almost all content in this game requires second wind, sentinel, and cure. This will make soloing much more inefficient for almost every class (EXP, and farming). I hope they at least allow 5 abilities to be used from other classes (Speculation post here, this information hasn't been confirmed).

I want to play as a Dragoon, not a Lancer. :/

Originally Posted by Zezlar

There are a few things I am concerned about in regards to the new Job system.

1.) The AF Armor is going to be town gear due to lack of good stats, and being un meldable. Essentially making it worthless.

2.) Not being able to use abilities from other classes. I understand that on the job you excel at that role. However almost all content in this game requires second wind, sentinel, and cure. This will make soloing much more inefficient for almost every class (EXP, and farming). I hope they at least allow 5 abilities to be used from other classes (Speculation post here, this information hasn't been confirmed).

I want to play as a Dragoon, not a Lancer. :/

I think the solo aspect of the classes is meant to be dropped.

On the limited cross class ability side, I imagine there would be the added layer of tactics and roles to try out. The recovery options of a cross class, versus being restricted to job-specific abilities that may have more emergency responses built into them.

Originally Posted by Zezlar

Not being able to use abilities from other classes. I understand that on the job you excel at that role. However almost all content in this game requires second wind, sentinel, and cure. This will make soloing much more inefficient for almost every class (EXP, and farming). I hope they at least allow 5 abilities to be used from other classes (Speculation post here, this information hasn't been confirmed).

Jobs are designed for parties, not solo play.

given the info so far i find jobs to be a bit underwhelming. I would have initially guessed that jobs would work like a job tree and branch out. Since you keep you class skills branching out into certain jobs would be tough to pull off. Also the number of job skills is a bit disappointing(esp since one of the 5 we are getting will be 15 min cool down i think). Over all it seems jobs will add a nice little bonus to the class but they dont seem like they will be as unique as i thought they would have been.

Originally Posted by syntaxlies

given the info so far i find jobs to be a bit underwhelming. I would have initially guessed that jobs would work like a job tree and branch out. Since you keep you class skills branching out into certain jobs would be tough to pull off. Also the number of job skills is a bit disappointing(esp since one of the 5 we are getting will be 15 min cool down i think). Over all it seems jobs will add a nice little bonus to the class but they dont seem like they will be as unique as i thought they would have been.

Quite a lot we don't know about them just yet. A lot of people are excited in anticipation of jobs and have placed a lot of faith into them being an amazing, much needed addition. Many expect it to be the greatest step in the direction of balancing out the game and it's content.

On the flipside there are also quite a number of people who are taking every bit of info with a grain of salt, with a very understandable fear of being disappointed yet again.

That's one reason I feel that addressing the questions in the OP can greatly help us both manage our expectations as well as preparation.