Forking classes into full jobs

[Melichoir]

It's an interesting idea, and would grow the class roster a lot, but I imagine balance would be a witch.

[Ogulbuk]

It's an interesting idea, and would grow the class roster a lot, but I imagine balance would be a witch.

It likely would end up sending Yoshi P to the mad house

Or the simpler solution is to just slightly change the lore to accommodate. Much easier.

SE seems more willing to add a thousand hours of work to the game, with new lore addons and content, than change core lore backbones.

Mechanically "Marauder" would be the same job as Warrior. However, in the quests/lore, it would be more of a right of passage sort of thing. Fledgling Warriors are referred to as Marauders, and once you reach level 30, you have proven yourself to be a full-fledged Warrior.

That's a possibility but not a necessity. There is no reason for a Warrior to be any more equal to a Marauder than a Scholar is to a Summoner. Why I would go for a Melee DPS instead of a tank approach.

And I don't think it needs to be mentioned that they are nowhere near willing to create 9 new full jobs.

Said so myself in my post.

Also, that would create a HUGE bloat of jobs.

Variety is the spice of life!

I like your intention, but it's not anywhere near realistic. Thought experiments are nice, but they're only really useful when there's at least a vague chance of them to possibly occur.

I know it's not realistic (within the scope of this game's design direction) but I disagree drastically on thought experiments not being "useful". If they help one be entertained for a few hours of idle work, they already served a purpose and, therefore, became useful!