What if Classes were Jobs?

[Nyvara]

I actually really love all the ideas! I could try and come up with some but so far I think you hit the nail on most!

I would love for the classes to breakaway from the jobs, the original classes were very interesting and had some really unique abilities back in the day.

I would love to stay an archer instead of being shoehorned into bard so I didn't gimp myself.

All really great ideas, OP. It would be like getting new jobs with out really getting new jobs! Lancer seemed interesting it would then give each starting city a tank.

[Kalise]

I would love to stay an archer instead of being shoehorned into bard so I didn't gimp myself.

Yeah... I felt the same way.

Leveling up Archer was cool and I loved shooting things full of arrows (Even if ACH/BRD gameplay is terrible until level 68 >.>)

Then at level 30 my character randomly becomes Prince Herbert

It would be like getting new jobs with out really getting new jobs!

Though, these changes would never happen, as they'd require massive overhauls of the majority of the jobs, all the guilds in the game as well as all the Job quests...

Lancer seemed interesting it would then give each starting city a tank.

I didn't think of it that way... But yeah.

With these changes, each City State has a Tank and Healer from level 1.

Limsa would have Warrior + Scholar
Ul'dah would have Paladin + Pugilist + Thaumaturge
Gridania would have Lancer + White Mage + Bard

It would also flesh out most of the job roles... With only Ranged DPS being a little empty (Aside from the incoming Dancer)

Tanks:
Dark Knight
Gunbreaker
Lancer
Paladin
Pugilist
Warrior

Healers:
Bard
Scholar
Thaumaturge
White Mage

Melee DPS:
Dragoon
Marauder
Monk
Rogue
Samurai

Ranged DPS:
Archer
Dancer
Machinist
Ninja

Magical DPS:
Arcanist
Black Mage
Blue Mage
Conjurer
Red Mage
Summoner