I've played the MSQ twice, once as a WHM and once as a MCH. To me, it almost felt like both my characters had different motivations for doing what they do.

WHMs are... sort of caretakers of the balance of nature. Conjurers more specifically are but as a WHM you came from Conjurers so that doesn't go away. So... my characters motivation was the wish to save the people she cared for and to preserve the delicate balance of the world that foes like Lahabrea would disrupt, and the Blessing of Light and the Elements both were empowering me to give me the strength to do what must be done. Even if what must be done is currently hurl rocks at something until it dies.

It should be noted that the elements don't really care about most things mortals do, so long as it doesn't disrupt the elements, so my character is free to use the strength they give me so long as I don't abuse it, and I continue to protect the balance. Thus I can do the random tasks people give me like hunting beasts for sport as its not something the elements care about.

As for MCH, well that one was pretty easy. A tech savvy gunner looking for adventure wherever she could find it, with a moral compass that lets her do the right thing when its needed most even if it means letting that wonderful looking adventure slip through her fingers.


What Enla said is also true. Its not so much the job that matters but what you do as the WoL. Outside of a few small scenarios like a couple of lines from Yugiri, or the aftermath of Rhalgrs Reach, no one makes any sort of mention of what your job is. And even in those situations, it doesn't even really matter what job you currently are, just so long as you at least once were that job, they'll bring it up.

I guess in the end one way you could look at it is that the WoL is someone who is willing to train in whatever they feel will best help them accomplish their goals. As ShB has the Trust system, you could see your character as deciding that the best way to work alongside your friends is to support them through healing, temporarily setting aside your weapons to help them.

On a side note, when I became a Dancer and went to Costa del Sol, I loved Gegereju's reaction to Titan's Bane moonlighting as a dancer. Things like that supports the notion of the WoL seeing potential in different styles and choosing to train in whatever he or she feels is the best, uhh, job for the job.