Petition to Remove Classes & Just Have Jobs

[TheVedis]

I'm also hoping they phase out classes by 2.0, it's unnecessarily convoluted.

The counter-argument seems to be "There are still things classes can do than jobs cannot", but if you remove the current cross-class limitations of jobs, can you still say that? If PLD had access to all the same skills as GLA, would you ever use GLA again?

No, and that's how it should be I think. Classes and their job counterparts are so similar that there is no need to have both. Sometimes less is more, and streamlining the battle classes to just PLD, WAR, DRG, MNK, BRD, WHM and BLM by 2.0 will certainly make things less confusing for new players.

so what you are saying is...

you dont like jobs and you like classes

cuz if you remove all the limitations, guess what, they are classes again with job names!

[UmJammerSully]

cuz if you remove all the limitations, guess what, they are classes again with job names!

And that's exactly what some of us want, whether we're calling them 'classes' or 'jobs' doesn't matter, we're just saying to smash jobs and classes together so that there is no need to choose one or the other when there is virtually no difference between the two other than the arbitrary cross-class limitation on jobs.

EDIT: Or an even simpler way of doing this could be to permanently upgrade your class to your job when you do the first job quest, assuming the cross-class skill limitations are removed. You still get the fancy name change and new abilities/gear without any of the limitations of the current system.

There would also be less need to have multiple sets of gear for one class/job, and no need to mess around with jobs stones.

[TheVedis]

And that's exactly what some of us want, whether we're calling them 'classes' or 'jobs' doesn't matter, we're just saying to smash jobs and classes together so that there is no need to choose one or the other when there is virtually no difference between the two other than the arbitrary cross-class limitation on jobs.

then what you want is not whats going to happen no matter how much you beg

Every time they develop something some people wont like it, but a majority probly will. This has been a long time in the making and at this point its too late to voice your opinion to change their minds.

[UmJammerSully]

then what you want is not whats going to happen no matter how much you beg

Every time they develop something some people wont like it, but a majority probly will. This has been a long time in the making and at this point its too late to voice your opinion to change their minds.

Well it remains to be seen whether the majority of people are happy with limited cross-class abilities on jobs at least, which is the main issue I'm trying to get at.

Not sure how it's 'too late' either, they're constantly adjusting, removing and revising many aspects of the game including some of the more major stuff. The job system came out a week ago, I don't think it's too much of a stretch of the imagination to think they might make some revisions for 2.0.