On the class system and unreleased equipment

[Nephera]

I'm not sure dramatically changing the roles of the classes would go over well with people who leveled those classes to play those roles.

and multiclassing could easily negate the need for hybrid classes like paladin, the classic looks can easily be added with armor, heck you could even put advantages on the armor to encourage certain playstyles. (EG:red mage style armor would grant AOE and fast casting at the expense of some defense)

I'd like an overhaul but I really dont want the game to turn into XI.


Edit: Now ADDING the old classes that are missing or just adding new ones i'm totally for.

[Nharil]

I'm not sure dramatically changing the roles of the classes would go over well with people who leveled those classes to play those roles.

and multiclassing could easily negate the need for hybrid classes like paladin, the classic looks can easily be added with armor, heck you could even put advantages on the armor to encourage certain playstyles. (EG:red mage style armor would grant AOE and fast casting at the expense of some defense)

I'd like an overhaul but I really dont want the game to turn into XI.

They've gone on record saying they are doing everything they can to NOT cancel out any work players have put into their current jobs. They don't want to move backwards

I'm also sure they are being careful to approach the job system in a way that doesn't just copy/paste over from XI. The roles themselves will most likely carry over (red mage as support, paladin tanks), but the implementation is likely to be different or varied. I really hope they stay away from multi-classing, personally. Being able to focus on, say, Dragoon and have some horizontal movement within that job as far as what traits I focus on would be perfect for me.