Shared Classes Are Not Failures (ie SCH/SMN)

[AceofRains]

[QUOTE=ItMe;5385695][QUOTE=AceofRains;5385627]We did discuss this as well.

Ah, musta missed it.




Maybe this was already discussed too, but I'm still not sure I quite grasp the logistics of this.

How will the game inform the player what's happened?
You could tell people in a live letter, sure, but how will this new system be conveyed to players in game? It's not like you can have an AST main log in one day and see they suddenly have a level 80 Thaumaturge.

And how would that relationship work the other way?
If a BLM main logged in and had a level 80 AST, would it just come with the soul crystal?

Or would you need to have both jobs started and you could then take a quest to couple them?
Where would the quest be? In the AST guild, the BLM guild, or would there be a new place full of NPCs that just give coupling quests?




And I know this is kind of an off point question, and you've said

but wouldn't it be easier to just have new jobs couple to existing ones like SCH did with SMN?
Add Rune Fencer? Couple that to RDM.
Add Ranger? Couple to BRD.
Add Salve Maker (or whatever)? Couple to MCH.

If you’ve ever taken an extended break from the game, you do get notices that explain that things changed while you were away. Besides, word like this would spread like wildfire.

You don’t just suddenly log in with the soul crystal. I have this explained on the original post. Coupling them would be automatic via the system. Anyone who unlocked a job, would have its level paired to that of the higher corresponding job. If I’m a level 80 Thaumaturge and for some wierd reason haven’t picked up the Astrologian soul crystal, I would just not have access to Astrologian.

For new players, say if I’m a level 50 rogue and level 12 gladiator, but I want to unlock dark knight. I can unlock the job stone, but you won’t be able to do anything with it until level 30 at which is the earliest you can equip a great sword. Ideally if you planned to go after Dark Knight, you would level Gladiator.

In another thread, I have expressed that this game really doesn’t need more jobs beyond the two that are coming next expansion. While I wouldn’t put past them to add more beyond that, cramming jobs in that have business otherwise continues to make leveling all of them a pain in the ass. If they would do that for new jobs, they could do it for the old.