Question for the Lore team..

[Akujin]

Why are they called Jobs?

Just curious, why are the Jobs, called such. I understand from a FF history perspective why, but where does it really fit in the world itself?

Maybe, we could see some Job specific quests..reoccuring themes commissioned by the GC's or different groups within the city states that arent GC specific.

WHMs going to camps or hamlets to heal the sick and injured..paid by whatever the local authority there is.

BRDs going to taverns or performing for the rulers of each city state.

DRGs, WARS, MNKs being used to hunt down certain kinds of creatures specific to their type of skills, job specific quests that dont allow for cross-job/class using. Edit note on this: Maybe we may even see job specific traits to follow the classes. XI had certain things, PLD had Undead Killer, WAR had Vermin Killer I think? DRG had Wyrven Killer...all they basically did was terrioze the corresponding monster type.. BLMs had Arcana Killer..such as Bombs and the like.

PLDs can defend a group of npc refugees running from a horde of soldiers or random monsters, not so much about the killing the creatures, but keeping yourself and the npcs alive.

I realize some of these ideas are in guildeves and GC leves..such as keeping the npc alive. But again, its something you can do on any job and doesnt really have anything to do with how good you are at using your PLD skills.

But you get the idea, yeah?

[bobbygunz]

Because they're more work than play.

[Masamune1004]

Why are they called Jobs?

SE: Ummm.... yes.

[Gramul]

Because they all stem from actual careers in the game world...?

[Wincy]

This is just a standard FF kinda thing. I refer you to http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Job_System.

I suppose there's nothing wrong with them being called Classes, and indeed they have been in other games. We already had Classes in this game though, and besides, "Job" sounds cooler to me because it speaks specifically to FF in my mind, whereas most MMOs use "Class". Besides, in the first FF MMO they called them Jobs after all, so it makes sense to do it here too imho.

[Rog226]

I always thought that the term "job" was used because while in a party, you would perform a certain way and fulfill certain obligations when playing. For example, if one were to switch to WHM, it would be their "job" to only heal and buff the party. For a BLM, it would be their "job" to only use elemental magic to nuke the enemy.

[Delsus]

There is lore on Dragoons already, the Dragoons of Ishgard are tasked with fighting and killing dragons, in the defense of Ishgard.