Are classes needed? POLL

[Roj]

Yoshi-P pretty much flat out told us that he and his team were making major battle system changes once and then never again. So, for better or worse, this is what we got. Classes aren't going anywhere and a poll isn't going to change that.

Dude the battle system is something else lol.

[Wynn]

Dude the battle system is something else lol.

No it's not. Classes and jobs are the very cornerstone of the battle system. What you smoking?

[Jinko]

No it's not. Classes and jobs are the very cornerstone of the battle system. What you smoking?

I wouldn't say that, there is a small bit of variation but your role doesn't change much going from THM and BLM in Ifrit for example.

[Wynn]

I wouldn't say that, there is a small bit of variation but your role doesn't change much going from THM and BLM in Ifrit for example.

That might be true, but what constitutes the battle system and how effective it is are two different discussions. :P

[Roj]

That might be true, but constitutes the battle system and how effective it is are two different discussions. :P

Dude its NOT the battle system your deffinitions are off lol

[Firon]

Dude its NOT the battle system your deffinitions are off lol

Jobs and classes are apart of the battle system, that's like saying materia in FF 7 wasn't apart of the battle system...

[RockVolnutt]

Jobs and classes are apart of the battle system, that's like saying materia in FF 7 wasn't apart of the battle system...

While I do agree with you, I think what Roj is trying to say is that Wynn was talking about the Armoury System and not the Battle System.
Regardless, both have gone through multiple reforms and Yoshi has stated that they won't be doing that again, because he wants the game to progress from this point on, and not risk throwing things out.

[Lux_Rayna]

I wouldn't say that, there is a small bit of variation but your role doesn't change much going from THM and BLM in Ifrit for example.

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Ask yourself, is this because THM *cant* fulfill a different role, or is it because ppl insist on playing THM within a certain role. How ppl choose to play it has nothing to do with the potential a class has to do something different. Ppl are just stupid and narrow-minded when they say a class can only fulfill one role.

[darkstarpoet1]

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Ask yourself, is this because THM *cant* fulfill a different role, or is it because ppl insist on playing THM within a certain role. How ppl choose to play it has nothing to do with the potential a class has to do something different. Ppl are just stupid and narrow-minded when they say a class can only fulfill one role.

agreed. there's a few things thm's can do that a blm cannot do in a party. a thm can keep up buffs, off heal the dd's, raise fallen party members, and throw nukes at the targeted mob. the thing is people just looks at them as they are only a nuker because that's what it's primary skills lead them to, but once you look into the cross class abilities it does have multiple things it can accomplish.

we can discuss how effective they are at those extra roles or if it's worth the decrease in dps to do them, but cannot discount the fact that the option is there for them.

[Roj]

No it's not. Classes and jobs are the very cornerstone of the battle system. What you smoking?

Woo-hoo there is a maintenance let battle commence!
The battle system is the "combat system" that underwent serveral major changes. Not the armoury system that has only had one real change, jobs. :P