isnt it time to unify classes/jobs? whats the point of having both of them..

[Garnix]

There are three issues caused by classes that I can think of:
- you can enter level 30+ dungeon without your job
- palace of the dead is a good way to get a feeling for your job at lv60 without having to level it up, but you still have to level it to 30 first...
- having to start as a DPS to become Scholar

Should they resolve all those issues? Yes, sure.
Should they remove classes? I don't know how that really helps.
In fact, the only thing they really should do is separating Scholar from Arcanist completely.

[Rongway]

There are three issues caused by classes that I can think of:
- you can enter level 30+ dungeon without your job
- palace of the dead is a good way to get a feeling for your job at lv60 without having to level it up, but you still have to level it to 30 first...
- having to start as a DPS to become Scholar

Should they resolve all those issues? Yes, sure.
Should they remove classes? I don't know how that really helps.
In fact, the only thing they really should do is separating Scholar from Arcanist completely.

I agree with this assessment.

Making Scholar into a classless job should be easy enough--it is already far removed from Arcanist, with its own action set and quest flags.

As for keeping classes out of duties, just require a job for any duty over 35. The DF understands how to do this, as evidenced by PvP. Extend it to the rest of the DF beginning at 35. Aurida's suggestion to make gear equippable only by jobs is also relevant; if combat classes can't equip any gear over 35 or 45, then they also won't be able to queue for anything with a minimum IL.