Why do we have classes AND jobs again?

[whoopeeragon]

That's the opposite of what they're supposed to be. They're supposed to be free to be what you want to be and do. JOBS are supposed to be the distinct things with a set role.

I think what she means is distinct in its versatility, so that there is a reason to play them. Right now asides from extra skills and a bit of more freedom, they bear too much of a similarity to jobs.

They just need to make class-specific abilities which can be used across all the classes with effects aimed at class-play to make it more idle to use. That's the 'something' I want classes to be distinct at. Not a specialisation in a role, but something that emphasises the versatility of classes.

[Punainen]

CLASSES = SOLO!!!! If you solo'd more this would be obvious to you. What you're asking for is for SE to make it extremely difficult to solo... I vote NO on getting rid of classes.

Seriously, they SAID classes were for solo and jobs for partying... Why is that so hard for anyone to remember?

[Reika]

CLASSES = SOLO!!!! If you solo'd more this would be obvious to you. What you're asking for is for SE to make it extremely difficult to solo... I vote NO on getting rid of classes.

Seriously, they SAID classes were for solo and jobs for partying... Why is that so hard for anyone to remember?

The sad problem is, most of the jobs are particularly easier to solo with, especially Warrior. BLM is probably the only one that is more risky or not worth playing solo over THM.

[Colvin]

The sad problem is, most of the jobs are particularly easier to solo with, especially Warrior. BLM is probably the only one that is more risky or not worth playing solo over THM.

I've solo'd BLM without any particular difficulty. This was mostly as a result of desire to use my BLM AF pieces and not buy solo specific pieces. I often found myself not bothering with classes after 30 because I didnt want to have multiple gear sets for essentially the same class when I had perfectly useful AF.

[Lavieh]

You guys heard what they are doing to Arcanist/SMN? How only Arcanist will be able to use Carby and SMN won't. I really think they are going to push the different between jobs and classes a bit harder come 2.0.

[Orca]

You guys heard what they are doing to Arcanist/SMN? How only Arcanist will be able to use Carby and SMN won't. I really think they are going to push the different between jobs and classes a bit harder come 2.0.

Is that what they meant? I thought they said "Arcanist will only have Carbuncle" and not "Only Arcanist will have Carbuncle." As in, Summoner would have access to everything Arcanist does + quested job summons. Did i misunderstand? This would change a lot, because it would be denying the Summoner from everything the Carbuncle summons could provide.