Archanist Question(s)

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While the argument that with the armory system not needing to unlock a class before you can use it is certainly valid, it doesn't necessarily mean it has to work that way. In FFXI there were 6 jobs that you could use at the beginning, it didn't matter what you started as you could switch between those 6 whenever you felt like it, then the advanced jobs were unlocked later.

And while it is not an exact correlation, I could easily see a situation where to become an arcanist you need to complete a quest or series of quests and then are rewarded with your first grimoire, and that is the only level one option available to you, which would pretty much close the class off until you actually did them.

This is a good point, after all having to many jobs in the beginning can be confusing when starting a game new. There are some MMO's that started out with having 13-14 jobs you could pick from in the beginning? Then there was a skill tree that allowed you to train you skill points to pick what you want. It was extremely flexible and you could make customize a class to almost anyway you wanted. However it was extremely hard to balance because there was so many variances.

Only giving a new player a handful of typical classes that every MMO player is used to to gently get them accustomed to the new gameplay mechanics. Then open up the game to allow them to select from the full gambit of classes that the game has to offer!

This way a new player can be introduced to the new classes through Veteran players, NPC's they encounter in the other classes, and introduced to them through Main Story quests or job quests.

Just wanted to pop in and answer the question about "unlocking" arcanist -- You won't need to fulfill any requirements in order to be able to play as an arcanist.

And this is why I shouldn't post till I read the entire thread! lol