Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
I could see why classes possibly ought to be replaced with primary level jobs, but then what does that solve in terms of identity?
The crux of your argument is that you seem to think that just because someone calls me a Dragoon that I'm some Dragon Eating machine.

Let's take XI for a example, having a job title pretty much means that is your characters aspiring to be the pinacle of ____ Job. In the case of "Advanced" jobs that came before you unlocked the abillities and connections related to that class through quests, but let's keep it simple at first.

I am a level 1 warrior, that means my goal is to become the biggest badass with a variaty of weapons, I focus on demolishing my targets with sheer power and have high health to back myself up. At level one I am just that compared to my companions of other jobs, yet I still can be killed by a mandragora because this is the beginning of my journey, through the trials and hardships I experience as I (level up) become stronger and more skilled as a Warrior, learning many things of my classes history and abillities from my seniors (AF quests)

Just because I was called a Warrior when I left the gates of my home town, doesn't mean I was the biggest badass this side of the Sarutabaruta. It however did mean what my characters goals and aspirations were as I grew.