Job Wheel!

[JTSpender]

I don't entirely get why people are so wierded out at the idea of two jobs coming from one class. Given how classes & jobs already work, jobs are just kind of an added tweak to push the class towards a towards a particular party focus. I could see having multiple jobs being kind of like class specs in WoW. Technically those build off the same base, but actually play very differently and often involve using completely different main abilities in party play. Arcanist is supposed to be pet + DoTs, so for example SMN could focus the class more on pet stuff, and SCH could take after the FFXI SCH and emphasize DoT damage. LNC is pretty much already most of the way to being a DRK, and CNJ could easily be pushed towards buffing and/or doing more damage with the "natural" elements as a Geomancer or Green Mage or similar.

Honestly, I was originally a bit tepid on the idea but the more I think about it, the more I hope that's what is actually going on. From a lore/thematic perspective, it fixes some of the weirdness everyone was feeling about the class/job transition, where every adventurer who wielded a spear suddenly developed a burning hate of dragons at level 30. And I suspect that if they do go this route, we'll actually see more jobs overall than we would otherwise since they won't have to spend all of the resources making a full class for each one. Instead of a bunch of people being unhappy upon finding out whether the scout class goes to NIN or THF, wouldn't it be more fun if the answer was both? Wouldn't it make a lot of people happy if they added a RNG job to ARC? The entire idea just seems made of awesome and I don't get why we're angsting about it. :P

[Ptolemy]

ACN + CNJ = SMN
ACN + THM = SCH



probably~

[Fantasia]

ACN + CNJ = SMN
ACN + THM = SCH

If they did this truly dreadful idea (multijobs /gag) I'd expect them to be the other way around; SCH can be more curative whereas SMN should be DD

[Ptolemy]

If they did this truly dreadful idea (multijobs /gag) I'd expect them to be the other way around; SCH can be more curative whereas SMN should be DD

It is, carbuncle is said to have multiple "specs" like tank/dd/healer

[Fantasia]

It is, carbuncle is said to have multiple "specs" like tank/dd/healer

That's not what I meant =b I mean 2 jobs spanning from the same class is an awful idea. We know ACN>SMN, and know nothing of SCH yet (if it even is SCH)

As for Carbuncle, it only has a tank and mage form

[Fantasia]

I don't entirely get why people are so wierded out at the idea of two jobs coming from one class. Given how classes & jobs already work, jobs are just kind of an added tweak to push the class towards a towards a particular party focus. I could see having multiple jobs being kind of like class specs in WoW. Technically those build off the same base, but actually play very differently and often involve using completely different main abilities in party play. Arcanist is supposed to be pet + DoTs, so for example SMN could focus the class more on pet stuff, and SCH could take after the FFXI SCH and emphasize DoT damage. LNC is pretty much already most of the way to being a DRK, and CNJ could easily be pushed towards buffing and/or doing more damage with the "natural" elements as a Geomancer or Green Mage or similar.

Honestly, I was originally a bit tepid on the idea but the more I think about it, the more I hope that's what is actually going on. From a lore/thematic perspective, it fixes some of the weirdness everyone was feeling about the class/job transition, where every adventurer who wielded a spear suddenly developed a burning hate of dragons at level 30. And I suspect that if they do go this route, we'll actually see more jobs overall than we would otherwise since they won't have to spend all of the resources making a full class for each one. Instead of a bunch of people being unhappy upon finding out whether the scout class goes to NIN or THF, wouldn't it be more fun if the answer was both? Wouldn't it make a lot of people happy if they added a RNG job to ARC? The entire idea just seems made of awesome and I don't get why we're angsting about it. :P

Any job that spans off GLA WILL be a tank, because that's how GLA is built (trait and ability-wise), anythign coming off LNC will be a DD, anything coming off THM will be a magic DD etc. The only difference in making a new job come from the class is 5 different abilities and that's a whole lot of wasted potential; I'd rather they add it to a new class so that it has its own unique abilities from the start.

And having a new job added to the game that is already at level 50 will bum me out... to no end. Like everything isn't already handed to you on a silver platter >.<

[Pendactyl]

A class is a basic root for weapon related skills/spells/passives. Jobs on the other hand have the specialized abilities which make them unique. I don't see why it's hard to imagine a class having more than 1 job. Jobs already have set requirements (in the case of White Mage, 15 GLD along with a 30 CNJ), so a SMN could require a 15 THM, while a Scholar a 15 CNJ. (Or ARC, PUG or whatever)

This doesn't even get into how Jobs have the skills of a second class on top of the required to level 15 one.

[Fantasia]

A class is a basic root for weapon related skills/spells/passives. Jobs on the other hand have the specialized abilities which make them unique. I don't see why it's hard to imagine a class having more than 1 job. Jobs already have set requirements (in the case of White Mage, 15 GLD along with a 30 CNJ), so a SMN could require a 15 THM, while a Scholar a 15 CNJ. (Or ARC, PUG or whatever)

This doesn't even get into how Jobs have the skills of a second class on top of the required to level 15 one.

I'm sorry, I just can't see it.
I wouldn't feel the satisfaction of being able to play a job at it's max level if I didn't work towards it. IMO the classes would have to change massively to be able to sustain radical changes within a job. Jobs are specialised in the sense that it reduces its dependence on the skills of other classes, it doesn't mean that multiple jobs from the same class would be able to specialise differently. Like I said, GLA is a tank class; that's what it is, no change to the 2nd job that comes off it will allow to be ANYTHING except a tank job.

[Pendactyl]

We just have to agree to disagree.

[Zenaku]

Any job that spans off GLA WILL be a tank, because that's how GLA is built (trait and ability-wise), anythign coming off LNC will be a DD, anything coming off THM will be a magic DD etc. The only difference in making a new job come from the class is 5 different abilities and that's a whole lot of wasted potential; I'd rather they add it to a new class so that it has its own unique abilities from the start.

And having a new job added to the game that is already at level 50 will bum me out... to no end. Like everything isn't already handed to you on a silver platter >.<

That why jobs have two class subs any job that would come off GLA could easy become a powerhouse of a DPS. You just don't put the tank skill on your bar you could simple use the other ones you get. Or they could change how the spell works when you become said job it's a very simple fix.

It's not hard to believe not sure why people keep thinking it's a dumb idea. It make a lot of sense that a class get more then one stone.

Yoshi-p idea is to release a lot of class and then add Final fantasy jobs too each class and some will have more then one. Now if this going to happen or not is still unknown and we just have to wait and see. But trust me you still going to get class to level up. At the end level up is no longer the main selling point of any MMO it's the endgame that sell leveling up become a nuisance to a lot of players.

Just wait a see what happen before saying no too something.