New Job System Incoming!!! - But what does this mean??

[Cairdeas]

The little detail you're missing here is that we really don't need more tanks in this game. People playing gladiator are already having trouble finding a spot in NM groups in their own linkshell, and it'll be even worse with the 8-men restriction.

Offline games don't really count, as the usage of the trinity is much more elastic.

With the Job System me and Carpe have worked on you don't have to be a tank as a Gladiator,

You can be a Thief, a Red Mage, a Blue Mage, a Dragoon, a Dark Knight, a Paladin, a Samurai, a Ninja, any Job that has use of a Sword.

Jobs have always had access to more then one type of weapon in most of the Final Fantasy's. White Mage for example has had Hammers, Two Hand Hammers, Curled Staffs, Bo-Staffs, Knunchucks, Rackets, Shields, and in one case even Swords and Axes with the right set up.