Final Fantasy XVFollow

I played around for a bit on Marauder, it's got a little bit of a Dark Knight feel, so I might go with that for awhile, at least until they add a real Dark Knight job.

GLA30/CON15, if I'm remembering right. I am hoping to hit that tomorrow maybe. Depends how busy work is.

Well, each starting area has a ******** of lowbie quests. Additionally, each job has its own Hunting Log, which ends up being great EXP. I don't know if PUG gets decent MND or not, but using Cure on Marauder is pretty useless.

Subjobs work like this, from what I can tell:
You get slots for abilities from other jobs you have leveled, with access to abilities of levels up to half your current level. So right now, my Gladiator is 20 and my Conjurer is 12, so if I'm on GLA, I can pick abilities from up to CON level 10. At level 20, I have 4 subjob ability slots. It lets me pick from any of the other jobs I have levels in to fill these slots. So, I can take Cure and Protect from Conjurer. I can also take Foresight from Marauder, and an ability from another job if I want.

I don't know how this works with the advanced classes. It's a pretty versatile system. I'm sure there will end up being "best" combinations, but for solo play, there are a ton of combinations to choose from.

I don't think there is any subjob system for jobs right now. That's supposed to be part of the balance.

Classes let you create more flexible characters. Jobs let you specialize into something.

The idea seems to be that a Gladiator/Conjurer would be slightly worse at what a Paladin does than a Paladin (I'm going to guess they get weaker heals but stronger attacks). But the Gladiator can switch it up to grab some Marauder abilities, or some buffs from the Archer class, etc.

Gladiator using a sub Cure is nice for soloing, but it does ******* in dungeons. Cast time is too long, and your healer is bombing you with Cures doing 3x as much healing. I assume Flash is more efficient as far as Enmity per unit Mana.

Has anyone looked into the conjurer mnd/int swapping skill? Worth noting, because it would ensure /conj skills still get solid mind when you're a thaumaturge, and thaumaturge skills were still useful when you're a conjurer.

Also because it gives the opportunity for slightly stronger heals, if you're a class with a high base int and want stronger sub heals.

I really love the way the Elvaan (or whatever) Conjurers cast...

I'm inclined to say that HAS to be a bug. Does the ability scale backwards down to your level, or is it overpowered compared to your other abilities?

Oh, right.

I have a feeling that they're going to ease up on those restrictions over time. Safer to give access as you go, then to take it.

Do abilities scale in FFXIV? I know there are ranks, but I'm wondering if it goes beyond the effect of the base stat. Because it's possible they'll just scale up to half your main level.

To be honest I didn't do any number crunching, I just know you can equip thunder on a lvl 1 CNJ. I'm guessing there's some scaling involved but I don't think it's half your level. I'll get back to you on that after a bit more testing.

It's more of a superficial complaint though, because everything pre-airship is designed to be solo and balanced around that lack of healing. Once you require healing (dungeons, group leves, free companies, etc) everyone is free to roam the world through teleports, airships, and chocobos. And you join Grand Companies of any city you wish. Conjurers can become members of LL's Grand Company and that city is now their main.