Im confused with class combining. IF theres only a couple main classes all of those classes have the moves to make others? How can 1 mage have heal and dps of all types, im confused.

I think people might be missing the point here regarding classes.

FFXIV appears to have tried to break the mould in terms of classes. Instead of having defined classes that can only do certain things, we have hybrid class development where you can learn skills of classes and share with other classes.

Imagine, you want to play as a Paladin, combat healer. You level up gladiator (for example) and you level up Conjurer (for heal spells). Then you equip the skills you need to form your hybrid class, and away you go.

So you want to play as a dark night, you level up Thaumaturge, you level up glad, select the right skills and away you go.

People need to be able to see beyond traditional job specs to play this game, you are only limited by your imagination as to the type of characteer you want to develop. These classes create almost hundreds of potential different avenues for job development.

WoW has a lot to answer for - boil these things down so that the game is just so easy that all you have to do is bash buttons and suddenly no-one wants to think anymore!!! I want to play a set class, and I dont want to have to think about how to develop it.

Bring on FFXIV and a new way of playing a bored genre!

That's the point of the new system. It'll be easier to play less often with a slight focus on crafting. More crafting jobs gives players more to do in terms of character management. Laize-faire ownership is probablly NOT going to be the norm, and democratic partying will likely BE the refuge for some players, while totalitarian market fascism IS going to reign supreme at the market boards.



If a lot more people pull from stereotypes constructed from FFXI, we're probably going to see more UPDATES than new jobs/larger weapon options in the future. Coming from SE's point of view, they'd better be ready to hear the parade of new voices they'll have to cater to, that is we're going to want equality among classes (and among crafting jobs) before any thought or appearance of new jobs. If the new jobs aren't stable in the party scenario, many people will either switch to FFXI or go the route of a crafter, which offers less party cooperation and more city-state downtime. Attractiveness of the crafting vs. party job debate matters here, as I'm sure many a new player may stray from the crafting jobs in the onset of the release and keep their head on the level of partying and farming. What I see is a lot more people wincing at the long-time players who craft, who solo, who go straight to the company system, and turning a blind eye to the opportunities offered by SE. I guess what I'm saying is, it looks like SE has constructed a game made for all ages, it is inviting to young players and also offers quick additions to gaming for the older MMORPGer, but the scenario they're putting the players in to the game with, are ones that will either bomb the myth and mystic they've (we've) built around the game, or will lead to the corruption of the jobs they've polished (a la Ninja from FFXI), or could, in either way, even bring an inflating market value median destroying the only reputable aspect to these games, open market competition. I think where SE is trying to GO with this game may be best achieved if they left the light of future job options in the dark and kept frame on their "oh so open" crafting jobs.

im all for making crafting jobs alot more involved and worth playing, but to equate them as actual classes is way underwhelming to me. im a crafter junkie myself, but i would never equate my armor smithing to a nuking black mage.

like many ive talked to, i think its sad how few ACTUAL classes there are this time around. games looks ultra fun, but offers very little variety for me. heres to hoping for a pet class by ps3 release. i refuse to believe FF14 will be the only mmo in existance without a cool pet class.

Crafting is probably going to be much more of an lightly involved player-job, much more like a sport than a life-long quest of a job, as many of the jobs were in Final Fantasy XI, than it is going to be an ultimatum of achievement. Having a wider range of options to choose from while crafting brings more to the board in terms of player communication, item availability, and NPC cooperation. The emphasis on crafting is due mainly, I'd guess, to the rise in slow-core jobs like Draeni Death Knights from Wow, and even buyable job classes from League of Legends. It seems SE is trying to border the younger player market with a line of attractive jobs with easy and arguably all-too-simple abilities with the bored and over-enthused elites interested in taking what was learned from Final Fantasy XI to new places. In terms of anticipation, this is all too welcoming of a herald for this player. Lastly, I'm glad the market system in this build isn't going to ****. AH out! (Thank you)

-mathias179

To everyone that said "OMG Musketeer!" and "OMG Arcanist"...lolz.