Letter from the Producer, I (1/21/2010)

[Hyan]

Well, now that I think about it the class names in the Japanese version are pretty damn lame. Sword-user, Hand-to-hand-user, Spear-user.. only THM and CNJ have cooler names. I think this change is being requested more by the JP's than the West. I hope Yoshida realizes that their translators already did a good job at this and leaves the English names as-is.

[Lazytowner]

That mindset doesn't quite fit into 99% of MMO's out there. Individuality, Convenience, Army of One- the keywords for the MMO's of current-gen.

W--....but--....*sigh*. That's a good thing? Why would you do that? I'm not even angry about your opinion...it just saddens me.

Please stop playing video games. You and the rest of the narcissistic, conceded Facebook legion need to *poof* disappear.

Or I'll just stick to sandbox games like Little Big Planet 2 while tools like you shit up every single thing that used to be great about MMOs with your introverted views on what should be a -very- extroverted genre. Sweeping generalizations do very much so apply.

I still love your persistence though, Hyan. I have to say...

[Riposte]

A twitter does everything a forum could do, but a hundred times better. (That is to say, with a hundred percent less chaff and fags)

(And really, a twitter is a devolution of a weblog/official website)

[Draylo]

Changes to class names Possible introduction of traditional names such as paladin, monk, white mage, etc. Announcement of further changes as they arise

PLEASE :D

[miokomioko]

... because it totally makes a fucking difference.

[Riposte]

It does lol. In a bad way.

[Corrderio]

Renaming would require them to rehaul the jobs, so I say keep them as is. If a name bothers you that much, you're an idiot.

[solracht]

Renaming would require them to rehaul the jobs

Which is what might happen. Should've thought it better before voting "yes" to bending the rules of Eorzea, eh?

[Draylo]

Just do it.

[Kurokikaze]

Renaming does indeed require them to rehaul the jobs - and you think they are fine they way they are shouldnt do so? That makes you an idiot.

[Fawkes]

Pugilist are not Monks, Gladiators not Paladins, etc. "Monk" is an especially bad class concept in almost every western fantasy(-derived) games, even in real RPGs. Pugilist is a fantastic execution of a hand to hand fighter.

Not sure what you mean. Switch second wind's name back to chakra, and seismic shock to air render. Now pugilist is the textbook final fantasy monk.

[Corrderio]

Which is what might happen. Should've thought it better before voting "yes" to bending the rules of Eorzea, eh?

I voted no since it was to vague to be an answer.

Renaming does indeed require them to rehaul the jobs - and you think they are fine they way they are shouldnt do so? That makes you an idiot.

What?

[Soupbowl]

I am amazed at how much crying is being done over job rename and jumping lol.

[Draylo]

The jobs are all bland pieces of shit. This isn't some generic MMO, this is a final fantasy game. I have, and many others, said it from day one. They need to be changed as well as their functions. What is wrong with having the classical jobs in this game?

[Elrina]

Let them overhaul the whole bloody class system, it sure as hell needs it. Bland, boring, and yawn worthy. It isn't just about the names.

[Corrderio]

Maybe I'm a minority then but I do enjoy the system as it is. I don't want them to rename and overhaul jobs since I don't see how they could make it any different from XI then in terms of combat other than you can pick/choose abilities and they don't suck a majority of the time.

[Draylo]

Maybe I'm a minority then but I do enjoy the system as it is. I don't want them to rename and overhaul jobs since I don't see how they could make it any different from XI then in terms of combat other than you can pick/choose abilities and they don't suck a majority of the time.

Maybe, considering your one of the 15 people that still play the game? They already admitted they tried too hard to make it different than FFXI, some things being the same aren't that bad. Especially considering how much people liked the various traditional jobs in the series, they were just unbalanced in XI in a few ways.

[solracht]

this is a final fantasy game.

Only 6 out of 13 main FFs have classic jobs. Not that I don't want traditional classes, but I find that argument pretty silly.

[Elrina]

Only 6 out of 13 main FFs have classic jobs. Not that I don't want traditional classes, but I find that argument pretty silly.

You may find it silly, but 6/13 is just shy of 50%. That's half of all previous (main title*) FF games. Now, how many of them had a job system, but didn't use that classic job scheme?

You aren't really arguing against them, but I just felt I'd point out that comparison makes it a lot less silly, in my view.

[Corrderio]

Maybe, considering your one of the 15 people that still play the game? They already admitted they tried too hard to make it different than FFXI, some things being the same aren't that bad. Especially considering how much people liked the various traditional jobs in the series, they were just unbalanced in XI in a few ways.

I hope to god you're not going to say this was all due to no classic jobs. Since until this point I never seen people complain one bit about the jobs.

FFXIV sucked for a various amount of reasons:

-Crappy UI/controls
-Lack of content
-EXP gain is so slow the only effective way to get EXP is finding a small group of people to do leves with
-Lackluster world and story
-Things that should be client side are server side, causing seconds of lag for a lot of crap
-Horrible economy
-Horrible player interaction

That pretty much sums up the major complaints, not once about classic jobs.