I think it's a bit more fitting for this situation.
Picture this. A system where your class is determined by what weapon you are currently wielding. So, if you want to be a fighter you take up a sword, or if you want to be a wizard you take up a staff. It seems kind of ass backwards to me and it was a system I hoped that a certain game I've been looking at would not use.
Unfortunately it looks like they are using that system. Not only that, but they are going to apparently allow players to switch weapons, and their class, right in the middle of combat. Furthermore, when they change weapons then they change their appearance as well, so fighters will look like fighters just by holding their swords just as wizards will have gandalf hats and robes when they bring a staff out. Just pick a weapon and *poof*.
There is no certainty that FFXIV will be using this system, but reading their website descriptions, that's the vibe that I am getting. If it is, this game is badly setting itself up to fail very early in its career. What happens when a player masters life as a healer and a warrior? All they have to do is fight with one, switch to the other, heal himself to full, and switch back. It's like WoW paladins set on infinite God mode and something that will turn out to be very, very boring.
Disappointing to say the least. I was really hoping for better with this game.
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