09-09-2009, 06:46 PM
(09-09-2009, 06:40 PM)GrooveMan.exe Wrote: They have a class list for FF14? Where?
Also it'd be interesting to have a system where in the beginning you have access to all weapon types/stances/spells/skills/whatever, and over time as you use specific types more, the other ones get locked out. If you try to be a jack of all trades your EXP is also fragmented, so you're pressured to specialise, but the game lets you choose exactly what you want to specialise in. Maybe once your 'growth' in playstyle is complete, it generates a name for it. You get the classic Warrior/Priest/Mage titles, and unique ones for the more 'out there' combinations.
Of course in practice it would become evident that some combinations are retarded, and there'd be a subset of skinny, leather wearing half-elves wielding broadswords and fire magic; but that just comes with territory when there's a blank canvas.
i think this is what FFXIV is doing. they said your class is directly connected to what weapon you have. they also said, pretty much no classes. you mix and match the skills you get from the weapons-- though no one knows how yet.
the theory out there right now is that weapons will have skills attributed to them and the more you fightyou have a chance of "mastering" that skill (learning it permanently). kind of like ffix or ffta/2
the other theory is that what armor you wear lets you use the skills form your other classes, depending on the piece.