A Closer Look At Final Fantasy XIV’s New Classic Jobs

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A Closer Look At Final Fantasy XIV’s New Classic Jobs

By Ishaan . March 1, 2012 . 4:32pm


Final Fantasy XIV producer, Naoki Yoshida, has been talking about patch 1.21 for a long time. One of the major features of the patch is that it will allow you to take up classic Final Fantasy jobs.

Yoshida previously revealed that, by finding job stones, you’ll be able to change into a Paladin, Warrior, Monk, Bard, Black Mage, White Mage, and Dragoon. Patch 1.21 will also add exclusive quests and gear sets for the new jobs, along with Chocobo Armor. Additionally, 1.21 will add two level 50 raids: Cutter’s Cry and The Aurum Vale, and will also add intra-city warps within city-states to help save time.

This week, Yoshida showed off screenshots from the new job class quests:

Paladin:



Warrior:



Monk:



Dragoon:



Bard:



White Mage:



Black Mage:



Another major change, Yoshida shared this week in a new Letter from the Producer column, is that the magic casting system is being overhauled.

“I, myself, have been closely involved with the upcoming changes to magic casting,” Yoshida writes. “While differences between the current client and the 2.0 client have forced us to take a different approach to achieve the desired results, I am happy to say the new system in 1.21 should be almost identical to what will be found in 2.0.”

By “2.0,” Yoshida is referring to the rebooted Final Fantasy XIV that will be launched later this year. Yoshida says that 1.21 is in the final stages of debugging, and provided all goes well, the patch will be released on March 9th, a little delayed from its original late-February window.


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[HolyDragoon]

Really enjoying the storylines they came up with for jobs. They fit them into the game near flawlessly so far (did 2/7 over the weekend in some heavy gaming sessions!)

 

[Master Cat]

Drats... The update looks awesome! It'd be cool to play as a white mage or black mage. Memories from FFXI... xD

I still have a copy of FFXIV, but I haven't been able to play it yet because my computer is so outdated with the graphics and other specs. *siiiigh* Perhaps soon I'll be able to afford/build a new computer. ;__;

 

[HolyDragoon]

A couple more shots showcasing the Jobs for those interested. Just after we completed our White Mage set and Dragoon set. (With our Paladin tanks that helped)

 

[Chaos_Martin]

*Walks into job centre* Any Dark Knight jobs going?

 

[Shaissa]

They are finally doing stuff correctly.. Making it a real FF game and not some POS MMO that they try to do too much on. Maybe I will get it for PS3 when...if it comes out.

 

[Chaos_Martin]

Im getting it for PS3 for sure. I never played FFXI before as I din't have internet at my home. Well I did but Step dad! Damn you!

Anyway I got my own place now with wireless! I got a Ps3! Can't wait for it to be released.

 

[Jamesy_]

I'm getting it for PS3 when it comes out.

But wait.

No Dark Knight? Jesus wept.

 

[Zoloe]

If you guys want to more about what is happening in FFXIV and how awesome it is becoming, check out ffxiv.gamerescape.com, they're gonna have jumping, male mithras, and even chocobos fighting along side you.