(09-23-2014, 03:27 PM)Seriphyn Wrote: On topic of OP, I've participated a lot in these discussions, but I don't know why there HAS to be a need to roleplay Jobs over Classes. Jobs come with all these sorts of gray areas and lore-breaking implications. Why not just be a lancer over a dragoon? Why not a gladiator over a paladin (unless you want to play Sultansworn)? Why not pugilist over monk? Other than a very small amount of differences, they're effectively the same. Some differences are just academic, such as gladiator and paladin.It's honestly all good and fine not to play any of the jobs if that's what you want. But a roleplayer who wants to portray a character WITH a job may wish for guidelines on how they may go about doing so.
Dragoons seem the most egregious example, and a good number of DRG RPers don't seem to really abide by being Ishgardian (they tend to be Miqo'te). In my character's hyper-traditionalist mind (where titles must be earned, upheld, and associated with rightful station), they're just lancers who got replica armour from "that moody woman in Mor Dhona".
Just play a lancer? There's no Kain in FFXIV, yo.
Then again we can pick and choose who we RP with, so ultimately \o\
Personally, I chose Monk over Pugilist because the Monk works on a different level -- with regard to the seven chakras, specifically. If I wanted to play a Pugilist, the best I would get out of that is a fist fighter with the ability to enter the heightened state of Greased Lightning.
My character's concept always sounds so cheesy on paper (an amnesiac street thug pugilist who was a talented monk before geting keblox'd on the noggin), but anyone who has roleplayed with Berrod knows that it's not executed in a manner nearly as silly as it sounds. He's a man trying to get by (and get laid) in everyday Ul'Dah life.Â
The 'job' part of the roleplay comes in at certain intervals and it is refreshing and fulfilling to allow myself to experience it. I could just play a pugilist street thug all day everyday, but that isn't engaging enough for me. To each his own, I think!Â
Just make sure that if you DO play a job, you do so in moderation. I think people would get sick of me if I went about unleashing the third chakra for every little thing.
"Berrod can you help me move this bench?"
"OPEN TH'SOLAR PLEXUS!"
"BERROD PLS"
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