(10-21-2015, 08:44 AM)Vyce Wrote: Just an FYI, if you don't RP possessing a Soulstone, you cannot RP classification of a Job. Jobs require Soulstones. You can RP a class, but not a job. You can be a Conjurer but not a White Mage (which is unlikely anyway). You can be a Marauder but not a Warrior. You can be an Archer but not a Bard.That's not quite accurate, actually. A soul crystal, lorewise is not NEEDED for all jobs (I'm unsure of the exception listing, I'll have to confirm). It's a good way to mix game mechanics and lore, yes! However, a good few jobs don't really need them. The soul crystals (not soulstones, people, that's WoW warlock magic) contain therein the memories, deeds and the knowledge of their old holders, which may help give the new holder insight or even the knowledge itself on how to do their job, so to speak. This is largely because the 'jobs' are mostly old arts that are in a state of revival (Of course, there are exceptions to this like Paladin).Â
A Bard without a Soulstone is just an archer than plays a lute and sings. There is little to no power behind that music. It is the Soulstone that allows you to channel aether in that manner.
It is a Soulstone that allows an Ul'Dahan Pugilist to access the ability to channel aether the way a Monk does.
Now, this does not mean you have to RP a job. Most RPers other than Machinists, Astrologians, and Dark Knights seems to RP more as the class than the Job because you have a lot more freedom RPing the Class than you do as a highly specialized and specific Job. Astro, Mach, and Dark are classless jobs and are an acception, as the path from class to job is long and arduous.
What you do have to do is acknowledge that Jobholders are Soulstone holders.
It's perfectly plausible for someone -- say, a pugilist -- to open a chakra and be classified as a monk without having a soul crystal. In fact, Widargelt outright says that the crystals were given to novice monks who had already done that and shown potential. For your toon to count as the job, you need to equip the soul crystal, yes! For your character to be classified as the job, all they need to do is go after the art, study it/practice it/whatever it. Jobs (with notable exceptions) are not locked behind soul crystal possession.
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