It's a really good question, a similar one was asked in another thread, and if I recall correctly the topic was "building a gish". Similar but not really the same!
I like to think that most disciplines are similar to real life and have a logarithmic growth/curve. That means improvement and learning is greater when you start but with time these begin to decrease and improving in an area becomes more difficult.
Perhaps not everything related to a discipline or study follows this curve but we can use the amount of time it takes to advance into the next belt or phase in a martial art as an example. In general it takes less time to move up the ranks at first but the higher belts/phases of your training demand a longer time before being able to apply for the next one.
Many martial artists say that a black belt, for example, is not the complete mastery of your training, but rather the true beginning of it when you are ready to learn the more advanced techniques. I like to think that level 30 in a class in FFXIV is similar to a black belt as it's in that level when you can acquire the job related to that class.
Needless to say, of course it's harder and takes longer even in video games to continue leveling up.
So, I'm really okay with characters that can handle a couple or even a handful of different classes/disciplines, as long as their age allows it and usually stick to their main proficiency or adapt their IC power if they want to even them out.
Let's say a 45 year old character is already a master of their first class and also has some level 30 skill in other two disciplines, that seems really natural and understandable to me. But a 17 year old being job-experienced in three different ones seems special snowflake-y.
As for my character, Arzilia, she has trained as a dragoon since an early age and also has trained in hand-to-hand combat as a side training, but as a pugilist I'd say she's like a level 15, enough to defend herself but may not really be able to beat another dedicated pugilist. She's also kind of young, which I may use that in my favor if I ever want her to learn something else across the years. Obviously none of the other disciplines she'd learn would be as high as her lancing skills.
Hope I managed to explain myself with this wall of text
I like to think that most disciplines are similar to real life and have a logarithmic growth/curve. That means improvement and learning is greater when you start but with time these begin to decrease and improving in an area becomes more difficult.
Perhaps not everything related to a discipline or study follows this curve but we can use the amount of time it takes to advance into the next belt or phase in a martial art as an example. In general it takes less time to move up the ranks at first but the higher belts/phases of your training demand a longer time before being able to apply for the next one.
Many martial artists say that a black belt, for example, is not the complete mastery of your training, but rather the true beginning of it when you are ready to learn the more advanced techniques. I like to think that level 30 in a class in FFXIV is similar to a black belt as it's in that level when you can acquire the job related to that class.
Needless to say, of course it's harder and takes longer even in video games to continue leveling up.
So, I'm really okay with characters that can handle a couple or even a handful of different classes/disciplines, as long as their age allows it and usually stick to their main proficiency or adapt their IC power if they want to even them out.
Let's say a 45 year old character is already a master of their first class and also has some level 30 skill in other two disciplines, that seems really natural and understandable to me. But a 17 year old being job-experienced in three different ones seems special snowflake-y.
As for my character, Arzilia, she has trained as a dragoon since an early age and also has trained in hand-to-hand combat as a side training, but as a pugilist I'd say she's like a level 15, enough to defend herself but may not really be able to beat another dedicated pugilist. She's also kind of young, which I may use that in my favor if I ever want her to learn something else across the years. Obviously none of the other disciplines she'd learn would be as high as her lancing skills.
Hope I managed to explain myself with this wall of text
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