
(09-08-2013, 11:22 AM)Jiggy Wrote: The way I see it, there's more than 9 styles of fighting under the sun. If the current jobs don't fit your character, they could always do something else. Just because a character uses a sword and shield doesn't automatically make them a Paladin, you know?
This.
Not everyone in the realm would be an adventurer or follow in the footsteps of combat. There have to be merchants, there have to be farmers, etc. Otherwise there is no balance in the world. If you don't want to play out your game-mechanic profession as IC then don't. All we see is you have a sword and shield. For all we know, you use that shield as a boat and the sword as a paddle when you go out for fishing or relaxing on the waters. No need to limit yourself to game-mechanics, do what fits your character best.