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RE: What's the best class for me? - FreelanceWizard - 08-07-2013

(08-07-2013, 09:50 PM)LeCard Wrote: I don't think you can get to/leave Limsa before the level 15 quest. correct me if I am wrong)

There's a ferry that will take you from Limsa Lominsa to Ul'dah, more or less, but in P3 it had an obscene price (something like 50k gil). The devs confirmed that was a bug, so it should be a more viable option in P4 and launch.

RE: What's the best class for me? - LeCard - 08-07-2013

(08-07-2013, 09:56 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote:
(08-07-2013, 09:50 PM)LeCard Wrote: I don't think you can get to/leave Limsa before the level 15 quest. correct me if I am wrong)

There's a ferry that will take you from Limsa Lominsa to Ul'dah, more or less, but in P3 it had an obscene price (something like 50k gil). The devs confirmed that was a bug, so it should be a more viable option in P4 and launch.
That's good to know. I remember trying to use it once and it just turned me around. I figured it wasn't open/ was connected to a quest. So at least you can physically walk somewhere. Just no fast trips unless you finish the lvl 15 quest or remember to touch the Aetherite crystal after you run to the city for the first time.

RE: What's the best class for me? - Sounsyy - 08-07-2013

(08-07-2013, 09:32 PM)Fiona Swift Wrote: Yep, it works the following way.


Upon creation of a character you will be "locked" into a role that you pick.  This role is your first class and can not be changed until you complete the level 15 story quest which allows you to travel between the 3 major cities.    Once you can do this you can go to any "guild" and learn their class.

This becomes important later on because once you hit level 30 in a class that class basically is going to stop giving you quests.  While you can still level it to 50, at this point your next set of class quests is about converting said class into a "job".     For a Bard.. I plan on leveling my archer to 30.  Once that happens I need to learn Conjurer and hit level 15 (complete the lv 15 class quest basically).

Wanted to clarify a couple things about what I put in bold.
After completing your first Lv10 class quest you unlock the Armoury System, which will allow you to equip gear sets and unlock new combat classes as well as crafting and gathering classes. So you only have to complete the Lv10 class quest in order to do this. However, you will be limited to classes within your starter city until you complete the Lv15 Main Story Quest which grants you airship access to the other starter cities. You can walk in between all starter cities whenever, but its a trek and you'll have to bypass some higher level mobs.

So here's an example. You start as an Arcanist in Limsa Lominsa. After you complete the Lv10 Arcanist quest you can go unlock Marauder or Culinarian or Fisher, etc. But since you are stuck on Vylebrand you will not be able to go to Gridania to unlock Conjurer or Lancer, etc until you complete the Lv15 Main Storyline quest that grants you airship access off the island. Again, you can take a ferry off at any time, but it's a long trek. Airship is by far easier. Also you will have to go all the way back to progress in your main storyline which is tied to your starter city for a time at least.

The second thing is about Class Quests post-Lv30. We don't know how many class quests there are. In 1.0 we had class specific quests up to Lv36. So who knows if Class quests will go higher. This leads into Job Quests. Again, we haven't seen these yet in Beta. But based on 1.0, these quests were not tied intrinsically to their respective class's guild. (ie. You got Dragoon quests from Alberic outside Ishgard in Coerthas, not the Lancer's guild in Gridania.) Lore-wise Classes and their respective Jobs are not necessarily related. (ie. PLD, BRD, WHM, WAR, MNK)

RE: What's the best class for me? - LeCard - 08-07-2013

(08-07-2013, 10:06 PM)Sounsy Wrote: Also you will have to run all the way back to progress in your main storyline which is tied to your starter city for a time at least.

You do not have to run. I tested this out in phase three. just use the return spell(assuming you touched your starting cities Aetherite crystal.)
and if you touch the Aetherite crystal in (for an example say you start in Limsa and run to Ul'dah) Ul'dah you can freely transport (well not free, it cost gil each trip) between the two cities to your hearts content(or your last gil, whichever comes first)

Edit: don't want to sound like I am only here to critique.

Other than that one point Everything you said was a very nice description of how the system works.

RE: What's the best class for me? - Fiona Swift - 08-07-2013

I'm sorry that was definitely my mistake. I got the two different elements crossed; Edited the post to remove the bad information so not to confuse anyone

RE: What's the best class for me? - Sounsyy - 08-07-2013

Lol edited that sentence to say "go" instead of "run." Yeah, you can always return or teleport, assuming you have the gil to do so. I had ruled out returning in my head because if I were making that journey I would be visiting and setting my homepoint at every aetheryte I passed on the way. Cuz you don't want to make a mistake, die, then have to start all over.

RE: What's the best class for me? - Fiona Swift - 08-07-2013

Yeah during the Beta I decided to make the runs to test it out.

It took me something like 15-20 mins to go from Gridania to Ul'dah. I was surprised how easy it was; There were plenty of teleport spots as well in case you die (unlock them as you go).

The only snag I ran into was I couldn't take the Ferry to Limsa Lominsa .

Lots of super high level mobs on the way too. I think I saw a level 40 wandering around at some point. I am very tempted to do the run again, but on the other hand it totally breaks immersion to do such a thing.