(12-19-2016, 10:20 PM)sima Wrote: I'm wondering, how would things such as class changes be incorporated into RP? Is your class something that is seen as a focal point of your character, or is it something that is ignored when roleplaying?
Most people look at the character before the class. Each class and job has its own lore and history attached to it, but at the same time it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone who uses a spear has trained at the Lancers' Guild in Gridania. Some people may be proficient in multiple weapons, though many people on the RPC usually encourage roleplayers to consider the gravity of having multiple rare jobs and abilities weighed against their age and their history. Some people will play and level a class simply for the gear that becomes available for that class only at later levels, while their character might not be that class at all. For instance, my character's casual attire I picked out has pants that are only available to Leatherworkers, but my character isn't ICly a leatherworker.
So I'd look first at what you want your character to do or be and work around that. In their native lands, were they a skilled hunter? Then you might consider level archer and/or lancer if he/she has talents with those weapons. This wouldn't necessarily mean that your character trained at those guilds to acquire the talents, as she already possessed them in her backstory before she came to Eorzea. Alternatively, she could've been terrible with the bow and now that she's in Eorzea, she goes to the Archers' Guild to improve her skills there and ends up becoming one of the Gods' Quivermen. As an example.
