(08-07-2013, 04:47 PM)Chickpea Wrote:Alright, so I'll go over some of the basics, and then a quick touch on the entire system that -might- just make it easier for ya.(08-07-2013, 04:46 PM)shotgunbadger Wrote: Summoners are ranged DPS, Scholars are healers. It sounds like if you want an Arcanist type you want Summoner (the best classÂ)
Hrrm, very very interesting. Thank you. So that's one for summoner! There are so many classes o__o
First off, jobs and classes.
Classes are the basics. Everyone starts off with a class. Pugilist, gladiator, conjurer, marauder, lancer, archer, Thaumaturge, arcanist, and the various crafting/gathering classes.
Jobs are.. Well, I'm hoping you're familiar with D&D terms. Jobs are 'prestige' classes. Like.. The Arcane ARcher from D&D 2.5 is a prestige class for a Ranger. Well, the paladin, monk, warrior, Dragoon, bard, white/black mages, summoner and scholar are all prestige classes of various basic classes.
So, for example.. We'll just do ranged, since that's what you're interested in. An Archer will become a bard, a Lancer becomes a Dragoon (Added in because you mentioned it), a Thaumaturge becomes a black mage, a conjurer becomes a white mage, an Arcanist becomes a Summoner or a Scholar.Â
Now, there's a little more to it than just leveling X class to level 30.. They all also require a secondary class to level 15. So, if you wanted to be a Black Mage, because they're badass and throw big fireballs around and blow crap up, you'd have to have a level 30 Thaumaturge and a level 15 Pugilist.Â
A summoner, which you mentioned liking, requires a level 30 Arcanist, and.. -possibly- a level 15 Thaumaturge. Summoners will be new, starting in beta phase 4/open beta, so all we know is what SE wants us to know.
Lastly, and this is hinted at through my entire post... You don't have to make a new character for each class.
One character can be -every- class. All you do is equip a different weapon, and it switches your class to the proper one. Want to be a Thaumaturge? Cool, equip a scepter thing. Want to be a Pugilist? Awesome, equip some fist weapons. So, you can literally try every class and only have one character doing it.
Lastly, since you have to do a base class first, I'd look at Thaumaturge or Arcanist. Conjurer's are healers, I believe.
