(08-13-2013, 05:29 PM)Myxie Tryxle Wrote: Part of their goal here may be to encourage cross class play. Â Thaumaturge and conjurer have to choose what role they wish to fill, but they make that choice at level 1. Â Arcanist makes that choice but does so at level 30. Â If arcanist is equally capable at ranged DPS and healing through job choice, it reduces incentives to play conjurer or thaumaturge. Â Why not just play arcanist where you can do both without penalty?
I'm sorry, but what you're saying isn't making any sense to me. xD
Arcanist is not a hybrid class; it only does damage. You will put your attribute points into INT, all 30 of them. Jobs have separate attribute point allocations from classes, but apparently if two jobs branch from a class, those two jobs share attribute points. So if you do not have your crystal equipped for SCH or SMN and your character is currently ACN, you should have 30 points in INT. If you equip a SCH or SMN crystal, you will have 30 new points to play with, but only 30 between the two jobs. This is forcing people to choose one roll or the other, either healing (SCH, MND) or dps (SMN, INT).
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