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? I mean it would be a good idea to get the job for Duty Finder and stuff if you want to run higher level dungeons. But you could always unequip the soul gem (or whatever it's called) when you're IC. If you want to do the raised by pirate bits, which is always awesome, you could always just have a knife and unequip your shield to RP her as a knife fighter.
