Final Fantasy XIV's XVIII different classes revealed

@Roman Numerals

I c whot u did thar!

So there's no more white/black/red/green/blue mages? What a crock of shit.

I'm definitely a Disciple of the Hand... I'm also a Disciple of the Lonely. :(

More crafting classes than main classes... This is making Crackdown 2 look good in the avatar variety department

Some of you have written this game off already. That's okay. But let me just address some of the concerns already listed for those who might still be on the fence:

The "disciples of the hand" and "disciples of magic" are basic job--if you read about them all they're all basically the same as the classic FF jobs.

@Frostbane: Those are all the crafting classes the game will ever have, which is why there are more at this time. Every character can be ANY OR ALL of these classes, actively switching between them on the fly. As for the "lack" of fighting classes, just like in FFs past, (particularly XI), higher-level, likely more specialized classes, will be released after the game is out. This is consistent with all other MMOs and previous FFs.

I'm really encouraging people to try XIV. I understand XI had serious deficiencies, but I played it for a long time and can attest to how much Square Enix learned in the process. XI isn't the sickeningly boring, party-necessary grindfest you remember. It's now a newbie and solo-friendly, very solid MMO. The reason I am saying this is because I know the dev team has carried the lessons they learned from XI over. XIV may be "XI-2", but that comes with the growth and knowledge which comes with time.

If you don't want to play XIV, that's okay. But honestly? I think you'll be missing out.

Culinary as a class in the game? Oh hell yes, I'm going to destroy that boss with my scrambled eggs strike!

My main character, Cheech Marin, will be a botanist.

I hope the fishing is awesome in this game. I will do nothing but fish if it is.

So as being a newbie for this FF MMO, which disciples is the equivalent to the rogue/thief/knave class?

Can I the Disciple of Fashion? My fabulous outfits would annihilate any opposer to smithereens.

Definitely, I'm Disciple of your Mother.

So I'm just noticing now--no Summoner...that's kind of disappointing. :\ Would appreciate one more magic class.

ive really been looking forward to this game and these beginning classes sound awesome! also, im sure SE is going to add more classes down the line. That's one of the few things they're going to keep similar to FFXI. FFXI had SO many classes and with its subjob system it diversified those classes even more. This game seem to be taking that up a notch with this new system in place of being able to mix and match your skills. Can't wait!

Well, from what I've played in the alpha and beta (Which hasn't been much. They are absolutely horrible at setting times to play and have cancelled almost all of their beta times already), the game is pretty fun. I've tried out the pugilist and lancer and the combat system is pretty interesting and different compared to most MMOs. It's sort of like an ATB system.

I've also tried out the mining class. Their crafting classes all consist of mini games as far as I can see. The mini games, however, are a bit lacking and would get old really fast, so I hope they fix those up sometime...

The graphics are pretty intensive for an MMO, but my 7 year old computer had absolutely no problem running it, and that's using a graphics card I bought for 100 dollars about 3 years ago. So if you're buying an $1,100 laptop and it can't run this game, you are getting ripped off.

Some of you may have laughed at that comment about there being no "jump" button, but it's still true. The exploration aspect is a bit lacking. There are caves all around, but unless you have a quest that takes place in that cave, it will always be completely empty. There's almost a sort of linearity to the game too, which is very bad for MMOs. You aren't able to climb up a 2 foot ledge. You need to go around. You also can't fall off a 2 foot ledge. So if you like the appeal of being able to explore anything you want whenever you want, this will sadly not be for you.

The quests seem a bit lacking as well. You receive guildleves from an unmarked npc that you have to look for and then go to the area where that guildleve takes place. And every single guildleve was "go kill 3 rats" or something similar. And like I said, everything is laid out for you. When you get a guildleve, it marks the area and the specific monster that you are allowed to fight, and nothing else. I'm sure there will also be storyline quests when the full game is released, and the cutscenes are pretty amazing for an MMO as well, but my big issue is the major linearity to it all.

Overall, it's a very interesting take on the MMO genre and worth a try just to see if you like it. But don't go into it expecting to play it like every other MMO, because you'll be very disappointed.

There is no way that is the entire list...much too generalized...I bet any amount of money that they will start adding in specialized classes under these in the near future.

As long as they kept the combat/party-system from being too tedious and did away with that exp loss BS...this could be a winner.

i already decided on class and race im uber excited and if u want to party up when it comes out (even though its in like 5 months away) we could play some mw2 or lbp