thing i found odd about 11, was every time i would level a new job it was fun. I didn't mind going to the same array of camps over and over, it became something of a nostalgia. You got to meet new people all the time. The only thing that hindered it was that actually assembling and maintaining a viable party was time consuming and difficult, especially when some hot blooded people would refuse to accept anything but the optimal arrangement.
However, from what I hear, there's been a lot of additions to the game to get around this if you should so please.
I don't feel any of this affection while leveling in 14. It feels messy. It's not motivating to try to start out as a newbie on a new job with someone whom has been playing for a while is 100xs better than you at the same level because of all the cross over mess and physical levels. When i do jump on a new melee, i'm basically still just playing my lancer regardless of the new class. No changing of venue for long stretches, no overworld leveling, not very much grouping with other players of the game except for maybe a 5 minute behest. No adventuring, no carrots except for abilities to make your other classes even more ambiguous.
Its just odd to me that i loved leveling even jobs i hated in ff11, even despite the grief that sometimes went along with it. Yet, in 14, I'm completely turned off, even from the classes I should be enjoying more than i am.
I think the armoury system is a lot to blame. It's actually a good idea on paper, but just doesn't really work in the long run for an mmo i think. It probably would have been a lot more interesting converted into a console ff game. Sort of like ff5 but expanded. I'm hoping the introduction of jobs will help, but I'm apprehensive about what the harmony of the game will be like after implementation. As stated above, I'm suspicious of how well old and new can actually gel in the same arena.
I also wonder if it'll even be possible to mix parties full of jobs and classes. As, despite their promise to rebalance (aka nerf) the existing classes, I cannot see how someone with all the classes leveled and all the abilities available cannot overpower someone on a regular job. Either they have to make the classes suck so hard that you can barely function and grow as a character, or that they may make jobs event only applicable and not have fixed anything at all.
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