The 18 Classes at launch.

[Levian]

It's been confirmed that FFXIV will launch with 18 classes, more will probably be added later on, but these are the ones you can pick from at the beginning!

What paths do you intend to walk down?



Disciplines of War - Attackers

• Pugilist - uses fists, is quick and able to steal
• Gladiator - Uses dagger/sword and shield, can provoke.
• Marauder - Uses an axe, high attack power.
• Archer - Uses a bow, ranged attack.
• Lancer - Uses a spear, can attack from a longer distance than other melee classes.

Disciplines of Magic - Magicians

• Conjurer - Uses the power of the elements around him to cast magic. Can shift between offensive and defensive magic.
• Thaumaturge - Uses a staff, enfeebler and enhancer.

Disciplines of Land - Gatherers

• Miner - Uses a pickaxe to gather ore. Often combined with Goldsmith and Blacksmith
• Botanist - Gathers various things found in nature, often combined with Carpenters, Weavers, Alchemists and Culinarians.
• Fisher - They fish! Often combined with Culinarian and Goldsmith

Disciplines of Hand - Creators

• Carpenter - Uses handsaw, makes furniture and utensils, whatever those are used for!
• Blacksmith - Uses cross-pein hammer, makes weapons and tools.
• Armorer - Uses hammer, makes armors.
• Goldsmith - Uses chaser hammer, makes weapons, armors and tools.
• Leatherworker - Uses headknives, makes leather gear.
• Weaver - Uses needles, makes pieces of clothing.
• Alchemist - Uses an Alembic, mixes items and turns them into new items, such as potions.
• Cullinarian - Uses a skillet, makes food with various effects.

[Meat Puppet]

Damn haven’t been a Thaumaturge since I was last in Daggerfall.

[Aerith's Knight]

An honest day work as a goldsmith, is better than killing and raiding villages.

[Goldenboko]

Cullinarian - Uses a skillet, makes food with various effects.

lul

[Mercen-X]

Sounds interesting.

[Renmiri]

Sounds awful! On wow I can be a Hunter and still, cook, mine and do jewel crafting. Why are they mixing battle classes with craft classes ?

[Ouch!]

Sounds awful! On wow I can be a Hunter and still, cook, mine and do jewel crafting. Why are they mixing battle classes with craft classes ?

Because you can do all of them in FFXIV as well? You can change your job any time you're in passive mode (not engaged) by changing your weapon. Welcome to a few months over a year ago.

[Goldenboko]

Sounds awful! On wow I can be a Hunter and still, cook, mine and do jewel crafting. Why are they mixing battle classes with craft classes ?

Because you can do all of them in FFXIV as well? You can change your job any time you're in passive mode (not engaged) by changing your weapon. Welcome to a few months over a year ago.

I find the concept to be funny though, if real life worked like that, I'm a professional chef whenever I hold a spatula xD

[Loony BoB]

No, you'd be an amateur chef. In FFXI, you start off being able to do some recipes but will fail every time at others. Leveling up your crafting in that game was extremely expensive and time consuming (in the majority of crafts, anyway). Crafters will have levels to go up, too, so yeah.

I'll probably aim to be a Marauder, Pugilist, Miner and Blacksmith in the early days of the game.

[Levian]

I'm thinking Pugilist, Botanist and Carpenter/Weaver. I'm sure FFXIV will be entirely different from FFXI, but I want to try some different classes anyhow.

[Goldenboko]

I do question the lack of Mages. They left a lot of room for future updates. I only see a sort of Black/White Mage and a Green Mage. I was really hoping for some sort of Red Mage like character. I wonder if you'll be able to have any skills that you keep throughout? Like, "Reach Level 20 Conjurer to be able to cast Cure in any class".

[Del Murder]

Looking at Archer, Lancer, or Conjurer. Don't want to do the standard sword/shield class because I do that in every game.

For crafting I'll probably go with Fisher. I'll fish stuff up and Miriel can cook it.

[Loony BoB]

There has to be a lot of room for future update, or else they'd be crap. Multi-talented classes tend to come in later updates after the initial specialists.

[Del Murder]

Over half the classes are crafting ones so hopefully they will add more fighting ones soon.

[Mirage]

I'll be a marauder and a healer thing. Maybe a thief thing too.