Job advancement?

[Nub]

Hi, new player here and currently level 23 lancer.

I've read that you can advance onto a higher class at level 30. Would there be any reason for not advancing onto the next class?

Thanks.

[Tivz]

As a lancer, you can upgrade to Dragoon once you have lancer at 30 and Marauder at 15
Upgrading to Dragoon will give you access to several abilities (unlocked by job quests every 5 levels starting from 30) which a lancer simply can't learn. So anyone who tells you that there is no reason to advance onto your job needs to be re-evaluated. It's an integral part of the game really and shouldn't be ignored

[Tivz]

http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Jobs

[Aya]

Well, for one, it wouldn't be there since launch up until now if it's useless.
Also, here's your answer. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/102595-Lancer-vs-Dragoon#threads/79042-Dragoons-A-Rotation-Reborn

[Crevan]

Only reason to not advance is more Cross Class Action Skills. Staying as a Lancer, you can allocate more skills from different classes and use more of them that you would otherwise lose access to when you advance your class to the Dragoon job.

For example, you can use Goad from Rogue as a Lancer to help sustain your Warrior tank or another DPS class that spends their TP quickly in AoE situation. And you can use Straight Shot and I believe Raging Strikes from Archer to have a permanent +10% critical chance, and the occassional +20% damage buff.

Overall, staying as Lancer has it's benefits, but so does advancing to Dragoon. It's much like the Novice class from Ragnarok Online, if you are familiar with that game.

[shoki]

In early game versions it was better to stay as a marauder than advancing to a warrior (and afaik arcanist was quite usefull too), because you were able to deal more dmg as an offtank. But other than that the jobs were always "better".

But in the current version, there is no reason to not advance to your job. The new job abilities are just to strong in comparison to the few cross-class skills you could pick.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by shoki:

In early game versions it was better to stay as a marauder than advancing to a warrior (and afaik arcanist was quite usefull too), because you were able to deal more dmg as an offtank. But other than that the jobs were always "better".

But in the current version, there is no reason to not advance to your job. The new job abilities are just to strong in comparison to the few cross-class skills you could pick.

Not to mention equipping the Soul Crystal itself grants a good stat buff.

[Heyu]

The extra cross class skills from staying as your base class aren't worth the stat boost your job crystal, in addition to the Dragoon exclusive skills you'll get. This is even more true than it used to be with the level 50-60 Heavensward skills.

[Nico Yazawa]

The Job System might as well not even exist, it's a necessity.

It creates the illusions of customization and choice.

[ghostkiller914]

i belive

[Wgurgh]

The real thing is that it is not even a choice you have to make. Experience and levels earned as either lancer or dragoon will advance both. Get dragoon and if there is any time you want to use lancer, just do it.