According to Naoki Yoshida, a major overhaul of the jobs for Final Fantasy 14 was expected for Patch 8.0. However, a new interview makes this statement suddenly seem outdated.
What was promised? Yoshida stated in an interview with multiplayer.it from 2024 that it would be a major risk if all the jobs were too similar. The jobs refer to the classes in Final Fantasy 14, which are divided into damage dealers, tanks, and healers.
The developers’ goal is rather that each job has its own abilities and that they differ from each other as much as possible so that every player can be proud of their job. Currently, the problem is that all jobs are too similar – which leads to players even completing difficult content without healers or tanks.
However, a new interview with PCGamesN puts his statement in a new light. As it seems, the major overhaul might turn out differently than expected.
Major overhaul of the jobs in FF14 turns out differently
What is supposed to come instead? In the new interview, Yoshida says that one cannot guarantee uniqueness for each job in every patch within the main story. The team is working on a major update that should make the jobs more individual – however, this will only apply to combat content.
At the same time, he also states that not much would change:
One could consider it an extension of the system we already have in the game. Players who enjoy the current situation can rest assured that nothing will change for them. However, we are trying to create something new based on what exists.
What the contents of the major update will be is not known. For many fans, however, this paragraph is a sign that the major overhaul will not happen as they had imagined.
What do fans think about it? User fortnite_battlepass- from Reddit summarizes it as such that the existing jobs would not be changed, but rather supplemented by a new system. He still has the innovations from Patch 6.0 and 7.0 in mind and believes that the changes will likely be just as minimalistic.
Asphyxiare has even given up hope on Reddit: “I don’t know what they have planned, but nothing Yoshida has said gives me hope that the game will improve. I would say they can’t come out with another expansion like Dawntrail. Something needs to change.”
The Dawntrail expansion has indeed been criticized for several reasons. In addition to the overly strong simplification of the jobs, the weak story and the lack of endgame content were also under fire from players. Now the hope is fading that at least the issue of the jobs will not improve in the upcoming DLC.
The new changes are supposed to come with the next major expansion after Dawntrail, namely Patch 8.0. When it will be released, Yoshida has already hinted: The head of Final Fantasy XIV gives a hint about the launch time of the upcoming expansion
