Personally, I like the idea of a Soldier and Dragoon reworking...since those seem to be the two teams that have kind of a hard time getting defined in terms of characters: for Dragoons the character pool is always very limited (and often gets equated with more popular characters like Kain who aren't necessarily the best overall representation of the class) and for Soldiers, it is almost the opposite and there's *too* wide of a definition...often enough, I see a lot of "I can see you in both Dragoon and Soldier" when people are getting votes for one or the other, so having a more defined character list would probably work well for both teams.
I definitely think putting a few more characters in the Dragoon category makes a lot of sense, and possibly even doing a "Dragoon + Knight/Samurai" would give people more of a placing idea when voting on applications. That being said, I fear it would also take away from potential Soldiers since many seem to use Knight characters when voting for Soldiers since so many of the Knight characters are in military organizations in the games...both teams are pretty small in terms of active members, so I'm not sure doing anything that might risk limiting the potential amount of newcomers for either team would necessarily be fair.
Since characters such as Beatrix and Cecil (two Paladins) are often used as examples when people vote Soldier (and I'm definitely *for* reworking the list to include Ramza and Cecil since most of us on Team Soldier seem to consider them part of the characters that "define" the class)...I wonder if it wouldn't be beneficial to include "Soldier + Paladin" for a rework as well. The Paladin characters like Beatrix and Cecil definitely have personality traits in common with other Soldier characters such as Ramza and Marche, so it would further separate and define how the Dragoon and Soldier teams are different, especially if "Dragoon + Knight/Samurai" ends up happening. There would still be Knight/Samurai characters such as Basch (ignoring his RW job), Onion Knight, Gabranth, Auron, Cyan, and Agrias for the Dragoons if that were the case...but Paladins/Holy Knights such as Frimelda, Cecil, and Beatrix would further showcase the differences between the Soldier and Dragoon classes as they offer very different personalities. That way people will know which Knight characters fit more for Dragoons and which would fit more for Soldiers.
...I hope that made sense? I was just thinking of a common trend I notice when people vote either Dragoon and Soldier, and I could see that being confusing if a character like Cecil is added to the Soldier list but the Dragoons get the "+ Knight" rework too. I do think further defining the two job classes and what characters go into them would be very helpful! ♥
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I definitely think putting a few more characters in the Dragoon category makes a lot of sense, and possibly even doing a "Dragoon + Knight/Samurai" would give people more of a placing idea when voting on applications. That being said, I fear it would also take away from potential Soldiers since many seem to use Knight characters when voting for Soldiers since so many of the Knight characters are in military organizations in the games...both teams are pretty small in terms of active members, so I'm not sure doing anything that might risk limiting the potential amount of newcomers for either team would necessarily be fair.
Since characters such as Beatrix and Cecil (two Paladins) are often used as examples when people vote Soldier (and I'm definitely *for* reworking the list to include Ramza and Cecil since most of us on Team Soldier seem to consider them part of the characters that "define" the class)...I wonder if it wouldn't be beneficial to include "Soldier + Paladin" for a rework as well. The Paladin characters like Beatrix and Cecil definitely have personality traits in common with other Soldier characters such as Ramza and Marche, so it would further separate and define how the Dragoon and Soldier teams are different, especially if "Dragoon + Knight/Samurai" ends up happening. There would still be Knight/Samurai characters such as Basch (ignoring his RW job), Onion Knight, Gabranth, Auron, Cyan, and Agrias for the Dragoons if that were the case...but Paladins/Holy Knights such as Frimelda, Cecil, and Beatrix would further showcase the differences between the Soldier and Dragoon classes as they offer very different personalities. That way people will know which Knight characters fit more for Dragoons and which would fit more for Soldiers.
...I hope that made sense? I was just thinking of a common trend I notice when people vote either Dragoon and Soldier, and I could see that being confusing if a character like Cecil is added to the Soldier list but the Dragoons get the "+ Knight" rework too. I do think further defining the two job classes and what characters go into them would be very helpful! ♥