Patch 7.5 for Final Fantasy XIV promises a return to the Void and the debut of the Beastmaster limited job, but a buried change in the official patch notes has players pushing back. Starting April 28, Square Enix is locking limited jobs out of most quest content, restricting them to only two categories: job-specific quests designed for limited jobs, and quests open to all classes. Everything else is off the table.
The scope of the restriction extends beyond standard quests. Limited jobs will also lose access to certain allied society quests that use quest-syncing and require players to stick with the same job or class until completion. Square Enix made it clear: finish any applicable quests before April 28, or risk being unable to complete them on a limited job at all.
What's getting locked off
Limited jobs have always operated under different rules. Blue Mage, introduced in patch 4.5, can't queue for most instanced content with random players, can't run main scenario duties through the duty finder, and levels through a separate progression system. Beastmaster follows the same model. So when Square Enix announces that limited jobs are losing access to even more content, the reaction from the community is predictable.
Players aren't happy
A thread on r/ffxivdiscussion summed up the mood with a single question: "Why though?" The top comment joked that Square Enix is "putting the 'limited' in 'limited job'." The frustration underneath the humor is real. Other players argued that the developers "really don't know how to make content worth doing for more than a week."
A separate thread on r/ffxiv saw players questioning the limited job system itself. One commenter said it plainly: "I really wish they would stop with these limited jobs. Just make them a full, legit job. The limited job system is so annoying. I would have loved to try my hand with Beastmaster, but sadly, it being a limited job is why I will not even spare it a glance."
That reaction captures the disconnect. The Beastmaster concept—a druid-adjacent class built around taming and commanding creatures—is appealing. The limited job restrictions around it are a harder sell.
Allied society quest log in FF14
Most players didn't know Blue Mage could do this content
A notable portion of the player base apparently had no idea that Blue Mage could do allied society quests in the first place. One Reddit commenter said: "I'm like 99% sure this is the first time the majority of the playerbase are even learning Blue Mage could do Allied Society quests." Another added they had always just power-leveled Blue Mage with a friend and never touched that content on it.
That context matters. If most players weren't using this feature anyway, the practical impact of the restriction may be smaller than the reaction suggests. But removing access, even to content that most players weren't actively engaging with, sends a message about the direction of the limited job system.
With Fan Fest on the horizon and an 8.0 expansion reveal expected alongside it, the community's attention will shift soon enough. For now, though, patch 7.5 is arriving with at least one unwelcome footnote attached to an otherwise exciting update. For more on what's coming to the MMO, browse the latest gaming news to stay up to date as the April 28 launch approaches.
