the adept rogue

for all your jack-of-all trade needs

"These are the jack-of-all-trades in The World. Over time as they increase in level and complete various quests, they gain access to the various weapons and relevant Arts used by other jobs, but because they are leveling different weapons at once, they tend to have access to much fewer Arts than a "pure" job of the same level that uses that weapon.

During creation, the player chooses three classes for the rogue using a points system, i.e. four points are allocated toward the classes of his choice. The starting class is unlocked upon entry into The World, but the additional two must be gained through Job Extension Quests. These are specially orchestrated events from CC Corp just for Adept Rogues. Haseo begins with Twin Blades and an outfit worthy of a cyberpunk brothel.

The first Job Extend quest takes the form of a challenging solo dungeon. The player, in this case Haseo, must navigate a puzzling subterranean cave while fending off monsters and fiends. I imagine during this quest Haseo was grumbling that if he wanted a brain teaser, he would have bought a book of crosswords.

Just as The World tries to teach Mr. Adept Rogue to be independent, it suddenly decides he needs a little friendship. What a time to learn teamwork, guys! That's why the third Job Extension quest must take place in a group of three. Once conquering the dungeon, if the rogue tries to open the Beast Statue's treasure on his own, he'll immediately lose the prize and have to start over. Luckily for Haseo, he has a few good friends like Silabus and Gaspard who are very good at insisting he take them along for the ride. Unfortunately, they're weren't comfortable warning him that his new outfit makes him hunch over like a certain resident of Notre Dame.

Most Adept Rogues max out at the third class, but Haseo, like all good Internet Savior Figures, reaps the benefits of being the story's hero. After his PC is corrupted, he's taken in by Zelkova, guild leader of Moon Tree and secret Master of Tartarga. There, the littlest hacker takes a few...liberties with Haseo's PC. Specifically, he strengthens the connection between Skeith and Haseo to unleash a new job altogether.

This may sound a little confusing, but allow me to quote the highly respected Nao of losstarot.net. Her expertise in this field is unsurpassed, as you can tell from the following quote:

"Yeah, that's how I took [the Xth form's development]. Like maybe they had a bad connection before so the cable guy came out and now they get real broadband."

Xth form wields a pair of gun-blade-things which shoot eight rounds at a time. The closer you get to the monster, the more damage you deal. Haseo also has a Dual Trigger option now, so after finishing a Skill attack, he can go right into another, smaller one. Sweet.