Open Job Advancements: Thoughts?

It's like, you want to switch from Shadower to NL and, oh wait I don't have a godly claw or anything. Guess I'll go buy one. Oh wait, I need a secondary weapon too huh. Guess I'll buy one of those too. Oh wait... I need stars...

Or you're a Corsair and you're like wow I want to try buccaneer. Oh wait, need to buy knuckle... and secondary... oh whatever let's do it anyway. Oh wait... no AP resets...

Pretty damn hard to transition unless you're filthy rich with a plethora of equips or you're a mage or sword hero/paladin.

Given how small the community of perfect weapon users are compared to the mass of more casual players, I don't think that this particular problem is as big for most people.

If I'm not mistaken, the Job switch automatically swaps your STR and DEX if you're a Pirate.

It does.