Each job, excluding the Novice and the Joint Jobs, currently has 3 tiers, and the maximum number of job levels is 50 for all jobs (including the Novice) and 30 for Joint Jobs . All players start from their 1st jobs after departing from the Novice class. After reaching level 30 of their 1st jobs, they have the choice of advancing to the 2nd job, which is divided into 2 groups, Expert and Technical, also known as 2-1 job and 2-2 job respectively. While all players will first advance to their Expert jobs after completing the 2nd job advancement quest, they have a choice to switch to their Technical jobs via an ingame item, and vice versa. They are allowed to take up to five 2nd job skills when switching to the other 2nd job (e.g. five Expert skills when switching to Technical), one skill for every ten job levels in the current job, and will suffer a level-drop penalty in the target class after the switch is done. The Chronicle jobs, generally known as the 3rd jobs, were implemented in Japan with effect from 19 August 2010 (SAGA 11) and include the Joker, the 2nd job for the Novice.