Quote Originally Posted by Greatguardian View Post
Nah.

The Devs very clearly designed the game with the concept of switching jobs to suit your situation in mind. There is no "I want to come Summoner to everything" for them. It's, "What jobs work best here? Okay, go switch to them."

One problem with this though is they will stick gear for a certain job in an event where that job is not useful or welcome. I know SMN is probably an extreme example, but hell if anyone wanted my SMN for Dynamis or Salvage where a great deal of a SMN's most useful gear came from.

Maybe it's fine for you, but leveling 2 or 3 jobs to level cap just to gear the one you really love isn't necessarily fun for everyone. You remember fun right? Especially since once you level those other jobs you more than likely won't be getting to play your actual favorite anymore through any high-end content. You can play dress up in the MH, but I'm pretty sure that's not what most people have in mind when it comes to gearing their favorite job. That's been the history of FFXI as I have seen it. Yes, things have improved in that regard with newer events, and I hope they continue to do so.

But any future events need to be more inclusive of various jobs, not exclusive. Does it really make people happy when certain jobs are deemed "lol?" Wait.. don't answer that, it probably does. Would it really upset anyone if DRK was brought up to par and became interchangeable in its own unique way with other DDs?