The importance of job points

[Alhanelem]

The gap is huge right now. Perhaps you can't tell because you're only looking at one side.

If I'm looking at one side it's not the top, I can tell you that much. And it's good that the gap is huge. It is healthy for a game to have players in lots of different states. FFXI became redonkulously top-heavy keeping the level cap the same for so long.

And I'm not talking about the job balance gap, to get that out of the way. THAT still needs a lot of work. Support classes and/or trusts need some adjustments to allow those jobs to be more independent. Greater incentive to party grind like the old days is needed. It's effective, but apparently not effective enough to get people to do it.

I'm aware that they've said these rewards are just designed to be an unnecessary boon to hardcores who don't need the game to be any easier. That's just not how it works, though.

You are the one putting the negative spin on this. They did not say "these rewards are designed to be an unnecessary boon to hardcores who dont need the game to be any easier."

Job points are for everyone, not just hardcores. I have resubbed for one month, played a few hours a day and gotten several job points. JOB POINTS ARE NOT A HARDCORE SYSTEM.

So no, Byrth's post is not well said. If it was, then we should be removing experience points and levels from the game too, because capacity points and EXP are essentially the same and earned exactly the same way. If Job points are hardcore, than so is leveling up. All I see in his post is whining, and little about improving or adjusting the system.

I guess people have forgotten that XI is simply a harder MMO than most.

Arguing that Job Points and Gifts, which are essentially extra levels after 99, shouldn't be required is like arguing that leveling up shouldn't be required.