new PLD job ability idea, may solve problems

[Greatguardian]

"Should". I'm sick of hearing that. The present is how jobs Are. The future is how jobs Will Be. There is no "Should" aside from in people's heads.

[Andylynn]

"Should". I'm sick of hearing that. The present is how jobs Are. The future is how jobs Will Be. There is no "Should" aside from in people's heads.

And I'm sick of detractors thinking content should decide how a job should be played/utilized. If there is no 'should,' I hate to wake you up to smell the coffee, but the community has been putting the shoulds based on content since forever, rather than letting people play how they want for years.

'NIN should be a tank'
'lolPUP, its worthless'
'DRK should zerg'

and now its...
'MNK = best tank ever lololol'
'(I need sam/drk/generic DD advice!) level a real job like WAR or MNK'
etc

Jobs should have a predefined identity that they can retain no matter where content focus shifts, and their JAs/traits should reflect those preordained notions in our head. NIN/MNK/eva jobs were not meant to be tanks, WHM wasn't meant to sit around spamming cure VI on a zombie DD while other healers wish they could party, WAR/NIN and NIN/WAR weren't meant to be the only two jobs capable of doing something for your party. A job with damage mitigation and emnity skills SHOULD be tanking, and not sitting on the sidelines like a pariah, wishing it could do something. A DD job shouldn't sit on a bench watching some of the pisspoor DDs of days yonder surpass their numbers with weapons with a 1/3 of their dmg. (I'm talking about you DNC, NIN and THF. SAM and DRK should > you in #'s not vice versa.)

Anyone should be free to play their job how their JAs/traits originally intended, not be used as a bench warmer, or abused bandwagon, just because the community or content says so.