New Jobs that can only be selected as Support Jobs

[Shinron-PUP]

... create support jobs that anybody can use that allows players to fight however they want to on their respective job. No more Paladin is only Tank job, No more White Mage is only healer. Players should be able to log on and play whatever their favorite job is and play it how they want to.

^ I live by this statement. I remember in the Lv. 75 Era when Red Mages like Avesta used to wax monsters, when Samurai's used to gear specifically to tank, when we had Damage dealer White Mages in Divine Hauberks, and even Pet Linkshells taking down ridiculous foes like Kirin. What happened to this? What happened to our diversity? I can't even log in FFXI and play the job I want anymore. I must be a certain job or I cannot join because I'm useless. If I got anything from this thread, I think it's the fact that the game's diversity is just dying. We aren't seeing players who dare to take a job class to the next level, and do something with it that we never thought was possible. Final fantasy is starting to feel a lot like Final Reality where there is subliminal job "Racism" going on and social classes where only the elite of jobs and players get to enjoy the game. I love Puppetmaster, and I absolutely refuse to compromise and play as another job just so I can participate in group content.

Balance the jobs, bring back the games diversity, because this is what is killing FFXI.

[Camiie]

My main point, in a nut shell, is to create support jobs that anybody can use that allows players to fight however they want to on their respective job. No more Paladin is only Tank job, No more White Mage is only healer. Players should be able to log on and play whatever their favorite job is and play it how they want to. Certain jobs may have a slight advantage over others in certain fighting styles, but that large gap in difference would be minimized with the new support jobs.

I won't speak to any specific methods of achieving the result, but I'd LOVE to have jobs be more versatile. I'd love it if WAR could be as effective a tank as a PLD or a PLD could essentially become a holy version of DRK. I just don't know how much support you'd get from the min/max number crunchers and old timers who are set in their ways and firmly attached to their roles. And the devs of course would complain about the potential work involved. You at least have my support in your ultimate goal.