Unpopular Opinion: SE Is Not Obligated To Add New Jobs Every Expansion

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

I played WoW long enough that I saw Blizzard become the very monster they originally hated. When you're as jaded as I am it's pretty easy to call bull on certain decisions. lol Even so, if they decided to stop adding new jobs...I probably wouldn't care too much, so long as they allocated such resources to refine something else.

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Yeah, I think it'd be great if they allocated those resources on other stuff, if it gets to that point. Far as the jadedness is concerned, I think that I've come to develop what I would term a "healthy" amount of apathy towards... well, video games in general at this point. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy them, and I still disagree with some decisions dev takes. I just don't think I have it in me to go barking at them or dive deeper into X or Y discourse... and that's alright for me.

From what I understand it would mostly be the gear/weapons that hold back new jobs in future. They're already struggling to keep up with new designs, really shows with gnb and dnc. That being said I suppose if new jobs ended up just sharing weapons and such, then maybe they could continue well into the future.

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Originally Posted by ForteNightshade

To be fair, they also said they intended to work on it throughout the expansion to increase the amount as time went on. They haven't, which is why people keep bringing it up. They have a habit of saying things in a roundabout manner or saying things they ultimately don't deliver on. Just look at the Glamour Dresser. We're still waiting on plates working outside sanctuaries, adding more of them altogether, increasing the storage space (again) and making it a housing item. And we've been waiting well over a year now without a single mention of it.

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Not only working on hats but also promising new race exclusive hairstyles for these two races..another point that never happened. And imo you cant blame it on Covid.

Also alot of the discussion comes from them not including hats for seasonal events that can be worn by the new races or making it the only true reward of it and also barely including new hats in new content...people might have been fine with no older hats but there is imo no reason why most of the new stuff does not work with the new races, especially since they already lose out on hairstyles too...

@OP: Yes they dont need to add a job at every new expansion but then the people also dont have to like that and it can cost them some money, especially if they dont have something else to show for it.

Would prefer they actually strip some away and instead further extend current jobs with more ways to go

I wish jobs had more buttons to press.

Especially if they end up limited

I'm fully expecting only 1 new job in 7.0 onwards, not including Limited Jobs.

I would strongly prefer them using 1 expansion to do a huge overhaul of the game. Take all of the resources that would normally go into new jobs + the huge story quest chain, use that time instead to improve the stuff we already have.

Graphics engine update, more hats and hair for viera/hrothgar, fixes for ARR stuff including Praetorium, maybe updates to squadrons and chocobo companion system, etc. Just fix and enhance all of the stuff they usually don't have time for because they keep prioritising adding hundreds of new quests. Bring the lighting and visual effects up to current gen spec.

That stuff would make me more interested in the game again than dozens more hours of poorly animated cutscenes and solo battle instances that are pretty much reskins of old fight mechanics and are never repeated after first clear.

They also don't have to add new content. But they have to make our sub worth it. If not, players will stop paying. Simple as that.

They don't need to add new skills or skill replacements either, they don't need to add new mounts or new minions either.
It's all about value, what are they going to replace not adding new jobs with? Are they going to update the character creator? add missing genders? add DX12? Rework the physics engine? Add more character options like more faces, voices, etc?

It's not about whether they have to add new jobs, it's more about what would they replace that with? The msq alone can't sell the expansion.