@Misha, The cookie cutter mold is present in pretty much every game even XIV. Yes you can choose from any abilities from all jobs, but to be the best at one job in particular, you need specific abilities from other jobs. While sure you can say 'I want to tank on THM without a shield, and only using archer abilities!" that would be stupid. To be a decent THM tank you'd need to use emulate, defender, etc. There is no such thing as a unique combination, cookie cutting is present anyway. Trying to create a character to be unique just for the sake of being unique will wind you up with a silly character who's seriously gimped.