Job Customization

[Shiyo]

The cross class skill system doesn't work in this game at all, it honestly shouldn't exist. All cross-class skills should be given default to every job that uses them 99% of the time, like swiftcast to WHM/SCH/SMN and fracture/b4b for monk/bard. Some don't even make sense at LOWER levels, keeping up straight shot as a Pugilist even at the 20-25 levels is very cumbersome and clunky and doesn't work properly with your class, because your rotation is very strict and kinda set in stone to how it functions, and doesn't really feel "Right" rotating in straight shot.


The cross-class system is super fun for some classes 1-30, but once jobs come into the picture it becomes very generic and essentially doesn't exist anymore, with very obvious choices of what's good and what's bad laid out in front of you. SCH basically gets swiftcast, thunder, aero,stoneskin and clrerics stance, no one else in their right mind will pick up any other cross-class skill, so why have them?

I understand it's super hard to balance around people making their characters differently or trying to make a tank pugilist/monk or something(not possible with current cross-class system) or a DPS Conjurer(not possible), but it could at least be somewhat INTERESTING. A system like WOW where you get choices of 3 different DPS increases, then 3 utility skills, then 3 survivability skill choices,3 support skill choices(depending on class), 3 Crowd control skill choices, then 3 "ultimate" fun skill choices kind of like MOP's skill tree system would be nice, because something needs to be done in a future expansion to make it more interesting, or it'll be phased out even more. The cross-class system has a loooong way to go to be actually interesting, because honestly, right now, I don't think it should exist.

edit: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#l| Is MOP's skill tree's, kind of the cross-class system done right.