It's become a chore to even log on to the game

[Mihael_Longclaw]

And like I said, they took out elemental weaknesses to balance it. By all means, spell it out here how you would 'fix' what the devs couldn't without essentially scrapping the game as is and prevent situations where class stacking blackmages wouldn't be the smartest way to go.

I actually gave some examples of how they could do this...

Give each class a piece of the puzzle - Summoners have their summons, Black Mages have spells, Bard has their songs, Monk has the 'Fists of', & I'm positive Dragoon could be implemented as well.

All together they'd do better against elemental foes, but without, it's not gamebreaking, but you would be at a disadvantage.
This could not only inspire more diversity, but also more use of Party Finder and local parties


Edit: I hate to break it to you, but most of the games balance has been by fan complaints and not by the developers.
My main job WAR, being a fine example.