Quote Originally Posted by TrystWildkey View Post
In any other game, I might agree with you. However, for ARR it is clearly gear not skill that is the difference. This is why 5 different players, all at level 50, all on the same job, all with the same skills, will be vastly different in performance based on their item level.

There is very little skill in ARR. More cross-class abilities would possibly help give us more skill-based combat/play styles. However, they decided to limit the skills and make performance gear-based.
If you don't think personal skill makes any difference, you're completely wrong. As a WAR, I consistently out-damage DPS jobs of similar ilvl (around ilvl 85), some by as much as 50%. When I switch to their job, I can almost double their damage output on the same fight. Take for example monk: I've been in Titan fights where low end monks in ilvl80-90 with Zenith relic parse out at around 100 dps. I can parse out on Titan with my ilvl73 monk with non-Zenith relic between 180-200. Some people just don't understand how their favorite job works, which no amount of gear can make up for.