*warning... I WILL be FLAMED FOR THIS*

Why don't we try to keep an open mind... whenever I go into a game.... Some brand new experience..
I don't say "God I hope this game is like [Insert favorite game here]

I am just happy for a new unique experience....

Let's, at the very least, give Yoshi's vision a chance...
We criticize the games lack of vision, and then fight against any semblance of direction that the developers want to add....

Saying what you'd like to see is fine... but we haven't even seen the first battle change and people are already crushing the system
Not one of us has tried out any jobs, or auto-attack or materia....

Open your mind to unique experience

How many games have we played where you were the same class (with the same weapon) for the entire game?
Its so much easier to balance that type of game then a game where you can do it all and hybrid everything....
So your favorite class might not have the weapon you like....
Well I want a space man with a ray gun and thats not happening either.... A game has to have limits or else it would never be released.... Limits define the game...
You can't be Master Chief or Sonic the Hedgehog in Eorzea... and that doesn't bother any of us... why? Because you weren't expecting Master Chief or Sonic
You see what happens? When you want a thief to have a dagger or a blue mage to have a scimitar so badly that you can taste it... then you set your self up for disappoint me... And no, the devs didn't disappoint you, you disappointed yourself

If you're still here, that means you want to see how SE handles this, what they can come up with because they've managed to capture greatness in past games...
So let's see how it turns out... SE isn't Verizon... you're not locked into a 2 year contract... so relax and let's enjoy the ride together...
Enjoy a brand new Final Fantasy with brand new mechanics and gameplay....

on a side note... Many classes/jobs had odd weapon combinations in the numbered titles....
Blue mages might have used Scimitars in FFXI... but they used polearms in X and whips in VIII and materia in VII