Suggested Improvements for Combat

[Mcshiggs]

Seriously? He's not going to do anything to increase the depth of combat? That's been numero uno on the complaints list from the hard core community. He simply can't address that concern without changing how combat works.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Updates/page5
Q48: Are there any plans to implement a new role such as buffer or debuffer?

A48: We will be sticking with our existing roles (Tank, DPS, Healer) for a while. This is mainly because the matching process is much faster and it’s easier to understand for the newer players. While we are not completely ruling this out, we are currently putting an emphasis on making the game easy to understand for the new players that may start playing the game from patch 3.0.

I guess not ruled out entirely, just don't look for it anytime soon.