Why can't we have jobs with this level of depth and customization in FFXIV?

[Felis]

Having a reason to choose one skill over another is what we're lacking right now.

BLM still choose between their skills depending how many enemies are on one place, how much MP is still there, how good the tank can build enmity, how long the fight would last.

1 choice less is not the same as no choices.

Trouble is, it can't happen now because they've built the entire Black Mage class over a measly 3 elements. Black mage? More like a muddy-grey mage.

My opinion is that the solution to this would be putting all elemental spells back where they were originaly and give THM another job, like WHM (and give them their cone AoE back). They are priests after all and were the best healers while the CNJ were the ones who played with elements.

Even in the discussions which classes get WHM or BLM before the infos about it got announced, I was in the "give THM the WHM job" group.