Honest question: If every player/class/job is equal,who is unique? (Gameplay topic)

[Aegis]

Of course it's a blatant exaggeration. But the BLU spamming spells are not that far from the current DPS abilities "spamming" except with the GCD.
There are currently 2 melee DPS in FFXIV and they are using positioning quite differently. They are about as different as FFXI DRG and MNK while in XP party.

I think to an extent that's true, but Dragoon in XI had a wholely seperate mechanic (Wyvern and its healing/elemental breaths) that made it a very different beast when solo'ing.

Monk also had the Chi Blast setup, which ok, became redundant as players geared up and it wasn't necesary anymore. It also ahd a place in a zerg party that DRG didn't, but didn't have the place in a merit pt that DRG did.

If you were a 75 Dragoon, your options for approaching content were very different to a 75 Monk, even if the levelling process wasn't that different for you. And they were about as similar as jobs got in XI.

Edit: Also, if you were spamming magic as a Blue Mage and you didn't have a RDM, BRDand Corsair giving you refresh, you would run out of mp and lose overall DPS making you a bad Blue Mage.

(It was my favourite XI job - Thief and Bard came close, but not quite there)

[XNihili]

I think to an extent that's true, but Dragoon in XI had a wholely seperate mechanic (Wyvern and its healing/elemental breaths) that made it a very different beast when solo'ing.

Well, FFXI mobs were totally "overpowered" and soloing in FFXIV is lolworthy.
And I did know about solo, maining BST for about almost all my time and soloing with any jobs that could solo.

Monk also had the Chi Blast setup, which ok, became redundant as players geared up and it wasn't necesary anymore. It also ahd a place in a zerg party that DRG didn't, but didn't have the place in a merit pt that DRG did.

If you were a 75 Dragoon, your options for approaching content were very different to a 75 Monk, even if the levelling process wasn't that different for you. And they were about as similar as jobs got in XI.

You mean in gearing your job with 5 hits/100TP vs full haste ? When thinking about melee DPS, it's the only thing that really stuck in my mind.
Except when you have some special duty like stun duty.

Edit: Also, if you were spamming magic as a Blue Mage and you didn't have a RDM, BRDand Corsair giving you refresh, you would run out of mp and lose overall DPS making you a bad Blue Mage.

(It was my favourite XI job - Thief and Bard came close, but not quite there)

I was the RDM in my static.The BLU always had refresh (and haste) on. All the mage and the PLD did.

[Aegis]

Well, FFXI mobs were totally "overpowered" and soloing in FFXIV is lolworthy.

I'd like some normal mobs that can't be solo'd in the overworld. Especially if they a) dropped something useful b) were protecting an important area.

And I did know about solo, maining BST for about almost all my time and soloing with any jobs that could solo.

BST. Good times. Remember checking /seacoms to see if camps were free or if people wanted to duo?

I was the RDM in my static.The BLU always had refresh (and haste) on. All the mage and the PLD did.

I was the DRK. Bane of my WHM's life. SOULEATER LAST RESORT GUILLOTINE! um... cure please?

[XNihili]

BST. Good times. Remember checking /seacoms to see if camps were free or if people wanted to duo?

Always !!! It was in the untold BST code and all BST respected it until Aht Urghant where the leech camp made some younger BST act like punk

[Aegis]

Always !!! It was in the untold BST code and all BST respected it until Aht Urghant where the leech camp made some younger BST act like punk

something, something... Kids these days grumble, grumble... No respect. Get off my lawn.