A plea for 3.0 and beyond: Job Customization

[Khyra]

It's less so than FFXI. Oh you're a SMN and don't have /WHM? lol@you

Depended on the job though. For some jobs, subjobs were actually flexible and let you fill different roles (My main was RDM, and I used /WHM, /BLM, /NIN, and /DRK in endgame raids, all for different reasons). But its true that for some other jobs, there was not much variety in subjobs (SMN had basically one, WHM could do /BLM or /SMN but it didnt make much difference, etc).

Of course, FFXIV doesn't have the role flexibility that FFXI did for some jobs.

[Exstal]

Of course, FFXIV doesn't have the role flexibility that FFXI did for some jobs.

I agree, the role is set in stone. You are a DPS, Healer, or tank. That's fine. But at variation is encouraged and not terribly imbalanced toward one specific setup. Although, going forward it'll be hard to balance all these new jobs effectively especially with all the new skills that will come with expansions. I worry if we're going to fall into the "illusion of choice" model that plagues every single MMO just to satisfy people who want to be different for the sake of being different. Such is the nature of individualism.