Could have SE unknowing set FFXIV to fail....

[Lord_Zlatan]

and there are even more viable options than that. I think what most of the player base is asking for is even a fraction of what we were able to do "outside the box" in FFXI

[XNihili]

and there are even more viable options than that. I think what most of the player base is asking for is even a fraction of what we were able to do "outside the box" in FFXI

There's not real need of "outside of the box" thinking in the way the game is played.
And if you want to specialize your job into healer/tank/dps as the need arise it will :
- confuse the Duty/Party Finder with PLD and WAR DPS unless a massive change.
- it will change nothing as people playing DPS won't play tank even if their job can specialize in tanking.
- you'll need to lot any and every equipments in the off chance that you may need to change role.
And to be honest, the "outside of the box" thinking is mostly laughed at in FFXI unless you manage some great achievement (and SE doesn't decide to nerf it like the BRD/NIN). Who remember the infamous WHM/THF ?