Job Uniquiness, how?

[Heartfire]

Weird.... Either I saw something else, (though Shadowsear has a pretty recognizable animation), or it was a glitch/hack. I just remember specifically being upset about it. (I actually turned off the game only a few minutes after logging in. Normally I wait until surplus to rage-quit! XD)

Oh well. If I ever see it again, I'll know to make a note.

On a side note, (after seeing some reasonable people responding to the thread), why do you think so many people are afraid of this change?

The only reason I can come up with is that they really do want to be everything. It just seems so pointless, though. I don't understand why people think it is great to have an "ultimate" character. Doesn't it take the skill out of everything? I thought the point of RPGs was to strategize, and use the tools that we have to overcome the obstacles in the game. If we have every possible tool... isn't that a little bit like cheating?

Story time!: This reminds me of a game I used to love to play, called "American McGee's Alice." It was so hard, and I am terrible at shooter-style games. But I loved it. After a while I had gotten what I thought to be pretty far into the game, but it just got too hard. I looked up some cheat codes. (Yes, I'm a sad panda). I obviously beat the rest of the game, but the fun was gone. Sure, I had fun killing the stuff that I couldn't get past on my own, but after a while, it just wasn't any more fun. It's because there was no threat. There was no question that I wouldn't be able to reach my goals. I didn't have to think about playing the game. I could go do whatever I wanted, and it didn't matter, because I had unlimited power. I didn't have to use strategy at all.

Although we obviously don't have a "god mode" for FFXIV, I still feel like having every ability available is about as much fun as cheating. If you have to cheat at a game, then you're not really playing it. At least, that's what I think.

Just my two gil, take it as you see.

So again, what do you think causes people to want this sort of system, where we have everything?

[Kimahri]

The only reason I can come up with is that they really do want to be everything. It just seems so pointless, though. I don't understand why people think it is great to have an "ultimate" character. Doesn't it take the skill out of everything? I thought the point of RPGs was to strategize, and use the tools that we have to overcome the obstacles in the game. If we have every possible tool... isn't that a little bit like cheating?

Story time!: This reminds me of a game I used to love to play, called "American McGee's Alice." It was so hard, and I am terrible at shooter-style games. But I loved it. After a while I had gotten what I thought to be pretty far into the game, but it just got too hard. I looked up some cheat codes. (Yes, I'm a sad panda). I obviously beat the rest of the game, but the fun was gone. Sure, I had fun killing the stuff that I couldn't get past on my own, but after a while, it just wasn't any more fun. It's because there was no threat. There was no question that I wouldn't be able to reach my goals. I didn't have to think about playing the game. I could go do whatever I wanted, and it didn't matter, because I had unlimited power. I didn't have to use strategy at all.

Now this is exactly what I would've said to make everything about this system comparable. If we were to go ahead and look at this down the line. Instead of seeing a variety of classes, (A tank or two of Gladiator's, A couple of healer's/buffer's, and also a rather more DD/Magic DD's) you'll basically see 15 Thaumaturge's because they can take the best possible abilities from all other classes and incorporate it into a form of kiting and running around until the thing dies of exhaustion? How does that sound anything like the term, "Pleasing"?