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I KID! D: (I hate it when folks do that!)
I read the entire thing and I agree with most of the stuff you're saying, and also with what ckc22 is saying.
I like to play all my jobs, I love to be versatile but honestly I feel like I'm being punished for playing this way now. I don't like using undergeared classes for progression content, but now I don't feel like I have much of a choice. What if my little FC are short a tank one night? D: I could switch out from my healer and go PLD, but then I'd be slightly squishier because for the next 3 months I'm pidgeonholed into collecting gear for one class, I can't even share that whm gear I'm working toward with my AST or SCH
I really do feel like 3.0 is turning into a flavorless grind... I don't mind work, I don't mind grinding, but I find this dull, repetitive, and utterly flavorless. It was great when 2.0 came out and it was a new concept to us all "Oooh tomes~!" But now we've had 2 years of tomes, and weekly lockouts. I'd like something a little different ._.