Job Personalization: Can I Have It?

[Kallera]

Apples and oranges.

I hate what they have done to gathering and crafting, but that has nothing to do with adding stat/ability customization to FFXIV.

I played FFXI for 4 years. And I also didn't leave because of the job system. In addition, FFXI's balance problems also really didn't have much to do with the merit system, because the "options" we had there were mostly irrelevant.

My posts have been specifically directed against posters claiming that balance only matters to raiders, which is a blatant lie. FFXIV doesn't have perfect balance at the moment, but its leagues ahead of anything that FFXI ever had.

It has everything to do with it! Can't have anything interfering with the ilvl.

And it also isn't insanity for people to not like the stuff you want. Stop pretending that it is.

Take your own advice about your opposition. I'm done feeling grateful to merely play the game.

[Gilthas]

It has everything to do with it! Can't have anything interfering with the ilvl.

No it doesn't.

As far as I'm concerned, as long as gathering and crafting continue to be one huge gilgrind they should be kept as far away from gear progression as possible. When players can gather/craft their own gear with a reasonable amount of effort, then crafting can be relevant to gear progression.

Take your own advice about your opposition. I'm done pretending nothing is wrong.

By all means, complain about the stuff you don't like. Just be prepared to accept that others will disagree with you.