KleeneOnigiri ... you can only have 3 specializations. You can CHANGE one, but you can't ADD one.

I haven't really complained (much, at least .. maybe some griping) about not being able to gear all 8 classes up fast. It's annoying, but MMO normal. I dislike the design decision to revert BACK to non-shared gear, but I can live with that or work around it.

I DON'T mind specializations, when they're extra abilities and traits that close (in theory) the gap between omnicrafters and single class crafters. I object, harshly, to having less access to recipes when I've leveled the classes.

The combat class comparison is job stones. If you only got 3, and it took more then a week of the high-grade allagan tomestones to change one. THAT is the comparison there. It's also a valid one -- the difference is, battle jobs give skills that are worth taking and using.