Quote Originally Posted by Noelzzz View Post
Why do people see branching jobs as a bad thing? I'm pretty sure for jobs with the same role it can works actually pretty well, just see them as if were another spec. How can people say that branching jobs will play the same? Do you know that going on we will get only jobs skills? if you play this game with a decent knowledge of the job you know how much a class can change with just 5 jobs skills. For me Ranger and Thief must be in this game, they are iconic jobs and will add variety. I dont understand why, instead of trying to get a better game, people answer with "no"
I don't claim to be a game designer or anything, but a bloated roster of specs/classes/jobs =\= better game because the longer that roster, the harder it is to balance the game without homogenizing the spcs/classes/jobs.
So it's better to be selective on what is actually added to the game and IMO Rogues and Archer already represented Ranger and Thief adequetly, I'd rather see something currently absent like Samurai or Red Mage.