Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
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You have too much faith in a community that will take the easy route out if the opportunity is given to them. If FFXI/FFXIV 1.0 are any indication, a horizontal system with added traits just makes an unbalanced mess the developers are not willing to handle to put extra time into make it work. Not to mention, these traits have to be made and balanced out that it does not break the job....each patch. That is including when job adjustments have to be made. Its a mess to work with, and in doing so, takes longer for our patches to come out.

You have to ask yourself why the current systems in place, why a certain idea may not work. You have to look at the perspective on both a player and developer standpoint. From a developer standpoint, it looks like a pain in the ass to constantly work with said features.