Yoshi-P on Character Growth

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Lord Of Verminion and Diadem are so much more useful to this game, sure

Apples and oranges. Overhauling the entire character progression system is a far more significant undertaking than LoV or Diadem. And if it flopped like those did. Congratulations, you just ruined your expansion.

I won't level another job to please you, whatever you think of it. Besides, what people requires from jobs is waaaay before you even see people actually play, so it's stupid.

Did I ever say that? Please don't put words in my mouth. I said if you willfully chose a character build that proved inferior, and it held us back. I would ask you to change because there are seven other players who want to progress and "I like this better" isn't a good reason. Character builds are not comparable to whole Jobs.

Calling "outliners" teams that cleared Gordias 1 after a week and as server first is really funny.

Sigh. Let's say, 100 groups cleared Gordias. If 80% used WAR/DRK, then PLD is the outliner regardless of when those groups cleared. Regardless, you can point to first week clears all you fancy. The community didn't bring PLD nearly as often. A similar occurrence happened with AST, hence why Square basically buffed them through the moon. They wouldn't do that if people were using AST more.

No, the few elite teams end with something that works for them, and all the following wanabee copies them without understanding their real status on progression.

... you essentially just proved my point. Even if this were entirely correct. That still demonstrates favoritism towards what is deemed better. You keep glossing over or straight up ignoring my references to other games, where this exact thing happens. People tend to gravitate to optimized builds, especially with how prolific guide makers are now. You can complain about it, however the devs have to consider if implementing such a system would actually be beneficial.