Role Skills a Mistake?

[Zojha]

How I understand that system is those skills will not be innate PLD anymore, they'll be in a pool, with skills either available right from the start (But in a limited number depending on your level), or learn by every tank at the same level.

That's why speculation isn't very fruitful - we have no idea how the system will end up working. It's a possibility that these skills are just taken from the job and put into a pool. It's just as possible they aren't.

If you take these skills from the job however, that also means the traits that improve those skills will have to be scrapped as well, because it's no longer a given that the jobs will have that skill. Many cross-class skills have a trait associated with them to make sure the original job version is better than the crossed one. Moreover, other jobs get abilities at that level as well, so for parity sake, you'd "have" to take some of their skills as well, whether it makes sense or not - or, make new abilities for the job.

It seems a lot harder to work with. But who knows?

[Reynhart]

Many cross-class skills have a trait associated with them to make sure the original job version is better than the crossed one.

Like they did with Protect and Stoneskin in 3.0.

Moreover, other jobs get abilities at that level as well, so for parity sake, you'd "have" to take some of their skills as well, whether it makes sense or not - or, make new abilities for the job.

That's why I said PLD might get a good deal there, depending on what skills are considered mandatory. If you remove Provoke and Convalescence, Gladiator could learn brand new skills at level 10 and 22. Likewise for MRD level 2 and Foresight. DRK, on the other hand, could gain nothing new...

But yes, we lack a lof of information on that...

EDIT : I've found this interview. That might bring a new light on this.

F: What about tanks?

Y: The current three tank jobs will share the same abilities. By introducing defense abilities such as physical damage resistance 20% up into role shared abilities, in their stead, we can create new unique abilities for jobs.

If that's the case, then maybe Rampart and Shadowskin (And...whatever corresponding skill you want to chose for WAR) could disappear from their respective job, and indeed being replaced by new and more unique skills.