Dragoon Burn merit party. Lots of fun.
Setup was:
DRG, DRG, DRG, DRG, DRG, BRD (For pulling since DRG can't pull)
subjobs were: either WHM, BLU, or RDM, since these were the popular subjobs for DRG/MAge healing.
Did I point out that EVERYONE int he party can and should be hybrid? No. Ideal setup is, one tank, few DD, and a healer and support. In most of the time. Quite a few jobs can do beyond what they were designed.
for example
PLD DD DD DD WHM RDM
or MNK DD DD DD RDM DNC
or NIN DD DD DD DRG RDM
will still follow the tank, few dd, healer, and support rules, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Funny, you said that RDM was 70. Have you done any endgame? Sky? dynamis? Sea? Salvage? assault? Einherjar? VNM? ZNM? HNM? (these were ALL before Abyssea)I played ffxi long enough to know what a rdm could do. Did i asked of a rdm every time to do everything in a party? hell no.I dont need to be 75 to understand a job mechanics.I always have played a tank and always will.I played with a rdm 75 most of the time, since i always play with her (my wyfe) .She performed her job and i performed mine.
If I can do it, then I sure as hell will do it.Is how i play.Just because you "can" do somethings , it doesnt mean you can .
Your saying you are a damn good dd as dnc ? must be post abyssea.In my times dnc was below mediocre.Same goes with a mnk tank, right now is a joke .
Dont come preaching about what FFXI is now , to me ffxi died the day the cap was raised and everything went easy mode.
Damge good DD as DNC? that has always been the case BEFORE ABYSSEA. Dancers received their merit long before Abyssea came, and it was these merits that made DNC MUCH more popular and much better as jobs. It was these merits that finally made DNC more popular.
MNK tank? Joke? Go play Salvage. There's a reason why MNK were very popular in Salvage.
I'm preaching how FFXI ALWAYS been, Not just abyssea. Abyssea and level cap made jobs even more versatile than ever, however, versatility has always been around since SE designed these jobs that way.