PLD, WAR, & DRK balancing ideas

[Reynhart]

Thus far you have just repeated your own premise, introduced non relevant points, and attempted to reframe the discussion - although I am suspect to if you fully know what that means.

Well, it's not my fault if you don't read properly...but let's try to rephrase it a little. There shouldn't be "mechanically easier but weaker jobs, only easier content".

This........ This is my point..... I hope the irony isnt lost on anyone...

What ? This is the exact opposite of your point. Your point is that this situation is perfectly logical as it is, and we should deal with it by changing jobs.

A Meta implies there are some picks that are superior to others.

Actually, no, that's not what it means. Metagame is the ensemble of strategies ar actions you would build outside of the game itself to counter other strats or action. The main problem is that metagame has risen in versus games. You know your opponent is doing such strat and you build your own strat to counter that. You have metagame in chess, RTS, Fighting Games and even Rock-paper-scissors...Problem is, in FFXIV, you don't have the versus part. The computer is always using the same actions regardless of what you do, what job you use, etc...And even if you stretch that a bit claiming that different content use different strat, tanks competitivy is the same in just every content, for the simple fact that "any tank should be survive anything" reducing tank's focus on "who does the most damage ?".

You want an example of real metagaming in FFXIV ? Let's suggest a boss that switch between magical attacks and physical attacks at set interval. Once under 50%, it locks itself into a single attack type. What could be considered metagame is "In what state do we want to lock him for the last 50% ?". If it's magical then a DRK MT is better, if it's physical, then a PLD MT is better...but you'd still end with a bring a WAR OT is both situations...