Required Class/Rank failed - Can we have Optimal Rank and Favoured Class back?

[AamesxDavid]

According to a majority of the player base it was flawed, as shown when we voted yes to revamping the system. I think that this game needed to return to MMO and RPG roots in some areas for reasons of balance, and accessibility, and this is one of those instances.

And while I understand that returning to the roots may be the easiest way, and fine as a temporary solution, it would still be nice to see innovation there. I think the system had promise, and was held back by execution - as many, many things were at launch. If that means going back to a tried and true system, then fine. I'd just like to keep in mind the aspects of the system that did (or could) work. Not now, not in the next patch, but maybe 2.0?

It is clear that it was more of a hassle to deal with than it was worth, and so Yoshida posed the question to us "do you guys even like this system?". Most of us said no.

It may be unprovable speculation at this point, but at that point, the question might as well have been "would you rather keep this system you don't really understand or have one that you already understand?" I don't blame anyone for saying they didn't like that system, I just don't think the freedom it allowed was the problem.

I have no problem with anyone equipping gear for looks. I've never said I have a problem with that.

In that case, I guess you don't mean it to, but

so that a small group people can play dress up.

sounds pretty contemptuous. I understand not wanting to complicate the system, though - I don't like the current favored system, I just see a few virtues in it that I'd prefer to stay in place.

I'm saying that it is a step in the right direction to repairing this game, and attracting new users to it.

Having an already understood may be a selling point in certain cases, but I think having a unique, easily-understandable system is a better one. I don't think it's good enough to rely on previous systems whenever something new doesn't immediately work out. I know you're not saying that, so I don't mean to imply that you are. I just want to steer clear of generalizations like "this system is bad and that one is good", and instead pick out individual aspects of a system that work or don't work. FFXIV 2.0 has a lot to make up for to a lot of people, and that's going to mean having uniqueness with certain standard systems - the best of both worlds.