Quote Originally Posted by Preypacer View Post
Great gross generalizations, Batman.

That you personally didn't enjoy the starting jobs or other jobs in the game was your own issue... There are plenty of people who loved playing RDM, WHM, BLM, THF, MNK or WAR and took them all the way to 75.
Sadly its not a generalization. I know plenty of players during my stint in XI that didn't enjoy any of the starting classes. It may not be a majority, but it was a significant problem for a lot of people. At least this way, the class you choose to level up contributes to your main job.

That you didn't enjoy those starting jobs is fine.. that's your personal experience and preference. But don't make the mistake of thinking your own preferences/likes/dislikes were everyone else's as well.
I agree, I may have had a different outlook on the game if I enjoyed the starting classes a bit more. However the fact that you have to go back and relevel everything in XI was a huge drag. People are already tired of guildleves, and the overall MMO community (outside of XI purists) have moved on from monotonous archaic grinds. If XIV wants to attract new players, they need to move away from poorly designed XI time sinks and overall repetitiveness.

I feel the armory system is a huge improvement upon XI's flawed character progression. Having jobs with individual EXP bars is just a step backwards.