It would be nice not to be hated

[Bourne_Endeavor]

https://www.fflogs.com/zone/statistics/21#dataset=95

Yeah, look at how boring it is to play Samurai, Summoner, or Black Mage. They must all play exactly the same.

Oh man, Machinist and Dragoon, why even have the two of them.

Red Mage is basically a Ninja, literally no difference between them in playstyle.

And yet choosing a job would be entirely irrelevant. They all do exactly the same thing in this hypothetical. Everyone also takes Trick Attack, Battle Litany, Brotherhood, Dragon Sight and Shadewalker. Now we're right back to the failed role skill system virtually no one likes.

[Kabooa]

And yet choosing a job would be entirely irrelevant. They all do exactly the same thing in this hypothetical. Everyone also takes Trick Attack, Battle Litany, Brotherhood, Dragon Sight and Shadewalker. Now we're right back to the failed role skill system virtually no one likes.

Yeah, that's kind of the point of balance.

You get things so they're all doing the same thing but in different angles and mechanics. In this respect we're pretty close to that ideal. Damage ranges are already pretty close to one another, and most discrepancies are generally due to Aoe or Burst situations favoring one job over another, while dummy differences are generally because one guy brings nothing and the other guy brings Hypercharge.

This might be more meaningful if Raid Buffs weren't limited to "%more damage" or had more interesting interactions, but they don't.