It would be nice not to be hated

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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.