Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
...what? No they don't. I get that you want more customisation for classes but saying every other mmo has something like blue mage is a very long stretch. Have a think about what makes a blue mage so iconic...most mmos do not have this at all.
Sorry, poor wording on my part. I didn't mean to suggest that the iconic monster magic abilities of blue mage are present in other MMOs, but rather that gameplay customization similar to what Blue Mages will have in FFXIV in a very common thing in other MMOs.

Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
I don't know if you've played those MMOs properly, but they do have an issue with toxicity. You can't actually customise those classes, because those classes will get locked from endgame.
That's a valid concern for sure, but you can't stop jerks from being jerks. Those sort of issues are already present in FFXIV, even as well balanced as it is. I don't think the game should be so limited because poorly behaved people are going to behave poorly.