Balance, Homogenisation and Encounter Design: The Problem.

[CapricaLangley]

The part in bold is a big reason why.

If people are really being locked out of duties because of the job they play, I think we have to blame disfunctioning social features and not class balance. I mean, that's what FCs and Linkshells were made in the first place. The duty finder was a great addiction, but it's because of it if we have to deal with these situations. We are in a MMO after all.

[linay]

If people are really being locked out of duties because of the job they play, I think we have to blame disfunctioning social features and not class balance. I mean, that's what FCs and Linkshells were made in the first place. The duty finder was a great addiction, but it's because of it if we have to deal with these situations. We are in a MMO after all.

Indeed, but it's not fun waiting for the community to fix itself. It's probably an old debate of how much should the people in power meddle with the people. In this case, whether SE should deal with people being in toxic in chats resulting in more rules and punishments being enforced or regarding job balance and how should SE deal with that to ensure people can play the job they want. The old advice to "make your own group" will always be an alternative, of course.