Quote Originally Posted by Rhais View Post
Maybe not directly, but all the constant complaints about balance likely resulted in the homogenization of jobs within the roles.
A lot of that has to do with their own stubbornness. Why destroy Astro's utility when they could have just given White Mage some? Because they won't let go of White Mage being a "raw healer" even if it meant slapping down the other two. Likewise, people wanted Dark Arts to not be something you constantly spam. They didn't ask for Delirium to become a crappier version of Inner Release. In fact, most Dark Knight and tank mains have been begging them to go back to the HW version. Some homogenization is fine, and even necessary. But they took it a little too far imo.