Quote Originally Posted by SieyaM View Post
I see a lot of people asking for job customization, but I don't think that every really works out well. Yeah you can have all this different trees or ways to mix jobs with others, but one configuration will always be better than others, not matter how little. That is the configuration you will have to use to participate in any endgame content, and it is the one everyone will use. Sure you could have BLM cross with DRG somehow, but no one is going to if BLM crossed with SMN does more damage, even if its just by a single percent.
Only if you're doing Savage/Ultimate level content. Even then, only if you're doing speed clears.

For example, looking at FF Logs shows that the top DPS jobs are: SAM, BLM, SMN and MNK. But they only make up 40% of the total parses, meaning more people are playing the other jobs than these 4.

If there's alternate end-game content designed for the casual player, then alternate combinations will have more viability.

To say nothing about a single percent of on paper DPS difference means nothing compared to the actual DPS that will be achieved by playing a combination that you are comfortable and practiced in. (I.e. The old adage "Bring the player, not the class")