Quote Originally Posted by kaynide View Post
While they could have done better balance, the whole meta nonsense was kinda the point I felt. Because you could play any job it want that your one character on one specific job was getting shafted..it was ..well, only one job of dozens your character could choose to engage in. There were fights or areas that were unwinnable without key jobs, and almost all jobs had something unique to offer, or at least interest...and that was awesome. Elemental wheel, ninjitsu, extremely versatile selection of pets for SMN or BST...

Though yes, I know Drk was Uber derp... but I have seen a guy 3-box 3 drgs at once and that absolutely melted certain content.
I mean, you can sugarcoat it all you want. But it doesn't change the fact that certain classes where considered lepers. Or worse yet, brought along and not being able to use thier class skill in leveling content because it was so bad that all it did was feed the enemy AP.