Role quest in Endwalker worry me. Job quest make this an RPG

[Puremallace]

You prove my point then. AST and NIN I enjoyed because the overall plot actually lasted for more than old lvl cap to new lvl cap. SAM from 50 to 60 was a nice exception, though (I think it was that range). 60 to 70 in comparison was very boring for me. Character gets introduced, has like 3 lines of dialogue and then dies. And I am supposed to care? It's just not enough time to tell something compelling every expansion.

Then step up the story telling but combining the quest is a MASSIVE MASSIVE mistake. Want an example? In World of warcraft you used to have to actually go through a quest as a Warlock to learn how to summon your pets. It created a class identity and gave depth to the lore of the class.

In FF14 there are similar quest for Summoner that give you a history. Now imagine in Endwalker if you now have to share a generic quest with other Magic Ranged classes. It is just shallow development that I promise you will slowly chip away at the RPG part of the MMORPG.

No matter how popular FF14 is right now we cannnot sit back and allow Square Enix to think this decision is ok. Just because some job quest were not as cool as the Dark Knight quest does not mean anything to me. You cannot use that as a justification for stripping job identity out a final fantasy game.

This current game direction flies in the face of everything this franchise was built on. I am LITERALLY begging Square Enix to not go down this path because I have seen how it ends. Just because the salty FF14 veterans players are jaded about this system does not change the fact it is core to job identity to a lot of people and creates a sense of RPG feeling in an MMO world becoming more obsessed with saving a dime in the short term and missing out on a dollar in the future.

If it continues then this Paladin is just going to feel like Generic Tank Role #1 that I can care less about and is easily swappable with no attachment and at that point I have to ask myself why am I still playing if I have no attachment to my primary job.