Only 5 new skills per new job?!?!

[Tadacho]

Hmm so if I understand it correctly: It's not just that you get only 5 cross abilities, but you can only get them from two specific classes. So for example that only classes the would be able to use Raise (or Cure) would be Paladin, White Mage and Bard. The only classes that can use Invigorate are Dragoon and Monk etc.

This is really disturbing. For example for dungeons/endgame: Why would we want to bring a Dragoon or Monk or Marauder as damage dealers if the can't even offer the slightest support to the group. Everyone would bring Bards as damage dealers just for that reason, besides the fact that everyone is already bringing Archers now because of the easy damage they do and minor damage they take.

It's a great way of further defining our roles within parties. Why should everyone have access to Raise, just because it makes it easier? This makes things more specialised and, as I said, will help with that sense of defining roles.

When you equip a job stone, it seems that you're not expected to play your class as you would normally play it anymore. You're taking up a job and that will have a different playing style. It seems that people will still be required to play as, for example, a Lancer OR a Dragoon depending on the situation and not as a new-and-improved "Oh I'll permanently be a Dragoon" Lancer.