Quote Originally Posted by Mithron View Post
That being said, while FF14 isn't at its best right now, it's still miles above every other MMO with job balance currently.
Is it really though? This line keeps being said for years now, but are the people saying it talking based on legitimate comparisons or are they merely repeating a common sentiment they have heard from other players?

It would be literally impossible to play "every" other MMO in depth enough to speak of their balance with authority, especially since it is something that keeps changing (in this game alone, looking at just tank dps balance for example, the difference between HW and SHB would be huge). Even setting a bit more reasonable expectation, it would still be pretty damn hard to keep actively playing enough games to at least have a general idea of how balance looks within the genre as a whole.

I honestly wouldn't be at all surprised if the "every other MMO" in most of these statements, was "actually just WoW" and people just assumed that since things were worse there, then they must be the same everywhere.

Now don't get me wrong - I am not saying that the statement is for sure wrong, I neither have evidence to disprove it nor have I played enough MMOs at length and in depth enough to feel comfortable making comparisons.
I am questioning whether or not others actually have said evidence/experience to back the statement up though. If not, then perhaps it would be best we stop repeating such claims without a thought, as I suspect many do.