Quote Originally Posted by Zanarkand-Ronso View Post
Dragoons Blood of the Dragon & Monks Greased Lighting becoming Passives so that DPS doesn't get interrupted.....Also Ninja getting a Skill that indefinitely upkeeps the Pinwheel, getting rid of Kaiten and Darkarts and Buffing DMG.....This theory Checks out.

(Kaiten and darkarts Im pulling out of my butt, however Im seeing its a possible reason for all of the Homogenization)
There's also the fact casuals really couldn't care less about meta's. They just played the job they liked and worked with it. We started losing job identities at a faster pace when the hardcore endgame people started excluding jobs from parties in PF because they wanted specific buffs or skills.