[dev 1032] What's wrong with job/subjob again?

[Abriael]

What's wrong with job/subjob?

Quite easy. For one, it's excessively limiting and the number of viable combinations is not that high. An inevitable consequence of that is that cookie-cutter be all end all combinations tend to be the only ones accepted (with reason), making the freedom of choice between job/subjob a completely illusory one, and as such moot.

On the other hand the FFXIV armory system offers a much higher amount of combinations, and while a certain amount of cookie-cuttering will always exist, the viable combinations are much more, making freedom of choice and personalization much more relevant.

It's quite simple, really.

[kukurumei]

What's wrong with job/subjob?

Quite easy. For one, it's excessively limiting and the number of viable combinations is not that high. An inevitable consequence of that is that cookie-cutter be all end all combinations tend to be the only ones accepted (with reason), making the freedom of choice between job/subjob a completely illusory one, and as such moot.

On the other hand the FFXIV armory system offers a much higher amount of combinations, and while a certain amount of cookie-cuttering will always exist, the viable combinations are much more, making freedom of choice and personalization much more relevant.

It's quite simple, really.

Personalization of what? It just led to the same result, only worse. We don't even have distinction of classes anymore, we just have distinction of skill combinations.

You're a defensive ugly chimera, an ugly DD chimera, or a healing ugly chimera.

and true to chimera nature, the cheapest and most dominating strains come out to hide its weaknesses.

That's true freedom for you, a beast of min/maxing.