Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
If PIE and TEN did something for the other jobs I'd agree but they don't so I'm not sure how it damages anything besides reduced clutter and actually increased opportunity. I don't think comparing it to main stats is quite right given main stats usually have purpose even in single player games, like even for the jobs that don't focus that stat. For example in D4 they do things for all jobs, or in DND like games there is a reason you might hybrid even just a little.
The same is true for the main stats excluding Vitality. Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Mind all exist in a vacuum. Every single action on any given job scales to exactly to one of those stats. The only exceptions are that discipline of magic auto attacks scale off I think Strength, and Summoner's physick. It would make things a lot cleaner to merge them all into one singular stat: ability power, and then possibly remove auto attacks from disciplines of magic entirely if we do not want them scaling off autos as well. That also allows for a much more flexible gearing system that also results in less items to create.