Elemental Wheel, What's the point?

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If you're too stubborn to make your character more robust to play a game mechanic, then that's your fault.

Just because a preferred playstyle didn't matter in Final Fantasy XI does not mean it should also not matter here. If a guy wants to play BLM he should be allowed to do so with minimal penalties. I can understand something like a 2-5% difference, but outright excluding a job/class is really unacceptable by today's standards.

It'd be nice to see more MMORPGs adapt an elemental wheel themselves, really.

That's until your favorite job or class ends up getting locked out of content. I still remember how Arcane Mages and Moonkin couldn't do Karazhan runs because of the mobs in there that were resistant to arcane damage sources.

If everyone performs the same against all mobs there's no point in having different classes, in which case you could just remove all jobs from the game except one.

Ah, a modified version of the hybrid apocalypse nonsense. WoW's class balance says "hi". It is very possible to have jobs performing equally or near equally. The job system is not an excuse for not doing so.