Ability Points, Skill Trees & Talents being considered to replace leveling. Thoughts?

[Aidorouge]

I think I'd much rather if jobs just got to have a dual role they can queue for with the flip of a button. Let that Dragoon feel vindicated when they turn on their stance, let that White Mage remind the Black Mages why there was a War of the Magi, let that Warrior shake is green heart out.

We already know it's possible for skills to have alternate functions/effects via PVP, and Duty Support/Trust NPCs have been double-dipping for years. Maybe instead of ever upwards advancement we just do some side-stepping.

[TaleraRistain]

I think I'd much rather if jobs just got to have a dual role they can queue for with the flip of a button. Let that Dragoon feel vindicated when they turn on their stance, let that White Mage remind the Black Mages why there was a War of the Magi, let that Warrior shake is green heart out.

We already know it's possible for skills to have alternate functions/effects via PVP, and Duty Support/Trust NPCs have been double-dipping for years. Maybe instead of ever upwards advancement we just do some side-stepping.

That could potentially work. Balance new trees around the roles that aren't the base roles for a given class. Then have those skills utilized if they join as their off role. Kind of like how we can take our chocobos down different role paths.

There would probably still be some that on paper someone thinks are better than others but I think we'd be fine because everything isn't perfectly balanced now. So if the design was of a similar level of balance where things may not be ideal but are viable, then that should satisfy the balance concern.