Job Quests NEED to be Mandatory.

[Mr_Gyactus]

I swear, some of you will argue just to argue. Doesn't matter if it makes sense.

I swear, you argue just for the post counter.

The OP blamed the soul crystal for some heavy handicap, and for that handicap he was not able to do his job properly.
To be crystalline clear: NO, that kind of problem is a matter of equipment, his equip or the tank.

BTW Yoshida already has already spoken about the idea of ​​standardizing jobs making them work like the expansion ones, but it's more of a cleanliness thing than a necessity because "people forget to do ARR job quests".

As the fox from kung fu panda 4 says: fight for the right things for the wrong reasons.