Quote Originally Posted by ty_taurus View Post
A few things... First, you're using the term "radically," but how have you come to the conclusion that any solution that resolves the issue of job identity and gameplay can only be described as "radical?" You've written off all possible solutions as extreme before there's even been an attempt to change jobs. It's not helpful to say that there's no solution to a problem when you don't even try.
Sorry if it wasn't clear, but in the context of my points I'd define a shift from the current class design back to something akin to what we had in ARR and Heavensward as a radical change. As I said, I think if people are expecting that to happen they're going to be disappointed.

And I don't see the changes in class design over the years as "not caring about the quality of their own game's job design". That's hardly fair to claim. The developers simply had their own ideas of what worked best for the game and those ideas differed from yours. You can argue that difference drove you away from the game, but that's different than painting them as a group of developers who don't care about the work they're doing on this game. They're not going to "suddenly care" because they've likely always cared. Whether they care or not isn't defined by whether the design matches the direction you want them to go. Your argument seems to be that Yoshi P is either genuine or full of hot air based on whether the results put a smile on your face. I don't recall him standing on a stage, citing your name, and promising to make you happy specifically, though. Going by your comments, you are definitely setting yourself up for disappointment.