Quote Originally Posted by Sani2341 View Post
Didn't all of this Happen with StB, then ShB just cleaned it up some?

While role skills were A bit wonky in StB,they needed Manual selecting which you want, they weren't tied to other classes anymore, same with getting your job unlocked.

And a lot of the job gauges were really badly utilized at the time too. Still are in some cases (looking at you fairy gauge)
Cross class skills were removed in ShB (turned into role actions/no need to level alternate classes.) There was no true subclass system, though I can see why someone would bring it up in relation to class requirements (E.G. Paladin needing to level Conjurer to unlock.) Bonus stats were removed in SB (and no one cared, only summoner paid it any attention, honorable mention for piety and black mages, can't remember if piety was a leveled stat thing.) Job gauges kind of existed before Stormblood, but Stormblood is basically where every single solitary gauge came from, and a solid 90% (off the cuff, not actual) of jobs had a rage bar added in some form because the devs got a shiny new feature. And Phys Ranged lost their cast bars in stormblood. Ironic now that, in Endwalker and Dawntrail, the devs are doing the reverse by removing the 'cast' from 'caster,' turning them into rphys.