Class System Blues

[Keres]

I don't have a huge issue with the way the class system works in FFXIV right now, but I agree with the OP on a couple of small points:

- Players being able to switch to any job at any time removes many players' sense of "uniqueness" and can cause many players to simply want to class-stack rather than working out strategies with the group comp that they have. I wouldn't necessarily mind having to return to town to be able to switch DoW/DoM classes, Mog House-style, but I also recognize that it legitimately is really nice to be able to switch while out somewhere, and player convenience is really important in MMOs these days.

Overall, I think it's probably better left as it is, though I can sympathize with the point of view a bit; as a result of the ease of switching classes, there seems to be this almost implicit assumption out there that everyone is expected to be able to play many different jobs when needed. When I tell people that I'm really only interested in playing WHM (as I dislike both DDing and tanking in the current game engine), I occasionally get surprise in response.

- Cross-class abilities lead to players feeling "required" to level up classes that they have absolutely no interest in due to the importance of obtaining certain abilities (e.g. Sentinel). Thankfully, though, this is significantly less of an issue than it was prior to the skills revamp (DH-era XIV where some classes had to level up all 5 DoW classes to be optimal, shudder).

Beyond those issues, though, I like being able to play "alt classes" (if that's how you prefer to look at them) on my main character. Much less hassle overall.