Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
That's what I've been saying.. Why you hate me
Because of your way with the ladies and your rugged good looks?

In all seriousness, this thread just seemed to be so one-sided that I guess I missed your post. My apologies.

But this is tentatively what I think its best. I understand in classic FF terms each class has a specific place but in multiplayer terms its such an amazing P I A to be balancing a hybrid mix up like that. If he is to be a tank class then just make them both able to tank all contents but do it in different styles.
I agree with this. Not to mention that focusing on niche gameplay really limits class design because you can't have class A because it overlaps with class B's niche, you can't fix Class C because it then steps on the toes of class D, you can't implement this idea because it goes beyond the niche for that particular class, and so on.

As I said, roster of tanks, roster of healers, roster of DPS. No major differences in overall performance (because if a game with 4 tanks has all 4 perform equally, everyone wins), and none of the niche silliness.