AF/Relics for classes? why not?

[EmSix]

so you say, but I have looked at the differences, classes can use more cross skill/spells than jobs can and jobs dont really have all that much to make up for those restrictions

PLD->GLA loses a ton of defensive abilities.
WAR->MRD loses lots of self heals
SCH->ACN loses literally all purpose
SMN->ACN makes your pets weaker
WHM->CNJ loses lots of healing spells and Holy
I could go on. Let's not even talk about the fact that the job crystal gives you +10 all stats and +20 to your main, so you'd be losing all those, too.

besides that the director himself actually said he wanted more definition between classes and jobs than 1.0 had so I would think if that were true the devs wouldnt treat the classes as an after thought at all. would be nice to hear input from them on this

Devs lie, a lot. It's called marketing.