Please do not lock Jobs to the Weapon Class that unlocks them.

[Lerris]

Using past FFs as an example of the way things should be is a flawed argument, as FF is not, and never has been, an internally consistent series.

This is a false statement. As chocobo's, Cid, Airships, and the classic FF Jobs we are about to get, have all be consistent in some way in all FF. So, we can use them as example. You don't think the battle director for FFXI is not crossing some ideas over from FFXI, are building upon them for FFXIV. Auto-attack. you going to email the battle director and tell him this is FFXIV I don't want to see delay numbers on weapons. Because that is what we are getting.

Then our characters should be allowed to equip only one weapon type in their entire careers. Just like in FFVII. Or FFVIII. Or FFIX. OR FFX.
Or, changing jobs should equip the corresponding weapon for us as in FFX-2.

My statement was NOT false... the rules are different with every release, though there are common elements that recur throughout the series.

My point was that the argument should be made based on the merits of the system, not based on what previous games did. You seem to be arguing for the sake of arguing, while completely ignoring the context of my statement.