I'm no fan of rift, but I do like how their tree system works. You can take thf and have a near limitless combination, Like rogue. You can be a teleporting sniper, or a bard assassin, Heck a bard sniper XD. Pretty much as you level you choose to unlock a certain spec tree. This can define classes, but also allow customization. which I'm all for. I really do not want to see cookie cutting in ffxiv. I wanted to play hoping it would not happen.