As we all know, from level 30 onwards, we get to choose the job classes. By level 50a job basically gives you 5 job-specific skills, at the expense of losing 5 cross-skill slots (ie. 5 cross skill slots with a job, vs 10).

Aside from not being able to use your job-specific relic weapon (assuming you've unlocked it), and we're wearing non-job-specific gear (eg. darklight), can anyone think of a reason why anyone would choose to roll as a non-job specific base-class with ten specially selected bonus skills that would create a toon that is the equal of a job-toon? I ran over the conjurer/whm possibilities and couldn't see how it could possibly be better to stay as a base conjurer, but that doesn't mean that there doesn't exist some base class out there with the full 10 cross-class skills that results in something that can roll with the job classes.

Any thoughts?