Lol @ people who misuse the word clone.

Anyhoo, I think this is a good idea. We need actual variation in class abilities in my opinion. If you see 4 WHM's with the same gear, there wont be any difference between them maybe besides materia, which dcoesn't really change or adapt spells to fit a new purpose. If they can make blue/purple only materia that changes skills, like say after your regen ends, your target is healed for 25% of the damage actually healed, or you gain x% defense everytime you are hit while using rampart for 10 seconds, stuff like that. Allow people to branch off a bit more so each class by class comparison isn't so generic.