Quote Originally Posted by omnibahumut View Post
This isn't a single-player sandbox RPG. If you want a game where you can make any kind of character you want irregardless of the consequences, play Oblivion or something similar.

The problem with having "customization" in an MMO, is that there are always going to be "optimum" builds. Once you figure out what is the best way to Tank and the best way to Deal damage, any other customization is irrelevant. Sure you CAN, but whats the point of doing whatever you want if its going to make the rest of your game experience suck? An MMO is not a field where you do things just because you can.

In FF7 you can overload a character with Summons and bring his HP to 1000 at level 99, but in an MMO world that would never work. You would need MIME, MEGA-All, Quad-Cut, etc... to even be considered a strong character if FF7 were an MMO.

Even if FFXIV were in an ideal world where there were 50 bosses and each needed a unique character build to beat, then you're just making the game difficult to play, because you're looking for so many specific players, it would become unwieldy. A balance would be hard to find with the way FFXIV is currently set up, because of the way stats are assigned...

The whole thing needs to be re-hauled, because none of the pieces work together.
Again... Ultima Online and Darkfall are both MMORPGs where you can make what ever type of character you want. So this isn't something that only exists in single-player RPGs. If you try to argue if FFXIV is theme park or sand box it's probably supposed to be a theme park mmo... but uhhh I find we are having to make our own fun more than running content from SE so does that make it a sandbox at the moment?