Quote Originally Posted by Mack View Post
Jobs aren't meant "to defeat the toughest challenges in the game", jobs are meant to defeat much tougher challenges because the toughest challenges in the game just don't cut it. Crafting wont have jobs, that's just silly, they are already specialized classes and have hardly any leeway in customization, there is nothing they would benefit from "specialization" that can't be done through gear anyway.
Some crafter Jobs wouldn't quite be "specializations" in the sense that they are an advanced form of the Class. Some may be a "consolidation" in order to do specific things.

Shipwrights for example, consolidate the abilities of Armorers (plates & rivets), Carpenters (lumber), and Weavers (sails & ropes) and focus on only those things that help build a ship. They excel at it, probably to the detriment of other abilities.