"Open Style" vs "Rigid Structure" what do you want for the future of FFXIV

[Neptune]

A lot of you people are unable to seperate the causes of fail. but whatevs

for reals!

also to this:




I have to say i like the style of your posts at least they keep me entertained while I read about how I'm an infant who wants to be spoon fed lol I did "Like" your post so props to that. In response, I am not asking to be spoon fed I'm asking for a world filled with challenges, if I wanted to wafflcopter around in an open world I'd go play some GTA. If I want to play a JRPG with defined class roles and the challenging story driven content it brings then I look toward FF.

lol, now i feel bad. i hate GTA, so i feel you there. the thing with open fighting mechanics is that you can still have defined class roles, but you just haven't noticed how. you can equip whatever you want and design your character however you want. for instance, my newest thing is to play as a damage-over-time mage as conjurer. so if i were in a party i would define that as my role. i would still most definitely have a role - the only difference is that in a rigid role system i would have no choice as to what role to play. now, with preparation, i can play as healer, nuker, debuffer, or even damage over time -er. openness just gives you more choices from which to define yourself.

[Bubbahotep]

in the open system yes u get to customize your playstyle to one class more using the example healer, nuker, support mage and combine them. But this requires you to level all those classes to have those abilities avialable. What is the difference than leveling each Rigid job Healer, nuker, support mage and using that specific one for the task ahead.

Main issue I have with it is I see a Mage now and do not know what abilitites they have rather than in a rigid ssytem id know thats a support mage by looking at them.

This enturn helps everyone define what u are to everyone else, when a task is needed to perform rather than guess if yuo've unlocked everything in this Open ability enviroment