Quote Originally Posted by Rentahamster View Post
One thing that they have to keep in mind is that they don't run into the problem that Diablo II had, where basically there was only just a few "optimal" stat allocations paths, and if you were to do anything else, you'd be gimping your character.

This is why they will do auto-stat placement in Diablo III.

As long as FF14 can circumvent this problem, I'm fine with it. Otherwise, there's really no point in self-customizable stats anyway as everyone is just going to follow the optimal build stat placement anyway.
I have yet to see any game with a player allocated stat system with more than a few optimal stat paths. I just don't think it's possible. It might sound possible on paper, but in practice is a very different thing.