Bonus stats are pointless

[Hiroradius]

That would be horrible and completely defeats the purpose of being able to switch between classes/jobs.

No actually it would cause people to have a MAIN class, and the switching would be alt classes. Right now the way this game is designed, you MAIN everything. If they set it so the ability point would be the same between all classes/jobs, then yes people still could main as a Black mage, but sub as a white mage, they may not be as good as someone who main class is white mage but can do the job.

You can still buy the ability point reset option from you grand company in case you decide you want to main as a white mage instead of black mage.

This will also cause more tanks whether people believe it or not. The reason, if you rolled a Gladiator/Paladin got to level 50, then decided you were bored and wanted to play Archer/Bard, you could now be at level 50, people need a tank to run CT, and you decide you are a Bard tonight and run as that instead.

People would cry and complain if they made that change now, but if that was the way it was at the beginning, people would whine but people would also accept it and we would have people being more specific jobs. We would have more tanks AND people might then roll alts instead to be a different job (even though you could buy the stat reallocation potion), so they would have their Paladin character, and an alt Bard character.

[Kitru]

This will also cause more tanks whether people believe it or not.

No, it wouldn't because all of the people that main as DPS or heals but alt as tanks, which is a much larger portion of the tank population as a whole than those who main tank but alt as a healer or DPS, would be penalized when running as an alt tank, which ends up reducing the practical tank population. Having bonus stats applied to characters instead of classes would simply place a stigma on running any alt class, which is contradictory to the way the armory system works: you're supposed to be able to have a single character that can play any of the classes with equal aplomb (given that you have the gear for it). If you penalize someone for actually playing a class other than their own (or, more appropriately, penalizing them for playing a class with a different mainstat), it detracts from the given system.

We would have more tanks AND people might then roll alts instead to be a different job (even though you could buy the stat reallocation potion), so they would have their Paladin character, and an alt Bard character.

And why exactly should the devs try to encourage people to roll alt characters? The armory system is designed so that you can get the experience of rolling alt characters without having to do so. The only reason that you should ever *need* to roll an alt character is if you want to run weekly content more than once per week, since that's the only restriction applied to a character.

[Mimilu]

This will also cause more tanks whether people believe it or not. The reason, if you rolled a Gladiator/Paladin got to level 50, then decided you were bored and wanted to play Archer/Bard, you could now be at level 50, people need a tank to run CT, and you decide you are a Bard tonight and run as that instead.

This example makes no sense...
Are you say that your level would stick through out all the classes then?
And where does parties needing Tanks for CT come in to you being a Bard?
Your system would discourage people from switching, even with Keeper's Hymn, because they wouldn't have the class/job they need readily available and they would have to waste seals rapidly.
Not to mention, this would be a huge boon to DPS classes/jobs simply out of the sheer number of players who main DPS. They already have a hard time finding parties in-and-out of the DF simply because there's so many of them versus the number of available tanks or even healers.
This game just wasn't designed for people to just stick with a main class (they could, but they're really pigeonholing themselves).