Suggestion to the Developer

[juniglee]

My opinion is this would probably fall flat too.

To an extent, there is some level of customization. For example: a 20 STR/10 VIT melee DPS build. However, this never happens, because the moment one person finds the "optimal combination", then that becomes the standard.

It's going to be the same if a talent tree system, like in League of Legends, was ever introduced in this game to make players feel more individual - people will only pick the optimal talents for their roles, based on something like forum research, or theorycrafting.

You might end up being part of the 2% that might not follow the optimal build, but just like BiS is in current state, there is absolutely no need for optimization in any way. As long as all dungeon/raid/trial objectives are met, I don't really think people would worry about how you build.

If we're talking giving players different abilities...don't we already have the cross-class system for that? You only get to pick 5 skills. A few skills will be essential, like Mercy Stroke/Internal Release/Second Wind on a Dragoon, but for the last 2 slots, you have choice between Foresight, Featherfoot, Mantra and Bloodbath. But ultimately, I don't really think people will care which skills you picked for the last 2 slots (or arguably even the first 3 slots) as long as your DPS is acceptable, and all objectives are met for any content they attempt.

Heck, you could even remove your job crystal, and have 10 different cross-class skills to pick from. I don't play much PvP, but I've heard DPS Marauder was a thing there? Being able to cross skills like Raging Strikes, Blood for Blood, etc, which they would normally never be able to cross.