Props to an awesome game, but I just cannot "connect"

[Taerra]

It's sad because when you look at the general picture the game is fantastic, but it lacks something about the jobs, the spells. The word "bland" has accurately been used.

I know I'll get stoned to death but look at WoW, I was a Shaman at heart and 90% of your spellbook was useful in some maner or another, but there was a LOT more abilities than we got now, and a lot more classes to choose from, I could support my team with totems, elementals and even cures if shit hit the fan WHILE being a dps, that's a big no no in xiv. Thing is, I'm a mage guy, but I absolutely hate blm ( forced to dynamis as blm back in FFXI is not fun ), so what does that leave me with when I hate pure melee toons ? Not much actually ...

The other thing I dislike is the lack of versatility in classes, tank dps dps heal ... that's it. While in WoW, although you had no pure support roles (aside from heal, unlike ffxi), each and every class has an array of features they can contribute to the team. We don't have that in XXIV, and what we have is lame ( apocastasis ? ).

Just a shame because it's otherwise a fantastic game. /sigh