Quote Originally Posted by Adrian74 View Post
With all respect, where's the difference?
It would be like saying "hey you don't need RDM, want a debuffer? You got Arcanist! What's the difference between Arcanist and RDM?!" I'm stretching it of course, it's just an example.

The main differences would be that:
1) Nobody would use Rogue past level 30 (if things stay as they are now)
2) Rogue would have nothing "unique" compared to NIN (aside from larger customizability from cross-actions)
3) Rogue would have no AF (iconic aspect of FF games)
4) Rogue would have no Relic
5) Rogue would be called... Rogue, and not Thief. (which is one of the many reasons why Yoshi-P introduced Jobs instead of just tweaking the already existing Classes back in 1.0)

So basically, while it's not my case, if you were a player willing to play the Thief job, you'd be left with no options but Ninja, because clearly you don't expect people to play Rogue at level 50 and do content as Rogue?