Show your support for making Classes viable.

[Mysteltain]

Except... changes to the cross class system could easily be applied to jobs making them more unique and interesting instead...

nothing proposed in your statement would make classes uniquely better that couldn't be applied to jobs to a greater degree

I did say that it would take a lot of revision to the actual system, and that's why I doubt it will ever happen. However, to counter your point, SE has always said that they want jobs to focus on one specific task, whereas classes are meant for versatility. So going by their own words, jobs were designed to be 'blander', I guess, than classes, and aren't meant to become anymore 'unique' or 'interesting' than they come off as. WARs will always tank, MNKs will always DPS, WHMs will always heal. Sure, overgearing content means a WAR can DPS outside of Defiance (as I've done before on my alt, although from my understanding MRD is more effective at DPS), and WHMs can crowd-control just fine with Holy, but in terms of current-level content they're much more effective fulfilling their standard roles.

I've actually dabbled in classes a bit, myself, having my alt reach level 50 as a GLD without ever swapping, and I do see some potential. She can use Feint or Haymaker to slow the enemy and mitigate damage during tanking, pop Featherfoot to dodge some attacks, or use Blood for Blood alongside Raging Strikes and Fight or Flight to give her much higher DPS for a brief period of time, mitigating the increased damage received with Rampart. Yes, she lacks the stat boosts and the abilities granted by jobs, but the extra utility, situational as it may be, makes her much more interesting to play. I can definitely see classes allowing more interesting party compositions and playstyles outside of the standard Tank/Heal/2xDPS and the 1-2-3 skill rotations that the game largely is right now.

EDIT: Sorry, I quoted your post before you edited that last part in. For me, I just want to see classes mean something. If they're going to keep classes in, and keep the cross-class system in, and not simply overwrite classes with jobs when we hit 30, I'd like to see them do something about it. It's a silly hope, to be certain, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice to see something come of it.