This game needs depth, Please implement a second weapon (playstyle) for each job

[Themis]

The problem with doing something like this is that is make balance a harder thing to achieve, and makes it more difficult to make high tier content that has a defined structure to it. For now, the current system works just fine, because content can be designed in a particular way.

XI did this right. Jobs could use a range of different weapons, weaponskill was independent of your own level, you chose what to master and how fast.

And it went almost completely unused because different Jobs had a weapon type that they excelled in, and others that you couldn't skill up high enough to be useful. PLDs did not go around tanking with Polearms, even though they had a skill in it. They did occasionally use a staff, but that was primarily the Earth Staff which was used for the damage reduction effect, not because Stave tanking was effective.

The same applied to all other Jobs almost. The most prominent I can thing of that was actually used for a while, was Dark Knights using either a Great Sword or Scythe. But then things changed, and one became the primary and the other was laughed at.