Holy trinity.. Or maybe not.

[Jandor]

I think Immut (I don't presume to speak for him) wants almost a hybridization of roles, plus the addition of more roles if you want to frame it like that. You have tank, dps and heals at the moment. It sounds like the idea is to add secondary roles almost, so a Paladin would function as a tank primarily and a buffer secondarily while for example a dragoon could dps as it's primary role and tank an enemy as a secondary role.

The point of contention seems to be that people on this forum tend to assume that the majority of people playing are like them and that most content is a joke to clear. The speed runners will still find the fastest way to clear content and always clear it that way. However for groups that are struggling, taking a Paladin for it's ability to buff defenses, absorb or mitigate damage to other players and cast (in this hypothetical) a cure worth caring about would really help lighten the load on healers for instance. Otherwise useless off-tanks could be useful and actively help clear content they've gone into using duty finder in a way that isn't just trying to maximize their rather poor DPS. As a bonus, providing a more proactive aspect to the tank jobs could theoretically make the jobs more popular amongst players who've so far avoided them due to their percieved simplicity.