Quote Originally Posted by giftforce View Post
Really, why did you guys even decide to play FFXIV in the first place if what you so obviously wanted was completely different from what was on the box?

All you FFXI-wannabes that need "clearly defined goals" and can't think for yourself should just go back and play either FFXI or WoW or any other myriad of old-gen games where lack of options was the status quo and free-will was a luxury the Thought Police wouldn't allow you to afford.

Honestly, this is one of many self-destructive decisions SE has made ever since Yoshi took the helm and does nothing but make me want to leave even more. Why would I play a game exactly like WoW/TERA but with FFXIV's slow combat system? FFXIV had a good idea that could help them maintain a foot in the market.

Too bad they don't realise that.

Self-destructive game-design. That's all this is.
I have asked myself that same question since I began playing and reading the forums. But at every little thing that people want to change, they'll throw things like "2011! Standards!" and stuff.

My personal opinion is that both systems can co-exist. But I would prefer to see a limit on how many required rank gears are out there. The whole optimal rank could be better with just the simple UI addition of telling us how does it affect us if we are outside the optimal rank. Simple as that.

As you pointed out, if they really abolish the Optimal Rank system, the value of one of it's main selling points (change classes on the fly) will be greatly diminished.