Quote Originally Posted by Gilthas View Post
Like I already mentioned: Puppetmaster (or any job really) having a lot of setup and configuration possibilities is completely meaningless when only a very select few were viable. Puppetmaster didn't even have a viable endgame build. It was just a novelty job that was never taken seriously.
But there's no reason to say any such jobs will necessarily repeat that in XIV. And cryptic angle said it better than I can:

Quote Originally Posted by cryptic_angel View Post
If I had to pick between a buffet where only a handful of food was good or vanilla paste cafe, I would take the buffet. I get your point and I agree with the notion that most raiders and min/max-ers would play the optimal setup; but, in a game where we can switch classes on a whim, I would enjoy playing "neat" classes, that might unperformed by 8-10%, in the myriad of other content outside of raiding.
And I'm expecting there to be more and more content outside of raiding as the game ages.