Why can't we have jobs with this level of depth and customization in FFXIV?

[Gilthas]

See, the problem with this and other comments like it is that the developers can't say "Well we didn't add this until 5ish years or whatever into our other mmo, so we can skate by with not improving upon that process because hey, it's only a year old!" And it's NOT only a year old. YoshiP has been on the project for a short time, but the game has been in development\reconstruction\planning\etc for over half a decade now. They really can't use the "it's brand, spanking new" excuse when they have almost 15 years experience in building mmos. The complexity should have been there from the start because you always want to improve upon your last project, and if nothing else, should certainly be working its way in there now, 5 years into the endeavor.

Ever heard of the expression "Rome wasn't built in a day"? Same thing applies to games. You don't toss out "complex" systems at release without the battle system going through the ropes. Just look at all the problems Warrior had at release.

Side-note though: I just have to lol at your jibes at FFXIV being simple (in some aspects it is, others it's more complex) and unchallenging, while FFXI was complex and challenging. People need to stop "glorifying" the challenge of FFXI when most of it came from players being at the mercy of rng. As for complexity, well, it is true that we gear swapped a lot. Can't really say that I miss those days though.