Quote Originally Posted by Magis View Post
Wasn't PUP (the job being compared to) released in Treasures of Aht Urhgan Expansion which was still lvl 75? It was released in 2006 btw, way before even FFXIV 1.0 was created so what are you talking about?.
That's still 25 levels above the current cap in this game. And it's 7 more years of development and planning compared to this game as well. My point still stands.
Furthermore, I'll tell you what; I have no idea what's being pointed at in XI when the OP means "level of depth" because, yes, there were many options to choose from in terms of abilities and spells but at 75 cap (which is when I left) you barely used half of those abilities, if anything, as a magic user. If melee it was even worse. Not to mention that you could watch two episodes of a series in Netflix before having to use your next weaponskill or while resting for MP.
Combos in this game give a flow to the abilites as you get them and it is a good way to make you use your whole arsenal instead of just spamming the most powerful skill, which is what usually ended up happening in XI's endgame.