As far as elements go I'm still stated for Umbral (Ice, Water, Earth) due to THM, and then Earth and Wind tied for highest for gathering. SO when I play conj I do focus on those elements usually. And for THM 80% of my spells will be based on Earth Water and Earth so I'm waiting for that to become more effective. I'm not sure if DDs get freedom of choice willy nilly, but wouldn't people still be leveling up elements based on ws, and spells they use the most? I wonder if this was a concept of xiv, if they wanted us to specialize through our stats and elementals.