Honest question: If every player/class/job is equal,who is unique? (Gameplay topic)

[Scootaloo]

If you mean people challenging your views and opinions are bashing and derailing your thread

No, I don't mean that. There have been many people who have made valid counter points and I have even acknowledged them. A good example being that each class DOES have its own playstyle.

BUT! This does not mean they are suddenly 100% right and I'm 100% wrong just because they point out a few minor unique qualities in the classes. As a few posters have pointed out, the issue here is that the classes aren't super unique but they aren't super similar, They're just mostly super basic MMO classes. Nothing special about them in general.

That's the WHOLE POINT of this thread, nothing makes them stand out from one another. Each class should have something about them that makes me the player go "oh yeah! I want to be this class because of "Insert skills or passive skills here"

Not, "Do I want to jump around the mob just to deal max dmg, move a few times to deal max dmg, or stand in place and not have to move at all to deal max dmg?"

A point many posters seem to be missing as they keep on pointing out their skills and mechanics instead of looking deeper into the class and attempt to see what makes them stand out from each other.

As much as I hate doing so, I'm going to have to drag FFXI into this topic...

Each job had something about them that made them stand out from their counterparts(this was pre-abby mind you).

White Mage, everyone knew this was the ultimate healer, no class could compare to the healing skills this class had.

Black Mage, the only class in the game capable of using the devastating Ancient Magic.

Blue Mage, the only class in the game that could learn monster skills and use them against others.

Ninja, No class in the game has more evasion than this class and they have the ultimate spell, Utsumi: Ichi and Utsumi: Ni. AKA: Shadows! A Ninjitsu spell that allows to you evade ANY SPELL OR ATTACK.

You seeing the trend here? I just pointed out one thing about every job in FFXI that would make a player want to play that job. They are things that make the class stand out from the others.

Now take a look at FFXIV classes. What do they have that makes them stand out from one another?

See my point yet?