Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
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First we just had classes.
Then they added jobs to attach to the classes with the intention that classes be better suited for solo play and Jobs be better for group play.
No one went back to classes, because any perceivable advantage they provided to solo players wasn't enough to bother with it.
Now we got a system that feels almost entirely arbitrary.

And that's basically it.
fixed it for you.
It doesn't help that when you get to 50 and get enough gear, your class doesn't make much of a difference anymore.
Also there are a few weird things people don't realize about the classes/jobs...for example, in a fight with skilled enough people, a Bard doesn't actually use their songs or rain of death. which makes me wonder at the potential viability of a pure archer.
Unfortunately they can't equip the relic weapon, so there's that.