[dev1032] Class uniqueness and Armory System

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Final Fantasy Tactics (War of the Lions) had one of the best job systems of any FF game. It was amazing because it had a tremendous amount of flexibility in it, but every job was still unique. A key component to keeping it balanced was the different types of slots that a Job had available for abilities.

Rather than just 3 categories', FFXIV could have many different groups of abilities such as: 'Basic Attacks', 'TP Attacks', 'White Magic', 'Black Magic', 'Arcane Magic', 'Green Magic', 'Time Magic', 'Defense', 'Reactions', 'Boost', 'Songs', 'Recovery' 'Attributes','Traits', 'Special', etc...

Each Class would have access to a limited number of categories, and each ability would carry a type, rank limit, and cost. For instance: a White Mage could have a list like the following: (I'm using arbitrary numbers)
White Magic (18pts)
Time Magic (10pts)
Green Magic (8pts)
Recovery (10pts)
Reaction (4pts)
Attributes (6pts)

I think this would work very well as it would still allow for considerable customization without allowing classes to essentially become clones of each-other. In addition, special gear could grant more points in a certain category, or even access to a new category.