No More Classes?

[EliseDee]

So why the fuck are my classes not END GAME VIABLE! whats the point of having this gear if at no point ever its going to be of any use to my classes because you destroyed what was actually the only good thing about FFXIV 1.0. The ability to use skills from all other classes and the option of using latent abilities (aka traits) from other classes as well. Infact it almost seems to punish you for WANTING to play a class. Oh...you wanna be a thief not a ninja...well fuck you no combat stealth you are now considered worthless. Oh you want to play a archer instead of a bard oh...let me drop your dex cap down by 30 and not give you anything to make up for it. I personally think they are taking a part of the game that would add so much diversity to tactics and custom builds for classes as opposed to the more cookie cutter jobs.

[EliseDee]

They are killing the original idea behind the class system. Thanks for trying your best yoshi, but i guess appeasing cry babies by making things easier is much more of a focus then building a game that has any debt to it at all. The gear system is already pointless because every update things get easier so me doing it the hard way made it all for nothing cause some one else can do it later at easy mode and feel special. I think at this point he really needs to talk to the devs about a way to start pleasing the Hardcore gamers as well as the casuals cause right now all i see is pandering to those who werent around when this game was a heaping pile of garbage and still supported because the system had so much potential for greatness. FIX THE FUCKING CLASS SYSTEM!

[Asheilin]

So why the fuck are my classes not END GAME VIABLE! whats the point of having this gear ....

You want to know the point? RETAINERS. They have no JOBS. though if they do get rid of the useless class system in 3.0; that will change hopefully. My smn has i90 gear, my retainer is arcanist but can't wear it as the i90 gear she has was SMN only; and building up the crafted stuff is a pain while trying to gear out nin, brd and sch. the gear that lists classes, is completely for the purpose of using as retainer gear after your done with it

[Mimilu]

You want to know the point? RETAINERS. They have no JOBS. though if they do get rid of the useless class system in 3.0; that will change hopefully. My smn has i90 gear, my retainer is arcanist but can't wear it as the i90 gear she has was SMN only; and building up the crafted stuff is a pain while trying to gear out nin, brd and sch. the gear that lists classes, is completely for the purpose of using as retainer gear after your done with it

Keeping gear is also good for when new classes/jobs come out. >3>
It's also good for making money with via converting into materia.

[Asheilin]

Keeping gear is also good for when new classes/jobs come out. >3>
It's also good for making money with via converting into materia.

lol yeah; but the main reason end game gear has classes on it isn't either of those; and thats what the other poster was talking about