Quote Originally Posted by Riepah View Post
I don't tend to have high expectations of forums anymore nowadays, but this thread is one prime example of people not reading properly, or failing to understand what they do read.
You're right that most people hopping into this thread seem to have trouble understanding what the OP is saying for some reason, but I don't think it really matters, because what the OP suggests is not really something that should happen. It would be better to have a "shared skill" system than a "cross class" system. For example, GLA and MRD should both unlock Provoke, BLM, SMN, WHM, and SCH should all unlock Swiftcast, etc.

While I personally have no issue leveling every job to max (and have, before 2.0 even started), it isn't super intuitive for newbies. I see healers with poetics gear and no Swiftcast. I've had a WAR in Ultima with no Provoke. It's pretty frustrating. Sure, most of those people will probably be bad no matter what, but probably not all. Why make it harder on them for no reason? Maybe they don't want to play BLM? It's not really a "difficulty" hurdle, it's a "why do I have to level X when I want to play Y" arbitrary limitation.