Quote Originally Posted by Elusana_Celah View Post
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Maybe if people weren't pretending that classes were "just as good as jobs" in this thread or that coordinated groups pulling it off makes it a good idea all the time your passive-aggressive retort would mean more. The idea that classes are "good enough" is also slippery slope reasoning that leads most players (not necessarily the OP or anyone in this thread) to being as mediocre as they are. Of course classes can perform well in the hands of a skilled player, but people like the OP are kind of the exception and not the rule here.

Though this thread also illustrates the point that how well you can do without your stone also depends on your class. The gains you get from your job stone aren't always as superfluous as what you get going from CNJ to WHM. MNK and NIN for example are kind of dependent on the skills they gain from their stone, let alone the not-so-trivial boost in stats.

People also take WoD "seriously" because it takes time and wasted time from people being terrible is frustrating, no matter what the content is. And before someone pipes in with "well the OP wasn't terrible", yes, I know. But again, the OP is the exception here. Most other players trying to do the exact same thing would fail miserably.