Quote Originally Posted by Zaft View Post
This. There is always one correct choice. The only thing builds give you is the illusion of choice.
I disagree with this. Other MMOs and games have been more flexible with respect to builds. The whole "tank-healer-dps" bit is a relic of early MMOs made law in FF XIV.

So, the core design of the game runs counter to builds in a way. The way duty-finder works would need to be redone, and you'd need a pretty big shift in the possibilities of equipment/stat-allocation/etc. to make it work. The fights are often actually designed around the roles mechanically too.

So, it's not that I don't wish the game had more variety with cross-class or that you could make meaningful choices with gear/stats... but they've literally designed the game so that you need to be as cookie-cutter as possible to fit the cookie mold they make for dungeons and mechanics.