Job Personalization: Can I Have It?

[DreadRabbit]

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But if the skills are end-game grind, where are you using them after you get them? So now I've won these cool unique skills...with nowhere to use them because they're locked out of anything but 4-man content I've already done? (because 8-man and above is considered raid or raid-ish in this game by the devs, and you've said these skills aren't for that). So skills replace the gear grind...so in other words, it's still a grind. Replacing a grind with another similar grind doesn't change gameplay.

There are fates with different mobs with different skill sets. Quite a few of them have open-world specific bosses. They could give more rewards, I'll admit that. And some level-cap end-game fates would be a nice change from hunts. What you described is exactly what you're supposed to do in a Fate. Especially boss fates. We have treasure maps with unique prizes that are needed in other areas of the game like crafts, often expecting you to fight a hoard of monsters you don't normally fight to get them.

I guess we just agree to disagree then. This skill book idea of yours with fine tuning has potential, but everything else you keep mentioning we already have.