4Gamer Interview with Yoshi-P!

[BubblyBoar]

Well, EQ2 has almost 26 combat "jobs" AND specializations AND traits, AND God selections AND good and evil classes (Warrior of Light/Dark). Although you could argue there is no variety, there actually is and it proved it. So it just seems lazy to me. :P There are thousands of combinations of traits/talents in EQ2.

Why am I not playing EQ2? It is OLD, and my computer can barely run it now because it was made for 1 CORE, when I have several. Its models are so ugly now too.

However, old games can teach you a lot about new games.

An exception to the rule does not invalidate said rule. As I said, FFXIV wasn't designed for envisioned for what EQ2 did. It was designed so that players could freely change jobs when they wanted something different. It's how they wanted the game to be, not like EQ2. They don't want traits or specializations because they could just make new jobs instead.

[Kaurie]

An exception to the rule does not invalidate said rule.

Actually, that is how science works to test theories. It's nearly impossible to prove something is true, but it only takes 1 example to prove something is false.

[Nektulos-Tuor]

An exception to the rule does not invalidate said rule. As I said, FFXIV wasn't designed for envisioned for what EQ2 did. It was designed so that players could freely change jobs when they wanted something different. It's how they wanted the game to be, not like EQ2. They don't want traits or specializations because they could just make new jobs instead.

SWG after CU (NGE) had about the same Jobs as FFXIV and talents/traits/armor customization and the ability to also freely change jobs with respec system and semi-action combat, each class was unique and played completely different as well. Although I liked PreCU/CU a lot better since it had a multiclass system its the same argument. Lazy.

There are many (exceptions), they are just old games.