Quote Originally Posted by Tsukino View Post
In almost all games, not just MMOs, jacks-of-all-trades excel on their own and with small groups while a team of specialists is able to accomplish more than a team comprised of generalists. It's highly unlikely they won't be able to easily accomplish this with FFXIV as well.
^this,

people forget that paladin isn't just about "tanking", but also a major role is damage mitigation for them, and the party. Possibly even manipulating hate depending on how you want to look at it. Not sure if they will outsource this to a different job.

White mage and black mage respectively could operate as if you split ffxi's scholar in half. Giving an extended library of spells, and abilities, potency, mp management to each and enhance in the preexisting spells/abilities. (cure, protect, etc.,) also add traits.