Quote Originally Posted by Ashelia_Ferron View Post
Doesn't matter. Community wouldn't accept it.

Theory crafters would calculate the "optimal" build for each class. Then all PFs would be like "Farm party, need WHM with X build" etc.


So no, you wouldn't be able to play how you want unless you were doing casual content.
This is ultimately the fate of all Skill Trees in most games these days, sadly.

"Fun" skills that don't offer a marginal increase or have any real effect other than flavor or complexity will be ignored for the ones Theorycrafters have mathematically proven to be superior under specific circumstances, in most serious groups. The gaming community has shifted into an increased focus on "efficiency" over the years that anyone not using optimal builds will be labeled as "bad" or "subpar", and in worse cases excluded from joining certain groups or removed from them because of that.

It's a shame, honestly.