Quote Originally Posted by Zojha View Post
It dilutes the "skill" aspect - everything that isn't exactly the same dilutes it. If you want to only measure skill, you have to have everyone use the same setup (mouse/keyboard or gamepad), the same latency, the same PC, the same gear, the same job, the same role etc. Everything that might influence someone's performance that is not skill needs to be excluded.

The alternative is to accept that what is being measured is not purely skill, but rather an amalgamation of skill and other factors. That's just speaking theory, tho'.

As for jobs...I do think they are unbalanced. I'm just gonna point to the biggest offender named DRK and call it a day.
If both dragoons in my example are both the same rating then I don't see the issue, if they are both able to reach a certain level doing whatever they are doing then it can be said that they are equal.

I also stated that beyond a few exceptions like drk, ninja and mch that the classes are more or less balanced.

It seems you just ignore what I say and make the claim otherwise by saying something that I already said.