Quote Originally Posted by Sole View Post
I'm pretty sure the stats that you can change aren't going to be enough to make a conjurer a DD. Probably more like the difference of a bard being dd/support rather than whm/support or a paladin being tank/dd or just solely a tank.

Having some fluidity is great, but too much will cause a difficult partying experience. At least in FFXI (or when the game was released, I haven't played recently), having a bad healer or tank tended to mean a dead party and that game didn't even allow stat changes. There was a learning curve for the role in the party and playing the job well. Having some auto-class structure, let's partys form easier and more smoothly.
i honestly dont think we will have that much ability to change either, but i disagree that it would be horrible, imo they should allow players to set their role in their search, or characher, people making parties can than ask for healers, or tanks or attackers, and get whatever they are looking for. Part of that looks like it will be in 2.0, they have these shorthand names for the players in the battle in the screenshot