Quote Originally Posted by Welsper59 View Post
If a support role were to be introduced, they'd definitely be DPS oriented. Probably another BRD or MCH, if the devs were left to their own devices. They likely wouldn't even touch the idea of damage distribution, for as interesting of a mechanic as that would be. Balancing would be a nightmare, justifiably, and the risk of having a terrible support job player would likely make and break groups that couldn't carry. . . .
Agreed, from personal experience playing an Iss in Lineage 2, support was initially viewed as fungible until people realized just how many important global cds were placed on the support which turned support players into key shotcallers. However, using that dynamic in FF14 would place an intense amount of pressure on certain players which is not what SE wants (that's more of a mechanic for the hardcore PvP MMOs).