[Suggestion] 1 Job, 2 Roles

[Ririta]

Yoshida commented on something similar (notice how his reply can answer your question, but not the interviewer's qustion):

https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/12...tions-requests

Customizing characters besides just appearance?

We got several posts from players who wanted to be able to customize not only their character's appearance but also their skills and equipment for a particular job so that they could show some more individuality. This is a topic we've seen come up since the initial release of A Realm Reborn.

Yoshida: Right. So, if we did something like add mode A and mode B for dragoon, eventually people on the internet would examine them and choose which one was stronger. Then, when we created new content, the content would have to be based on whatever was strongest. There would be a lot of discussion about the job states like "that job is too strong" or "that job is too weak" and people would always choose what they felt was best. That's not to say a skill system like that would be negative, but the armoury system itself already allows you to play all of the different jobs. Since we already have that system in place, I'm not expecting that we'll make branches for jobs for the time being.

On the "good" side, never I thought I'd live to see a white mage being more versatile than a red mage. Experiences that only FFXIV can offer.

[Zojha]

Yoshida commented on something similar[...]

Heh, that interview still cracks me up.

Expecting DPS to pull 85-90% of their theoretical potential while expecting healers and tanks to not even use their entire skillset. And people talk about double standards!