Possible removal of Classes

[Cabalabob]

I want to see classes gone because they give a false first impression of the game. They're a relic from 1.0 when the game was more about freedom to build your own job. That vision doesn't sit well with the game's new direction of linear progression. There is only one right way to power up your character, 1 stat, 1 job, 0 customisation. There's no reason to have stat allocation points or the ability to mix and match cross class skills, everything about classes is pointless.

They kept them around for the relaunch because initially they wanted to make them work. (They wanted to have classes with branching jobs like smn and sch off arcanist, drk was originally going to branch off gladiator with a 2 handed gladiators arm). But then they realised the balancing nightmare this entailed. The only reason they keep them around still is because it's easier than reworking the entire game up to level 30.