Quote Originally Posted by Zhamkyong View Post
Wait... What?!

The first version of the game had that depth of customization in the class system?? Why the hell did they change that? It sounds awesome! We have no choice right now in the way we want to build our own character. Yes, we have materia/gear with diferent stats and we can allocate those by level, but it's an "ilussion" of choice because there is only one viable path to work with. Every class is the same as the other except of the looks of glamour...
They removed it because "customization" is a myth. You could do whatever you wanted for low-end content, but when it came to anything remotely demanding, you had to level almost every job and have the precise set of abilities everyone had determined was the best. Combine that with how many people think leveling (the only time customization was interesting) should go away, and the fate of classes is pretty inevitable. You can change a game, but you can't change the players.