I hate the lockout restrictions. It's one of my larger complaints with this game. Let people gear and play how they want. If it makes people happy to get 3 jobs geared up in a short period of time, let them. This game is designed so that it is very easy to get caught up every major patch, and no single player can truly be that far ahead of anyone else.

I personally would love to play multiple jobs, but honestly I can't deal with having to stretch out the long grind over several months. To me, it's insanely dull and boring. I would love to be able to bring another job to an event, but I feel like I always need to bring my WHM as that is the job I gear first, and therefore is more useful. People don't generally want undergeared players in their parties.

So as it is, I just don't bother with my other classes, and boredom hits regardless. Which is then followed by unsubbing. Also, replies of "but have you tried this, this and this!" really do no good. I have been here since beta (technically 1.0), and I have tried just about everything in game. We all have our preferences of what we enjoy doing, and how we spend our time.

I doubt the caps will ever be removed, but as others have voiced, I think a tomes cap per job could do wonders. This way progression is still slowed (to keep SE happy), but it allows players flexibility in the jobs they gear and play (to keep us happy).

And for what it's worth, I would consider myself a casual player.