It's time they changed weekly tomes to include different jobs

[qqmoarploxify]

I greatly agree with the OP. Don't want to get burnt out? Then stick with 1 or 2 classes and dont feel obligated to gear every single one. This games class system pretty much supports this already. At this point, I'd be better off leveling a character for each job, but thats no fun at all, wouldn't want to do the story that many times ha.

[DaikiKiyoshi]

I greatly agree with the OP. Don't want to get burnt out? Then stick with 1 or 2 classes and dont feel obligated to gear every single one. This games class system pretty much supports this already. At this point, I'd be better off leveling a character for each job, but thats no fun at all, wouldn't want to do the story that many times ha.

This. I feel like the main reason people want the system to stay as it is is because they fear others lack of self control will lead them to burn themselves out faster because they feel obligated to gear everything. I think that argument is complete bollocks. Stop babying people I say. Give us more freedom and let those who can't handle it because they are too weak willed to restrain themselves just keep crying about it. Maybe they will eventually learn restraint.

[Oxmodial]

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Not only this but how many people currently gear ALL classes anyways? The percentage of people who will level more than 2-3 classes to 70 and gear those classes the best they can is actually quite low. Most people I know are playing 1 main class and 1 class on the side and really no more than that.

If you're a serious player who cares about numbers you simply cannot play more than 1-2 classes and be happy with your dps numbers. I would love to try other roles even but I'm not going to go into trials/raids with suboptimal gear.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

This. I feel like the main reason people want the system to stay as it is is because they fear others lack of self control will lead them to burn themselves out faster because they feel obligated to gear everything. I think that argument is complete bollocks. Stop babying people I say. Give us more freedom and let those who can't handle it because they are too weak willed to restrain themselves just keep crying about it. Maybe they will eventually learn restraint.

That argument is "bollocks" because you keep mischaracterizing it. While I would love to be able to gear every job whenever I please, I recognize they can't allow this lest they have no compelling reason to keep people subbed. Most people won't gear more than a few jobs, yes. That is precisely why the tomestone system is what it is. Say I only really play Dark Knight, Dragoon and Samurai. I'll have almost all three completely geared before the next patch. So when it does drop, what reason to have to do the 24 man raid more than a couple times or continuously queue into dungeons? After all, the three jobs I play are geared. It isn't a question of whether I like the current system but what makes SE money. I mean, if it were purely what I liked, I'd make Savage Midas difficulty and tell people "oh well" if they can't clear. That doesn't work for the vast majority of players though. Just like allowing people to gear multiple jobs all at once without raiding could hurt SE's profits. It sucks we're locked on a weekly cap, however I'll take that over the awful RNG mechanics other games have.

If you're a serious player who cares about numbers you simply cannot play more than 1-2 classes and be happy with your dps numbers. I would love to try other roles even but I'm not going to go into trials/raids with suboptimal gear.

Raiders typically aren't the ones complaining. By the time 3.5 rolled around, I had Dragoon and Ninja at BiS while my tanks were 260+. And this despite only starting Creator some five weeks in. The Summoner in my static pulled some ridiculously high numbers with a 255 crafted book. The only reason you can't play different jobs is if you care about your parse. As I said in an earlier post, I did A11S with Sophia's weapon. Grey numbers my first clear but whatever. If you're able to clear all of Savage, you'll have more than enough gear. If you can't, you won't be switching jobs much anyway since very few statics want their members bouncing out of roles. If you aren't a raid to begin with, who even cares? You'll never have any need for ilvl 340 gear. So play whatever you want and don't worry about it.