Alternatives to the Role Actions System?

[DRKoftheAzure]

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Tanks have at least 3 mandatory abilities, depending on job though it may be more, for DRK, Provoke/Ultimatum/Shirk are all interchangeable, Anticipation, Reprisal, Low Blow, Interject, Rampart, and Convalescence are mandatory because there is nothing better for mitigation and utility so that bumps up to 5+ and when DRK needs more than 5 to make up for lack of mitigation and utility, it is a sign that tank balance NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW.


PLD has a built in stun still but no longer has a built in silence, and doesn't need Anticipation even though Bulwark is not always reliable, and Reprisal originally belonged to DRK, so PLD is at 3-4 mandatory depending on the situation.


WAR requires Awareness due to Raw Intuition and Ultimatum with Provoke since WAR can no longer get Flash, so that's bumped to 5 mandatory(this going by theme of jobs)

Healers have 1 interchangeable action BUT ONLY AFTER YOU ENTER A DUNGEON/RAID/TRIAL, which makes Esuna decent mandatory spell because you never know when you need it, making Largesse, Eye for an Eye, and Lucid Dreaming mandatory which leaves Rescue, Swiftcast and Surecast interchangeable for last slot.


DPS are locked to 4 mandatory(Physical Ranged and melee 5 mandatory if they do not trust healer) meaning last slot goes to something that is interchangeable based on job and theme.


I think cross-class was better since it tried to get players to try out new classes but at the same time jobs only allowed 2 classes to be selected from an already limited selection to help perform their role better, just needed more classes and class actions to choose from as well as the job unlocking those actions as soon as they hit the required level similar to role action, so 2 steps forward-1 step back overall...