Ability Leveling Suggestion

[Stanislaw]

The biggest problem with such a system is that everyone will, eventually, go for the 'template' setup - as in, choosing skills that will most benefit a character rather than go for individuality - so in the end, you will have, say, 90% of the entire WHM population choose specific set of skills while the other 10% will not, and because they don't, people will not take them/choose them to go to raids. Other MMOs solve this problem by allowing multiple characters, but because FFXIV can be played with one, such a system will cause imbalance between the population.

[Dreamer]

The biggest problem with such a system is that everyone will, eventually, go for the 'template' setup - as in, choosing skills that will most benefit a character rather than go for individuality - so in the end, you will have, say, 90% of the entire WHM population choose specific set of skills while the other 10% will not, and because they don't, people will not take them/choose them to go to raids. Other MMOs solve this problem by allowing multiple characters, but because FFXIV can be played with one, such a system will cause imbalance between the population.

This is why Blizzard butchered the skill trees in WoW - everybody used certain templates, making the trees themselves largely irrelevant to everyone except those who like unusual setups and roleplayers. I really don't want to see anything that even remotely resembles a skill/talent tree in this game.

[Avraym]

This is why Blizzard butchered the skill trees in WoW - everybody used certain templates, making the trees themselves largely irrelevant to everyone except those who like unusual setups and roleplayers. I really don't want to see anything that even remotely resembles a skill/talent tree in this game.

They are reforming them in the new expansion to be more relevant and diverese. From the look of it, there is no longer "the best path". EG: One build is ideal for Solo DPS, another for Party dps and another for survival (PVP). Each path also gives unique skills/spells that only that path can obtain.

What suggestion do you have for skill customization?

Or do you think the current system and job system is enough (Every WHM has more or less the same spells and build as me (Hello there predictable PVP!))