Quote Originally Posted by WellFooled View Post
One of my main complaints against FFXIV has long been how we don't have customization gameplay. All paladins play the same, all bards play the same, all red mages play the same. We're all cookie cutters of each other. Is it balanced? Absolutely. FFXIV is a fine example of balance. Is it mind numbingly boring? Also absolutely.

If they added what you suggested, solo content would be insanely more fun than group content. Skill trees, subclassing, unique ways to aquire a slew of abilities and customize your character based on what abilities you use (like Blue Mage) are all a dream come true.

I would suggest screw limiting that to solo content. Give me that game, the one I'm playing now is boring.
The issue becomes without balance, people will force out certain jobs worse than they already do. This happened in FFXI and happens in WoW frequently. If you play a gimped job, it's basically considered worthless. Adding to these problems is people are going to determine the mathematically superior build and outside slight deviations from it, you will be expected to use said build in harder content. Customization is ultimately an illusion.