Quote Originally Posted by Merylstryfe View Post
I think we all need to really re-think party play once jobs are released. The big mystery right now pertains to how much will stat/attributes change when equipping a job stone. For example, Archer to Bard could lose a lot of DD ability, but gain a lot of MP, allowing them to be a pure support class, with access to Conjurer spells such as cure and raise. So, someone playing as a Bard will need to give up the idea of being a DD in order to focus on supporting the party, which could have much farther reaching benefits than simply killing stuff.

People will need to change their perception of what works best right now, vs. what works best with the interplay of everyone using jobs and playing their roles. If that doesn't happen, no matter how well jobs are implemented, the system will fail.
Anyone on Gungir/Mysidia who wants to experiment the dynamics of jobs working together send me a message once the patch rolls out, I'm all for running old content/strongholds and experimenting to find the optimal ways to play with our new "toys".
If BRD does even 70% as much damage as the other DDs, BRD will be stacked over anything else simply because of the raise issue.