If the developers announced they would stop adding jobs, would you keep playing?

[Its_Elodie]

I’m 50/50 on new jobs. Half of me wants new jobs (highest on my list would be a healer), but the other half of me has seen their vain efforts to homogenize the current jobs we have to “...be found three weeks later, half-eaten by wild dogs.” Bard lost its support identity almost entirely to dancer, AST lost a large portion of the lore it was founded on, SCH lost a faerie and debuffing by using dots lore, healers in general literally have a two button dps rotation, tanks have their own issues and a lot of sameness now.

If the past is any indication, do we really want more of the same in the future? Another green dps with a two button dps rotation, some flashy effects that are carbon copies of one of the other healers skills? I don’t know. Same can be said for tanks I guess, though with dps there’s more variety and to me the jobs are more intuitive.

If I had the choice, I’d rather them add the lore back to our old jobs so they don’t have to feel so identical OR the new job(s) have something different to set them apart from what we currently have. I probably won’t stop playing whether we get new jobs or not, but I’d hope we’d get something added to the game in return for not giving us any new jobs.

[Jirah]

All I want is one expansion where they reanalyze the jobs and make massive adjustments to unhomogenize them. This is Final Fantasy 14 not Club penguin I dont wish for jobs that only have 5 buttons going for them or play exactly the same as 2/3 other jobs.

[Absurdity]

I know that's a lot of work but it's a challenge that I think the devs can handle.

That's very optimistic, they can't even handle the jobs we currently have with their 3-4 people actually working on jobs.

[Derio]

Yes because my favorite job was already implemented back in HW. Any jobs they add now is simply extra and not needed for me. However if they do stop adding jobs they need to use that time to add more battle content into the game.

[Savagelf]

I hope they keep added jobs and limit jobs

[Theodric]

Probably not - since every time we 'lose' content what we end up getting in its place isn't nearly as bold as I'd like it to be.

[Rasler_Heios]

That's very optimistic, they can't even handle the jobs we currently have with their 3-4 people actually working on jobs.

Yes, I am optimistic. I also don't try to claim how much work force allocation are there for each section of the development team. Finally, it's also your opinion that they are not currently handling it well. I think they're just doing fine.

[FunkYeahDragons]

Wouldn't quit, but it's a deterrent. Picking up a new expansion and realizing you absolutely love AST or GNB lasts a lot longer than that patch's MSQ or dungeons.

[ADVSS]

It would depend on how they handled combat and the current jobs. Most likely though, probably would stop playing eventually because I doubt theyd make up the lack of more content with a very good overhaul of the current jobs system. It doesnt have very much depth and if it did, it would probably take them 2 or 3 expansions worth of time to implement the changes that would make up for the lack of new jobs to begin with. They could surprise me, but I just don't see it. The least they can do is push a new job till they decide to tear it to pieces and give all its identity to the rest of the role 2 expansions later.

[Hanayumi]

After seeing what Dnc and Gnb has gotten, it does seem to show devs struggling with gear and weapons, a few more new jobs they'll prolly end up stopping. Feel like the only way they'll continue beyond that is if classes end up sharing weapons.