What is more important? Job quantity or job identity?

[SamsaraTrickstar]

identity 100%. if all are doing the same what the point in more that 1 in each category.
thing is the community force the homogenization to be there. if one tank will not do the same dps (for the most parts) but be more protective/self healing people will not take it to raids. if lets say sam don't support then people don't want to take it. sadly but lots of the things in the game are the way they are because of the players.

[Caurcas]

I mean outside of speedkilling and number runs meta matters/mattered very little.

[Ferra]

Identity, by a wide margin. I'd rather have fewer jobs and have each one feel completely unique than multiple jobs that play the exact same.

WoW's classes started to feel identical, and that hurt my enjoyment a good deal. Why play a Shaman when you can Heroism/Lust with either an item or several other classes? It removed the unique feeling of the class.

[Kuroka]

The middle way should be it. Not homogenizing stuff for the sake of it, but like, lettin all tanks have an gab closer around the same level and later having 2 stacks etc.
I dont wanna play the same job 3x reskinned lol

[Larirawiel]

The FF14 jobs have already no identity. A job in FF14 is nothing more than a rotation.

And for me, identity is very important.

Cheers

[Dyvid]

Job identity. It helps players pick the jobs that feels right to them. If various jobs play the same, why pick X or Y.

[Moonlite]

They don't have the time or desire to fine tune balance as players abuse jobs. So we get roles or just reskins if you want. Play the job you want for animations and lore I guess.

[Vahlnir]

I think both are important. The main issue is with healers, in my opinion, because they basically chose to gut 2-3 of them to make something new. They seem to struggle with healer identity more than anything else. Sage looks great, but it came at a cost.

[Tracewood]

identity 100%. if all are doing the same what the point in more that 1 in each category.
thing is the community force the homogenization to be there. if one tank will not do the same dps (for the most parts) but be more protective/self healing people will not take it to raids. if lets say sam don't support then people don't want to take it. sadly but lots of the things in the game are the way they are because of the players.

^This

I was there from ARR and HW and the job exclusion was pretty huge. When jobs became mandatory and other jobs get left out it's time to change things up. Sure one will argue "well my static let me play as X". Congrats, you were one of the lucky ones.

[Ailuron]

I just dont like how they strip SMN of everything that makes them unique (pets and Dots), instead opt to shove them into a more traditional caster mold. . .