Lets have class only abilities and spells

[Estellios]

I couldn't disagree with you all any more. I find Jobs to be Vastly more useless than Classes. The only two that are actually better than the classes are the Mages. Not only are Jobs at a massive disadvantage in Solo play, but they are at a massive disadvantage in most boss fights too. Having Raise, Stoneskin and Cure in any Boss fight makes you better in the party and Jobs have the exact same stats as Classes. If your not to lazy to actually get Class gear it is easily just as good as AF. It's better if you go the extra mile.

If anything was a waste of time, it was the implementation of Jobs. They should have just given us the storylines.

You couldn't be more wrong about bosses. WHM 2x is more than enough to handle any sort of Raising/Stoneskinning/Curing. If you are a DD or THM/BLM you are hurting the party the longer you are not dealing damage, especially because current boss fights are a lot more difficult to clear the longer you take due to adds or other mechanics. If you are dying enough that you need more Raises your group needs more practice.

Just having 1 extra step on combos or an extra branch of combos significantly increases DPS while on Jobs. The extra abilities are also generally very strong for what that job is intended to do.

And to comment on what Zenaku said, Ifrit is the only fight in this game that isn't damaged by the DD being on classes so it is fine there. The fight was designed and balanced around the game before Jobs were around and Ifrit doesn't have any adds or stuff that makes it more difficult the longer it takes.