Quote Originally Posted by ssunny2008 View Post
Because SE is going the poor way to cater the masses and to safe themselves a bunch of efford. It´s all about glam and animations, not about gameplay. And they do themselves a favor with all the homgenization, so they don´t have to balance much. Since the majority of players don´t even care for a better gameplay but animations, it´s a win / win for SE.
Homogenization is better gameplay. Mechanical distinctness is not as cool as a balanced game in any multiplayer setting where me getting to do things requires not having to deal with job-based discrimination. You are free to think otherwise, but as someone who has been playing mmo's for 2 decades and who has found themselves on the shit end of that particular stick, I don't want it. Keep it out. Besides, summoner is mechanically distinct, it doesn't play like any other job. That they oversimplified it sure, but homogenization aint the problem with summoner.