What's the point of Physical and Magic Damage Types

[dspguy]

Otherwise its a boring game. Everyone just pokes everyone with a stick.

I remember being very confused why my BLM was expected to cast Fire III and Flare on Ifrit and occasionally Blizzard/Freeze on Shiva. There is no difference, elemental weaknesses, etc. If a player wants that nuance, go play BLU. Otherwise, we are playing a game where each ability is just potency and nothing else.