Main issue is FFXI brought so much life and memories to the people who played it.
I mean come on we all thought it was the best game in the world, I know It was to me ^_^. So seeing change in the next mmo is hard to transition to. It really doesn't matter to much about how the class//job system worked in the single FF games.

The way the job system worked in FFXI was really successful and worked very well. I guess that's why we all expected to see something really similar to that in FFXIV.

Back on topic, not sure if I had enough experience to argue about this with my five days of play time. Though with the time iv played, iv seen class uniqueness.