Quote Originally Posted by Urthdigger View Post
I would LIKE there to be change and for people to play a wide variety of classes. I'm just a pessimist who understands the reasons why people don't. Adding a hybrid class would most likely wind up with a class that nobody invites to parties. You said it yourself, we're "stuck with just Whm heal, War tank, Blm DD and everything else being considered inefficient because there are lacking pieces of the puzzle".

If we just drop a hybrid into the game as it is... or hell, just another healer period, it'll wind up a class that sees little use, if any. Hence why I said that FFXIV doesn't need a healer, or at least it doesn't right now.
But then how could you move forward if you don't add new pieces to the puzzle? Even with what you said, this is -going- to happen, I know for a fact they are going to keep adding new classes and jobs into this game for a long time, so why not add what people want? Viable alternatives.
It can only get better. And besides, with easier or smaller scale content things like Rdm (just as an example, and we're talking possible things in XIV not XI) might be good, heck it might add an alternative playstyle altogether that makes less skilled players able to finish certain content. Let's say you have a party of 1 Pld/War and 7 Rdm, that would be pretty easy seeing as everyone can do both jobs (bar tank roles) but since they aren't "top tier" dps they won't exactly be getting any speed runs any time soon. It keeps the difference between the hardcore and casual while appealing to both. But this is just an example, I only want you to see the optimistic point of view here.