Quote Originally Posted by Krausus View Post
no one ever said people dont already do that it is proven time and time again that people already do that so people would still do that and the OPs suggestion to give more options in theory sounds good but again it wont matter the community will negate the purpose by flocking to a certain build. Nothing will change aside from more work for devs, and forums flooded with "whats the best build for class A", "this is", "no its not you stupid ass noob this is!", " you are both stupid ass noobs because this is actually the best!" "ask BG they know the best build and all of you stop being stupid ass noobs!"
What's funny about the OP build of any given time, as long as the system is complex enough, is that it's usually one of many, but a good player hasn't tried out the other ones yet. When WoW still had the lengthy WotLK talents, I could consistently beat a forum spec in the hands of any player with my gearscore unless the stats were perfectly aligned for that spec and the player was more experienced than me.

Double death rune Frost/Blood, win. Howling Blast / Frost Strike heavy Frost, win. Ghoul-less Unholy, still win. ISS Gambit MM, win. Agil MM, win. Steady Cobra Strikes Beastmastery, win.

Even putting aside the loss of utility in your top DPS specs, the difference is usually marginal in a well-crafted system and will be beaten in more and more situations inversely to how large that margin is, due to the perfection and rigidity required. It's unlikely FFXIV would every attempt something of that level, but the skill tree system is not innately flawed.