Genuine Question about Job Homogeneity

[Shougun]

Not exactly relevant, but I do NOT miss the days where Scholar had levels where they didn't have Leeches but WHM had Esuna. Was annoying since ARR had more poisons and other things you could Esuna and it was quite awkward at the time having no cleanse for certain levels.

One thought that might smooth something out, but still rid the role actions is that they start out role but upgrade for flavor.

So right away you start out with Cleansing Tonic, some basic first aid like vibe. This changes to leeches, esuna, etc. Rampart -> Shadow Skin, Phalanx, etc. This way you can maintain, when needed, the pacing so you don't hate your job on REQUIRED skills, and also the teaching factor DiaDeem pointed out. I cap REQUIRED because not all of them are really needed to be on the bar, in that case they can be slapped back into a job as flavor (and probably still not put on the bar, BUT could be handy in niche situations which adds to their flavor).

Also, LOL.. I remember Chimera / worm and stuff having fun while people were like "ESUNA ME ESUNA ME" and me being like "nah.. we don't do that".