Quote Originally Posted by Daralii View Post
I put on my tinfoil hat and came up with a theory: an expansion-specific leveling system akin to field ops(elemental/mettle/knowledge), with each job having something similar to a phantom job to provide skill progression. It allows Yoshida to have technically been telling the truth without them actually changing the formula.
You're describing WoW's borrowed power systems. They stopped doing them after Shadowlands and that was universally celebrated. Hopefully they don't go down this path because it's awful.