Quote Originally Posted by ShivenCasull View Post
Hybrids should be able to fill a role in a party (as a dedicated healer or dedicated DD) if they're going to have a purpose. It's a matter of resource management on the developers part.

This isn't WoW, class stacking and the problems that arose from "hybrids vs pure" won't be drastic since everyone can switch jobs.
Well, it causes one problem to not surface but creates another: class stacking and jobism.

The trade-off in the quantitative gains from having a RDM in place of a DRG or MNK has to be minimal, because if it isn't and players can figure a way to reduce the job to cure/buff-bitch again, you can bet they'll do it.

The WoW hybrid vs pure thing was more ego-driven than anything else, because the rogues, warlocks, mages and hunters that were guaranteed DPS spots in raids suddenly found their curebitches (AKA the hybrids) could suddenly measure up and compete with them for those spots.