First, I am amazed the discussion is still going. Cool. Lots of good debate and ideas flowing. Too bad no one with any say will read it.

What I hope for in 2.0 is the ability to need these utility classes. Need isn't quite the right term but hear me out. What I'd like to see is that in the end game content you could go in with your "true" classes and do fine but it would be safer or maybe less stressful if you had a util class with you who could jump on any role needed at that moment.

This idea leads to a small % of people who say "Hybrids are bad and you're bad for using one." <--- I should make a meme for that



and done

ok back to the point. I am a huge fan of the util, hybrid class. Now, of course I usual roll tank jobs. That's what I do but I also have a hybrid because those tend to be more fun. The pure jobs to me = spam a couple skills over and over again until mobs die and move to next. When I play hybrid classes I am always watching for something else to happen. Take Pally in WoW. The original pally the pre-OP heal-bot no dps pally. Somehow I was able to take that into raids and if an OT went down or someone leeroy'd an area I could pick up the adds, if healers were struggling I could help, and the whole time I was attacking.
FFXI- same thing but with RDM. I was in the front row smacking things in the face the whole time I was haste botting and healing. It isn't hard if you can multitask and I think that is where the "bad player" comes from. I think so many people hate on hybrid players because a lot of them can't multitask that job and instead can only play it like they would play a pure class... spam a couple skills.

I for one don't want to see in 2.0 a 2h tank, whm and the rest of the party be blm for everything endgame. I will never, EVER understand how a 2h class is a tank that is poor design. If they wanted war to be tank they should have allowed them 1h axe and shields for tanking and 2h axe for DD. I don't want it to be a wow clone nor do i want it to be easy but I would like to see more of a utility desire and definately more variety in the game. It would be nice to be able to do the content with a pld as a tank or a war as a tank, with a blm dd and/or melee dd. i don't even like the brd class nor plan on playing it but I would like to see them shine as more than a buffer and never see "loldmg" used in forums again.