Dear Square Enix.

[Oshikorosu]

Oh! and a quick question. With the last month or so of playing, does the level of my pugilist or archer effect what base INT and PIE I'll have,? Ex: If my Pugilist is only level 10 will it have less of an impact on BLM base INT than say the amount of impact having a 50 Pugilist would? I should probably search this, probably will, but I'd figured I'd ask while it's on topic. I could be way off here, but I'm not too concerned with being Noobflamed.

I asked around, and the answer was, "I don't think it will affect." I didn't know the answer, myself, and personally I'm still confused.

But, I'm glad to have read your post! I think this was the type of response I was looking for, when I initiated this topic--a little empathy with a personal viewpoint on the topic. Our opinions still differ from each other, but I appreciate the form of which you displayed it.

It's been mentioned several times throughout this thread, and I'll touch on them myself, lightly. Without scrolling all the way through the 7 pages that this has now become.

Before I post any more, I am fully aware that FFXIV:A Realm Reborn is coming on our doorstep. I am not making these complaints to convince any development team, any producer, any person of influence, or anybody else, to change anything that is currently existent. I just figured with the new game coming into effect, this was my last chance to blow off some steam relating the current content. We're all hopeful, in some form or another, about FFXIV:ARR. It means something different to everyone.

One, or a couple, made retort about my comment about the spell list and referred to it as cluttered, even. I'll even go as far as to agree. The spell list was cluttered, and the spell mechanics were out of touch. By, "Out of Touch", I mean the idea that a fire spell could be just as potent and powerful as a water spell, being that weakness was not factored in. Scaling from Tier I, to Tier IV, to AMII, it does seem silly that the Tier IV spells were not all the same strength, as well as the Ancient Magic. But, which has also been touched on even by myself, was the need to simply toss out a small nuke to finish an enemy in a relating situation. In my opinion, it is sorrowful that elemental affinities have not been properly introduced to FFXIV. I, personally, didn't feel the spell list was too cluttered, either.

I know my opinion doesn't matter.

I'm not asking for Black Mage to become a God Character, and I understand they're already very powerful. I'm asking for some mechanics that battle against; "I kill stuff in FFXIV: Nuke, Sleep, Nuke, Sleep, Nuke." How very exciting.

And, I do understand the grievances with the support job system, as was mentioned that it locked many players into a, "JOB/JOB or GTFO" position.

I'm also over griping about items such as Aspir being a job ability, as well as drain. These spells were the identification of Black Mage, though. Even Shantotto in Final Fantasy, Dissidia, rocked Bio, Bind, and Stun! And, I think that I will forever be against sacrificing my own combo for a Stun. I understand that Fire, Fira, Firaga is a combo, but if you ever needed more than one for a battle against a boss, you'd be stuck using Thunder only, if forbid, the boss had any other enemies surrounding it.

As I mentioned before, let's see how A Realm Reborn introduces new systems to us! I am not completely against the current system, and I'm still learning to play it effectively. As with many of us, we are afraid of change--I'm no different. ^^; Sorry if I didn't touch on all comments.