Quote Originally Posted by Kazimir View Post
I found it hilarious the people who like the current system actually think it's unique and allows them to not have a pre-determined role. Why is it funny? Because the majority of them don't even have a class above 30 yet.

Here is a news flash for ya:

GLA - sucks at anything but tanking
MRD/LNC - Sucks at anything but melee DPS
PUG - Is a decent tank but because GLA is better they are hardly anything but a DPS
ARC - Sucks at anything but range DPS
THM - You'll be spending most of your time healing and doing enfeebles here and there
CON - You'll also be spending a lot of time healing aside for the nuke you toss in the regimens.


Also, everyone is using the same pre-TP move abilities, and just about everyone has cure and sac II on their bars. There is nothing "unique" about the current system. And no, MRD being able to AOE so well doesn't make them all that unique from the other classes. It just makes them annoying when they get links on your group.

Please bring back pre-determined roles and classic jobs/classes. Why you would stray from this important FF theme is beyond me. My PUG will be just like all the other PUG's no matter the system, but at least with pre-determined jobs I'm not so similar to the other melee DPS's.
Actually it could be argued that Marauders are fantastic tanks, especially against groups. They've got tons of enmity increasing abilities as well as the Intimidation trait natively.

With Conjurer and Thaumaturge, it really depends on how many are in the group. If there's only one, yes they're going to be delegated to healing. If you've got 2+ they can likely split off to other roles such as nuking and enfeeblement.

The system allows you to customize the existing roles to a degree, adding a bit more grey area between "good" and "awful". There are still roles and rightfully so.