Quote Originally Posted by Lyndis View Post
My point is to say that they are making all classes play the same and have similar restrictions. TP = MP. Making mages and melee DDs the same. Even healing will play the same. Not to mention they are removing the ability to cast while in passive mode, another unique trait of mages. And now we learn that even archer is losing one of its unique traits.
Mages and melee DDs won't even be close to the same considering they've already talked about making Monk quite different from even the other melee DDs. Melee classes have combos which have various effects and the first attack still starts from a specific direction. Completely different from mage combos which just need to not be resisted. The whole casting in passive mode wasn't that great of a choice to begin with seeing as it means mages never have to, nor should they ever, take their weapons out. It doesn't really change the mechanics of the spells themselves, it just means you have to be in active mode which should have been the case the whole time.

Quote Originally Posted by Lyndis View Post
I understand that everyone wants every class to be even. They think they shouldn't be punished by choosing archer. Simply because they want to fight with a bow, why should they have to spend more of their gil? But have arrows really stopped people from enjoying the class?
>>>>>> Why can't they just make arrows cheaper and/or introduce a quiver bag to store arrows
They're removing arrows because they are a needless game mechanic that isn't bringing anything to the table gameplay wise. What's the difference between the current system and the new system? Inventory -1, that's it.

Quote Originally Posted by Lyndis View Post
Why is removing realism and class uniqueness a trend for 2.0?
It's Final FANTASY so realism has never really been a selling point. They're removing it because it makes sense gameplay wise. We haven't seen much of the classes but they're re-vamping every last skill and ability in the game. I imagine they'll be unique. Hell even what we've seen so far of Dragoon has some unique bits with the spear throwing ws. Archer has been confirmed to have some arrow buffs in this very thread.