Quote Originally Posted by Crevox View Post
Like I said in my initial post, in 2.0 I plan to play SMN solely, and perhaps play WHM. Am I going to be penalized for this? Am I going to be rewarded and be a stronger SMN than other people thanks to my dedication? It's just bogus that anyone else can just equip a book and go "yup I can summon that dood too." Why should I feel cool and good about being a SMN when anyone can easily just swap to it with no effort? In the current system, I forsee people saying "switch to BLM" and if I don't, I'm gonna miss a lot of parties (again, because it's so easy to just swap class and people expect you to have multiple classes on hand).
Sorry you can't be a unique snowflake SMN. If you were truly dedicated to Summoner then people wouldn't just be able to switch and be as good as you. If you were truly dedicated you would have superior gear to someone who just leveled it for fun. You would have the proper accessories, the appropriate melds, a superior weapon. People who level things just because they can usually run around in AF, not really useful for anything. Not only that but if you were dedicated you would have substantially more experience and knowledge of the class/job than others who just did it because they can. You would know the intricacies of all of your spells and abilities and what situations they are best suited for.

Just switching to a job doesn't make you good at it. That's where your dedication comes in.