Job Individuality/Pride/Dedication

[EnkiOro]

Idk, I really like it. Then again, I love all the jobs that I have leveled (otherwise I wouldn't have bothered). It also means you're not always stuck playing the same thing for 1 event. I don't understand why people limit themselves, to be honest. In FFXI I was only-mage, and I realize my mistake now. Melees are pretty damn fun, and it's not too hard to have all your jobs decently geared (be that mage or melee). Before final save I decided to fix my inventory, and managed to carry all my DoW/M/L/H gear, and still am at 97 inventory slots taken, so it's also not a matter of inventory overload.

I understand though, the point OP is trying to convey, I just don't think it's such a problem with the game, but with the community.

[Crevox]

I understand though, the point OP is trying to convey, I just don't think it's such a problem with the game, but with the community.

It IS a problem with the community, but the community forms these ideas and tendencies due to the way the system is designed.

[EnkiOro]

It IS a problem with the community, but the community forms these ideas and tendencies due to the way the system is designed.

Granted it's not the same, but in FFXI you also had to change jobs if for a certain event, someone had to leave, or at Dynamis Lord. This just makes it easier and less troublesome and also cuts downtime by a lot. I've had people that want to lock themselves in one job (say WHM) and yet they show up at events and their gear needs a lot of working around. Then they get upset when you ask them to switch to BLM, for something like AV.

It's just a matter of who do you play with. In a pick-up of course people won't be trusting, because their goal is in the hands of strangers, and I understand if they want to add as little variables to the event as possible. But if you're playing with a group of friends, there shouldn't be many issues, if any at all. Not every strategy works for every group and people shouldn't be scared to play around with the content, and figure it out by themselves.