Zero Job Customization in this Game

[xwxmeowxvvx]

I am really not digging the pigeon holing they have done to all the classes/jobs in the game so far. They have basically built the game to be "this job is this role. period".

You do no have the freedom to play anything unique or that brings in a challenge.
"WAR is tank." You don't have the option to play it as a DD even though it totally could be!

Bard really stumped me too, they have basically made it into a Ranger with hardly any party support skills. "Bards are DD and you cant play them as anything else."

Also, it seems a complete waste that they gave conjurer/white mage total attack damage but still expect you to just be a healer. It seems set up that you could DD with a WHM, but then it kinda cuts that out from under you.

Is anyone else feeling this? Or is the gaming community as a whole happy with "I'm going to make a PAL and they are best at tanking so that's all I want to do with it or see other ppl do with it." ????

[MorbidAngel]

There are going to be multiple job routes per class such as Scholar and Summoner are for Arcanist so you're just gonna have to wait for those to be released if you want diversity.

[WellFooled]

I think the job customization comes from choosing your job. If you want to play a DD, there are half a dozen options for you, why choose one of the tanking options if what you really want is to deal damage? The DPS abilities that tanks and healers have, like your example of WHM, are likely so that those roles can still solo effectively.

That said, in the future you'll likely be given an option a lot like arcanists have, where the class branches into different jobs. So perhaps GLD and CNJ will eventually have job options to become something other than a tank or healer. However that will just be more customization from choosing a job.

[xwxmeowxvvx]

There are going to be multiple job routes per class such as Scholar and Summoner are for Arcanist so you're just gonna have to wait for those to be released if you want diversity.

True, but what are they going to do off Archer now that they basically made BRD into a Ranger...... Also, if there were tons of classes/jobs to play then this would be fine, but they are not making every possible combination so it would still make sense to be able to customize your class/job more. Like have each one have two roles instead of just the one?

[Sparthos]

This game revolves around a trinity so DPS WHM or fulltime DD PLD isn't going to work. WAR already does some decent damage. WHM can throw out some DMG if it wants to along with SCH.

Bard is the XI Ranger in this game since there will be no fulltime support classes which means that Ranger could either appear as a pet class or become Beastmaster sometime in the future.

[xwxmeowxvvx]

This game revolves around a trinity so DPS WHM or fulltime DD PLD isn't going to work.

It actually does "work" unless your definition of working is doing everything in the most efficient, fastest, least "work" way. My boyfriend has done dps as a WHM for numerous dungeons, ifrit, titan, etc. And we have had a friend doing dps as a WAR too and no, they don't take all my hate either.

[Suellen]

I'm loving it. Nothing makes me want to chuck a monitor in the air more than asking 10+ members in my guild that play tanking classes if they can tank a run and be told "I'm dps" or "I'm dps until I'm geared to the teeth and tanking is easy mode stupid then maybe I'll be willing to tank can I come to your run as dps but lot on tank gear?"

[Inuakurei]

Not every game needs to have a lot of class customization. That's usually thing that smaller budget F2P MMO's have in order to to justify not having to plan out classes.

The dirty secret is that "customization" is usually just a disguise for lazy design. Most MMO's with "customization" just give a class a few abilities and stats that can be leveled up, and that's it. They let the community figure out the correct builds and do their job for them.

[Gentaro]

The diversity you get in other MMOs from talent trees etc. is the same diversity you get from being able to level all classes on your character

[Iskander]

want more customization? take off your job stone and see how many cross abilities you have then.