Last time I checked, if you haven't equipped that job before you can't " recruit " them. I could be using it wrong, and correct me if i'm wrong. And I know that they were wanting everyone to level all of them, but if im working on 2-4 jobs, why should I have to buy other classes weapons just to search for the job? Also, FFXIV's party....thing is just way to detailed if you want to party quickly. How does FFXI's take longer? If there was adequate amounts of people LFP, I could make a group in five mins give or take. Need people from a specific nationality in FFXIV for a quest? Well good luck. Specific race? Nope. Job? Hopefully they have the right group for what that job is wanting to do.

And sea all/ you could customize what you're looking for in mere seconds. sea all/ pld, sea all/ elv, sea all/ lvl 20, ect.
There's no way FFXIV's party whatever you wanna call it even compares to how easy it was to find exactly who you
were looking for in FFXI. Just saying.

I'd honestly be happy with a mix of the two.