Originally Posted by
Ophannus
Yes talents. Give everyone the illusion of choice until people on Reddit figure out mathematically the most optimal builds per job and the "depth" is shattered. Then everyone is pigeonholed into the same build for their class, kicked from groups or forced to respec (if available).
As it stands now there are 4 jobs in FFXIV. Healer, Melee DPS, Ranged DPS, and Tank. All the "classes" we have could be thought of as "builds". Whereas Scholar is a Shield healer, MNK/NIN are fast GCD melee, DRG is slow GCD but has movement skills, etc. If you actually think of FFXIV jobs within each "role" less as jobs with unique shit like FFXI and more like branches of the same role, it makes more sense. But yeah, talent tree WITHIN a job would never fly because people will simply math out the best options, like merit points in FFXI.