Stat progression is completely different in FFXIV. Each time your character gains a physical level, you are awarded six points to allocate amongst your stats. This allows every player to choose to specialize or more evenly distribute these talents. Last I heard, Square Enix was considering allowing players to redistribute these points when using different jobs, but I've not yet heard of a solid system for doing this, only hopes that it will involve some kind of stat profile you can associate with each job. We'll have to wait and see.

That said, I'm glad they're straying from the race-specific stats. Galka mages are punished far more severely than tarutaru melees; their MP pool is cripplingly low whereas tarutarus aren't noticeably squisher or weaker than most other melees (it also didn't help that melee gear was typically cheaper to bridge the gap than it is for galkas to get the gear to compensate for MP, MND, and INT).