Try pulling with BRD at 75 and then say it takes no skill.

Try tanking as a NIN and say it takes no skill.

Try any major endgame events with RDM and say it has no skill.



What you do in XP and what you actually do outside of XP are a lot different. You need skill for most missions and almost all things endgame. Why doesn't everyone have access to sea? Because it takes skill. The best gear and even the right jobs can lose if the players lack skill.

Same with HNMs and gods. You can throw 40 people with good gear at Kirin and wipe every time. Or you can take 18 with skill and win every time. Same with Dynamis. The worse groups I've been in had 50+ all the time and never won. Yet there are some groups that can win the cities with 12-18.

Also I'd beg to differ about BRD. Can you land Ballad on a PLD when all of the other melees are standing only inches away from him without hitting them? That requires skill. Most BRDs suck period because it's the flavor of the month job for meriting so everyone levels it up.