I still don't see where this complaint comes from. It's more than easy enough to set people on seperate paths by not buying them all the same licenses. In fact, the only place my characters have a lot of overlap is with the augment section of the board. I've set out very well defined roles for everyone, and I have no intention of deviating from them until after I beat the game and go for the more elite hunts and Espers as Zeromus said. Honestly, I think this system works far better than the character development systems in games like FFVII or VIII. In those it was far too easy to make everyone a clone and exploit the fact that everyone could do everything. In this game, you can make everyone a clone, but the amount of level grinding required to do it early on is anything but easy and borders on the absurd quite frankly.