What happend to variety and options.

[Jonny_Tapas]

So we have point allocation... Um Why? Tanks pick Vit, DPS picks their damage stat, Healers pick their healing stat... is there really an option here?

So we have materia... Um Why? Everything is hard capped and you either pick the proper stat or you waste. It's not like there are feasible options or directions you could build your character in.

In FFVII exploring different materia builds was fun! There were lots of successful variations.

In FFVIII exploring different junction builds was fun! Tons of different possibilities!

I really feel like we have a choice but we don't have a choice... Pick the right one or fail. I'd love to see some build variety options in the future. That actually work.

Finally please give god gear back to the crafters! Near the end of 1.0 you all stated ultimately crafted gear will have the most potential.... I just watched a 3 hour live letter talking about all this new iLvl 60 - 95 stuff coming up and none of it is crafter based.

Developing our characters is fun! Having to pick the same thing everyone else picks is not fun!

[ispano]

So we have point allocation... Um Why? Tanks pick Vit, DPS picks their damage stat, Healers pick their healing stat... is there really an option here?

So we have materia... Um Why? Everything is hard capped and you either pick the proper stat or you waste. It's not like there are feasible options or directions you could build your character in.

In FFVII exploring different materia builds was fun! There were lots of successful variations.

In FFVIII exploring different junction builds was fun! Tons of different possibilities!

I really feel like we have a choice but we don't have a choice... Pick the right one or fail. I'd love to see some build variety options in the future. That actually work.

Because you can't balance an MMO the same way as a single player game. You can have those things in VII and VIII because you don't need balance at all really. You can have overpowered classes and underpowered. The more options that get put into an MMO, the more it has to be balanced around all possible combinations. And in the end? People will find the best option. People will use the best option.

[Marxam]

I get the feeling that you want to tank as a bard.

[NoctisCaelus]

Honestly, it be nice if the "Souls" provide stat boosts.. like Paladin soul gives 50 vit. :3 Or something. I'm just a HP whore..

[ispano]

Honestly, it be nice if the "Souls" provide stat boosts.. like Paladin soul gives 50 vit. :3 Or something. I'm just a HP whore..

They do, 10 to all stats, and 20 to the primary. Paladin for Example, the 20 is to vit.

[Psychosamm]

There are options actually. I tested this yesterday per one of my friend's request. As a WHM i had my stats 15 in Mind 15 in Piety. Others i've heard put all 30 into mind. However i decided to goof off and put all 30 into Vitality and see what difference it made in my health as well as healing. In total my HP went from 4000 to almost 4.5k with the party bonus. And my heals only suffered about 50 points on average, maybe slightly more. So it does indeed seem like there are other viable options to explore, however you need to find a way to make it work for ya.
Also the use of HQ food will push you past your soft cap on your stats, so there's that as well.

[Jonny_Tapas]

Balance...

Why would it be so hard to create options for a Crit DPS to do amazing spike damage at a slow rate... vs. a Speed DPS to have amazing attack speed but lower spike. In the end they both balance out around the same amount of damage over a minutes time. I call this options.

Why would it be so hard to create options for an Armored Tank vs. a Mitigation Tank vs. Heal Tank who all put their healers through about the same amount of work at the end of a minutes time.

Finally what's wrong with being overpowered if we work our hiney's off for it... Character development is just as fun as any content. I had a blast finding people with those crazy 5 melds in 1.0, really enjoyed trying to make them myself. Really never saw an instance where it was game breaking or extremely out of balance, it was simply strong! Nothing wrong with that.

[NoctisCaelus]

They do, 10 to all stats, and 20 to the primary. Paladin for Example, the 20 is to vit.

Oh dang. I didn't know. xD Thanks. So that and the bonus when you're in a party. :3 Nice.

[Jonny_Tapas]

I get the feeling that you want to tank as a bard.

If I had an awesome mobility build option... sure why not give it a shot. But tanking as bard wouldn't be my first choice... I think as bard my first choice would be to play as well... a bard! Currently I play my bard as an archer, who occasionally ballads... or songs to SR.

BRD was so much better as a support caster type.

I'd also consider tanking as SMN... they do give us Tank summons right? Am I not supposed to use those?

[Cupcakehyperion]

I agree that we have no individuality. Allagan armor and Myth stone armor is all the same. All you need to do is log in once a week and you're on-par with the best players in the game and have gear no crafter can make anything nearly as good as. We're about to get housing but it's one house per FC. We're punished for playing well, having money and crafting. People that spam FATEs to 50 and have no idea how to play their jobs have everything you have.