[dev1049] New weapon skills

[xStealth]

Players want new weaponskills for one reason -- to deal damage, not to restore MP or to look at pretty animations. "Hey, check out these new awesome looking (for the most part) weaponskills, players! Unlock them all and suck or max out 3 and ... well, after we've nerfed them all (except GK of course!), still suck! We want to take this opportunity to invite everyone to level SAM!" Seriously, it might feel as if the players are asking for a lot, but all we want are WS that do more than the counterparts you're comparing them to. I don't think anyone expects them to do more than empyrean WS, but come on, less or at most on par with WS all jobs have had since 70 or below (most even lower)? I can't express the sheer amount of fail from the dev team on this one...

I'd say something about how you want us to be annoyed and quit to head over to XIV, but hey, that sucks even more :/ I would think since we're theoretically paying for the development (read: correction) of XIV, the dev team might actually use our input. I find it incredibly hard to believe that the JP would be in favor of nerfing all the WS.

[Nightfyre]

I find it incredibly hard to believe that the JP would be in favor of nerfing all the WS.

From what I've heard, a lot of them are upset too.

[Luvbunny]

I'd say something about how you want us to be annoyed and quit to head over to XIV, but hey, that sucks even more :/ I would think since we're theoretically paying for the development (read: correction) of XIV, the dev team might actually use our input. I find it incredibly hard to believe that the JP would be in favor of nerfing all the WS.

I think that is their reasoning - nerf, "balanced" and keep adding utter craps for FFXI so that the players quit in droves to FF14. But the retards do not understand that this taint the brand image of FF in general. So my first reaction would be "SE is bad as company and creating inferior products" hence I should no longer purchase any of their games at full price and wait until it hit the bargain bins - here is looking at you FFXIII-2 (was looking forward to buy but now will just wait till the price is reduced). In any case - vote with your wallet, the next few updates look like utter garbage anyway so there is no reason to continue paying after this month if you don't like what you see.