[dev1289] Job Adjustments

[bazookatooth]

There's a difference between power creep that occurs as a part of natural progression and that which occurs from balancing. Only former is intentional (And let's face facts- Even with audolin, FFXI has considerably less of a power creep issue compared to typical MMOs which alluse straight up linear progression. What we have in XI is sort of a hybrid- But even then, item levels in XI are meant to approximate real ones, and the highest ilvl has held steady for quite some time). I don't mind vertical progression much only because it usually means less inventory stress and fewer items needed to complete a kit- but loot is more interesting and fun overall in XI's approach)

The difference in damage output between a person in straight 119 delve gear vs. even skirmish gear is big. The difference between 119 delve gear and escha gear is huge. Regardless of what the ilvl says it is. Occasionally SE will put in filler gear that closely matches other gear so that people have options as to what event they choose to focus on to gear their jobs, but for the most part, it has been a straight progression. SE stated that this was it's intention going forward. There was much debate about whether they should continue to raise the level cap and this was the route they chose. Gear progression. My SAM now has +30% WS damage in gear. I'd hardly say that is accidental or unintended. And the route they've chosen to go is clearly not because bst was stronger than they intended. If it were, they would have lowered the pets damage output. It's because a bunch of spiteful babies cried about not being able to solo the same things that beast could and this appeared to be the easiest way to shut them up. The unfortunate side effect is that now not only can bst no longer solo, but it's worse at party content than other jobs as well.