[dev1289] Job Adjustments

[Arthos]

I wonder why noone mentions RDM when it comes to D/VD solo fights. But it doesn't matter because i think it's proven that other jobs can solo the same difficulty, probably even more and better than BST.
It's not a problem anyway, most relevant content can't be solo'd, it needs 3 Person in party to start it. Soloing is more a way to test the own skills than getting drops.

[Elexia]

I wonder why noone mentions RDM when it comes to D/VD solo fights. But it doesn't matter because i think it's proven that other jobs can solo the same difficulty, probably even more and better than BST.
It's not a problem anyway, most relevant content can't be solo'd, it needs 3 Person in party to start it. Soloing is more a way to test the own skills than getting drops.

RDM has been a soloer since the early days, but it was designed to be versatile..and it actually needed adjustments to be caught up. RDM is powerful but you didn't see a mass shift towards RDM like you did BST for a specific reason. It's not better what BST were doing, nowhere near - you even need more as RDM to do what a 'typical' BST could do. As said, it's not a problem that BST got powerful..it's the circumstances around it that drew attention. They wouldn't have developed the magic resistance patch (every real mage from back in the day knows this well) or develop ToAU around the brunt of the content being less mage friendly progression wise (i.e leveling wise.)

(It needs x people to start it!)

Anyone who's been playing XI for any length of time knows people run additional characters themselves to start content, whether you should or not. So the whole solo thing isn't a problem, people wouldn't be going to BST or wanting BST parties only for stuff if things were "fine" you know?

As much as people are trying to drag Samurai into this, outta saltiness:

The initial 2 handed patch allowed Samurais to deal insane damage while naked. Guess how fast they reverted that patch even though it only affected SE's lovechild?

[bazookatooth]

RDM has been a soloer since the early days, but it was designed to be versatile..and it actually needed adjustments to be caught up. RDM is powerful but you didn't see a mass shift towards RDM like you did BST for a specific reason. It's not better what BST were doing, nowhere near - you even need more as RDM to do what a 'typical' BST could do. As said, it's not a problem that BST got powerful..it's the circumstances around it that drew attention. They wouldn't have developed the magic resistance patch (every real mage from back in the day knows this well) or develop ToAU around the brunt of the content being less mage friendly progression wise (i.e leveling wise.)

(It needs x people to start it!)

Anyone who's been playing XI for any length of time knows people run additional characters themselves to start content, whether you should or not. So the whole solo thing isn't a problem, people wouldn't be going to BST or wanting BST parties only for stuff if things were "fine" you know?

As much as people are trying to drag Samurai into this, outta saltiness:

The initial 2 handed patch allowed Samurais to deal insane damage while naked. Guess how fast they reverted that patch even though it only affected SE's lovechild?

Ermm... Sam still does crazy damage via skill chains. And I played BLM throughout ToaU without a problem. What did I have to change jobs for? Salvage and...