[dev1289] Job Adjustments

[Olor]

For what it's worth I know tons of people find my posts on here annoying and no one has ever given me any guff for it in game. Perhaps someone refuses to party with me or something or doesn't answer my shouts - that, I don't know, can't know etc - but that's people's choice. I would hope that folks wouldn't let opinions on game mechanics get in the way of playing the game with others, but if folks are really bothered by it, that's their right.

Doubtful. I've been helping a recently returning pre Job Point era Blue Mage get caught up and the JP BSTs we run with are still far superior. Don't make it sound like it's so black & white, absolutely nothing was touched on BST that severely weakened it, as in there's no reports or data posted by anyone, not even SE that shows they nerfed all of the pets, suddenly nerfed every BST WS and nerfed every BST ability.

Well yeah, a BST with capped JP and super gear is better than a super gimp blu, sure. My BST has a few JP, my BLU has less - but I've spent way less on gear for BLU and overall for most things it's better. And what I used BST for was soloing not party DDing so the distance nerf is a HUGE NERF - since the only advantage it had over BLU was the safety. Now BLU is safer on any older content that can be stunned (and a lot more besides) which is most of it, and it does more damage to boot.

(Native dual wield, self haste 2, bloody MIGHTY GUARD, erasega, party stoneskin, self cures, etc, AND STUNS and better Weaponskills not on gimpy timers... yeah it's better...)

I guess in abyssea if I just wanted to watch my pet slowly take 2 hours to melee down an NM it could be safer? I dunno, just considering it makes my eyes bleed with boredom.

BST is now mostly useless for soloing which is what most people who have played BST forever used it for. Heck, I can't even issue commands from the back end of a mob anymore - have to stand in it's face and eat nasty moves now. The only advantage BST had is gone. It's a crummier DD that does crummier damage than any other straight DD so why would I use it? If I just wanted to be a straight damage dealer I'd level SAM - it's way better than BST in every way.

I'd rather they did a damage nerf than the distance nerf. The distance nerf ruined BST for me. A damage nerf - heck, I was playing BST before they buffed pet WS so I am sure I'd still be playing if they took the damage down a notch. The distance nerf punished long time BSTs, not bandwagoners.