7.1 - Jobs, meet sandpaper

On TCJ - I see both sides of the argument but I fall in favour of the change simply because of how the boss movement works now. If I were still the tank's job to keep bosses properly positioned then it wouldn't matter that NIN has to stand still for 5 seconds because the boss wouldn't do something stupid in that time. But the devs have clearly decided that it's not the tank's job anymore and that screws everyone over, further, NIN rotation puts TCJ smack bang in the middle of a mechanic for Alexandria's first boss so in my experience you commit to TCJ and die or break it and live but ruin your rotation - That doesn't seem fair to me.

As for Holy, meh. I suppose it makes sense to standardise it's cast time and it means you can weave without clipping the GCD but I don't think that adds anything much to WHM.

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Originally Posted by GoatOfWar

If you like frictionless gameplay just afk at Limsa.

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There's a lot more friction in Limsa chats than in combat.

I absolutely hate that they changed Nastrond/Geirskogul. I don't understand why they thought that taking away what little we had to do was a good idea. DRG burst felt so satisfying, who was asking for less?

Idk. I feel satisfied when I know I can simply move my TCJ toward the back of the burst window and still pull it off just fine. I feel rewarded for knowing how to improvise around a set limitation. I don't play high ends in 7.0 so who knows. To me this is yet another victim to "Hurrdurr must perform rotation order as the guide says so or flop"-mentality.

So what's next on the chopping block? Mudra combinations? Rabbit of shame?

I wonder if everytime we like an ability or a mechanic on a game we have to overstate it now in case they get ideas.

Wooooow I sure love that BLM is based around positioning and moviiing, I'm so glad we're not doing insta casting that'd be so boooriinnnng.

If people think 8.0 is gonna be anything other than what 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0 all were, they're failing to recognize a longstanding pattern in how they create content for this game.

Enjoy 40 hours of cutscenes that raise you to level 110.

Enjoy your two-trash-packs-then-boss-x3 dungeons at levels 101, 103, 105, 107, and 109.

Enjoy your three trials with two extremes (third extreme coming in 8.1 obviously).

Enjoy the following changes to your favorite job: Skill A is no longer an isolated skill; it now replaces Skill B after Skill B is used. Skills C and D have an additional charge. Skill E will now replace skill F after skill F is used. Your two-minute burst is now 90 seconds long.

See you for 9.0 in three years.

The formula is still printing money, so they're not going to change it.

"Actually, I'm glad players have less ways to express their skill with a job." - People happy for the ninja change

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Originally Posted by Bellsong

"Actually, I'm glad players have less ways to express their skill with a job." - People happy for the ninja change

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The skill of remembering that this one random ability bricks itself if you move on a job that otherwise don't punish you for moving.

WoW, such skill.

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Originally Posted by GrizzlyTank

The skill of remembering that this one random ability bricks itself if you move on a job that otherwise don't punish you for moving.

WoW, such skill.

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By that logic we should remove cast times on iiajutsu

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Originally Posted by GrizzlyTank

The skill of remembering that this one random ability bricks itself if you move on a job that otherwise don't punish you for moving.

WoW, such skill.

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More skill than you need now.