Personally I wish they played with the idea of the 7 chakras of light&darkness and have expenders that dont require to risk overflow. I never understood why the monk had a 5 chakra system when in the job quests manages to unlock 14, it felt so disjointed, not mentioning the "build the bar to full before being able to use any expender".
It works if filling bar allows to a mechanic transition ala Blood of the Dragon burst phase, but it doesnt when is just a mere resource gatherer to use on a expender that needs 100% of the bar while other jobs have 50% expenders or 80% expenders at most (RDM melee combo) with extra tools to avoid overflow to boot
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06-19-2021, 01:10 PMBhearil
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06-19-2021, 10:07 PMWarlyxwe hate moulinet because its boring visually , change it to some rdm sword slashes that create a :Quote:
Originally Posted by SkyCake
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06-20-2021, 08:02 PMReesetti
I've played two raid tiers as a Samurai and one as a Warrior.
Samurai aoe is very unfun compared to any of the other melee aoes, I'd rather it be either all attacks from the side of the pack or the center. Shoha ticks being 3 feels kinda weird and I don't know if I'd prefer it being more or less, but it feels awkward as it is right now. Still better than it was at the beginning of the expansion. Also meditate needs to give its first tick immediately, having to wait over a gcd for it to proc is stupid.
Warrior suffers from the same thing every tank does in that it's way too simple now, even for being the simple tank. Losing unchained and aggro combos makes it such a braindead job that feels like the skill ceiling is right next to the floor. You have so little to do and as much as I enjoy the Inner Release window it's not as interesting as some other burst phases, and the rest of the kit is a snore. Make the damage kits fun for tanks.
As an off comment give tanks more mechanics in fights. Give us more E5s chicken, give us more reasons to move the boss to different spots. -
06-21-2021, 11:30 PMSylvain
BLM
- Polyglossy -
Only usable while under the effect of enochian. 30s CD
Cast : channel (7s)
Gather energy over time (max 7s), every second you get a stacking buff that is consumed uppon cancelling/finishing the channeling.
Damage is equal to 400 potency per stack. Each stack damage is calculated individualy (so you don't C/DH all 7 stack at once)
Spell speed increase damage done by the spell , but does not haste channeling (gathering stack) faster.
While channeling Astral Fire / Umbral Ice timer stops ticking.
Total damage is about 2100 potency over 7s or 400pps. Current FireIV is 220pps so this is roughly the equivalent of casting 3 free fire4 every 90s
Nothing broken imo
This end up being a "decent" cooldown but nothing transcendant either.
The goal is to bring back the fantasy of the turret caster casting a long but deadly spell.
Due to the leyline requirement and freeze on UI/AF timer, it doesn't change the usual BLM rotation.
The fact that it is not a cast be a channel means that you can't really cancel your cast. Not moving for 7s in a leyline is something I've been able to do in absolutely every single fight and leyline so this is something that, I believe would bring some good fun to the BLM without perturbing the rotation.
New traits
- enhanced polarity -
When casting fire3 under UI your next fire1 becomes Triple Fire
When casting blizz3 under AF , your next B4 always critical hit
Triple Fire
Cast 1.5s recast 2.5s
Hurl 3 fireball each dealing fire damage.
Potency : 200 per fireball
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06-22-2021, 08:14 AMShurrikhanYou really want to be obliged to be stationary for 7 consecutive seconds, pre-Haste, (for which any forced movement will waste up to 6.5 seconds' uptime) per 30 seconds' time (bankable to, effectively, only 52 seconds)?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvain
Do you really want a spell that you basically cannot use in fights with unknown AoE timings simply because its opportunity cost, if one is unpredictably forced to move mid-cast, is so high?
Moreover, do you really want to be balanced around the presence of such a spell and therefore punished in fights with more frequent movement requirements? -
06-22-2021, 09:10 AMKatie_KittyBoring visually, but also not very fun to use at all either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlyx
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06-23-2021, 10:24 AMWarlyxya , but adding a melee aoe chain hmmm i dont think is going to happenQuote:
Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty
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06-23-2021, 11:24 PMRaikaiThere's one little thing that I'd love as a BLM, and it is an actual MP gauge built in the job gauge. Reason is because MP as a BLM is treated almost like a build/spend bar, and it would be handy to keep track of it at the same location of your enochian, umbral hearts, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvain
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06-24-2021, 05:28 AMReksanden
It might sound like not much at all, but I just want that really fucking big Flare 2-like thing we see
Y'shtola and a Spectre of Lightuse at some points in the MSQ cutscenes
It looks so good -
06-24-2021, 08:01 AMShurrikhanI'd also like... the exact opposite, as an option. I'd like to be able to see the seconds left until my next Foul and of remaining duration on Enochian on my status bar (i.e., Heavensward-style), simply because I find that far more convenient and visually-cohesive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raikai
That, and of course I'd like to be able to decouple my Mana bar, Health bar, and Targeting filter UI components, to move them where I please and toggle the Mana bar's visibility conditionally (with whether my given job actually uses MP). -
06-24-2021, 08:06 AMShurrikhanIt can, so long as it doesn't take up that as many more buttons as steps offered (or, ideally, no more buttons than now).Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlyx
Of course, at present there's no need for multiple buttons to be used for the ST-combo, either.
It's worth noting, too, that AoE having a combo of its own would still give less depth than just, say, having RDM's melee skills deal a portion of the last melee skill's damage (halved if striking multiple targets) and allowing the current combo to be progressed by itself OR Moulinet. (And while that may sound complicated, that mechanic can basically spare you the tooltip-complications of Zwerchhau and Redoublement just by essentially not bothering with their arbitrary potencies or combo path, granting an overall reduction in complication even while offering more depth.)
At that point you could charge a very powerful Moulinet off of Riposte/Zwerchhau, offering more focus damage at just slight total AoE damage loss at high target counts, while still building up Verflare/Verholy and thereby Scorch. Smooth, intuitive, and iconic.
2 buttons -- far more complexity available than if 6 were utilized in the typical manner. -
06-24-2021, 09:13 PMJirah
I can talk someone’s ear off about MCH, but BRD? As well as the expected new skills and better emphasis on song support I just want a few QOL tweaks to low level BRD cuz it plays so slowly compared to 70+. Give Emperyl Arrow the repitoir proc at 54 not 68, have barrage effect it instead of that weak ass Straight arrow, ect ect
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06-24-2021, 09:45 PMLaerune
SCH remove aetherflow.
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06-29-2021, 06:19 AMShiroe
need more buttons on my keyset for Blm aethermanipulation macros (need 7, one for each player to target xD)..
... so just simply F3 & F4, B3 & B4, LL & BTL each on one button..
... don't change any thing else on Blm (its perfect as it is)
... if need to add some thing new, increase flat damage (not just SS) when standing on LL for all caster (healer) party members (just make the LL bigger), make flares have a chance to proc a "free, no mp needed flare", and maybe add a new flashy Blizzard move, that does extra damage, if target has a thunder dot (but can only be used once per rota, like Despair) -
06-29-2021, 06:59 AMShurrikhanWhile I don't agree that BLM would necessarily be perfect with just these changes, given that one can't use the latter of each pair without first casting the prior, and there's never a reason (at least since the quick-cast bug was removed in early ARR) to double-cast F3 or B3... sure, these button-efficiency changes sound great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiroe
Or, at the very least, make LL-BtL and F4-B4 optionally the same button. If you place both from the hotbar, they remain separate. If you remove either from the hotbar, their keys return to dynamic dual-function keys. -
06-29-2021, 08:56 AMAnahlise_Auhn_GiinslaiSamuraiQuote:
Originally Posted by TabrisOmbrelame
I play solo a lot, most of the time, far more than not solo... I would like to see a buff to Third Eye and Merciful Eyes.
Third Eye : increase its damage reduction from 10% to 15% / Merciful Eyes: a increase to the cure potency, perhaps from 200 to either 300 or 400.
Monk
a change to Fists of Wind, the return of Riddle of Wind, and more DoTs. here are my ideas...
Fists of Wind / perhaps increase the movement speed bonus? serious suggestion, though.. add a while-in-Combat additional effect to Fists of Wind, that increases the damage dealt by DoTs that the Monk inflicts by 5%.
Riddle of Wind / buffs DoTs inflicted by the Monk while Riddle of Wind is active(DoT actions would have a Riddle of Wind-triggered additional effect.), and Demolish can be executed in any form, but will not change the Monk's form. the Riddle of Wind effect would have a 15 second duration, a maximum of two charges, and a 60 second CD.
example, Demolish. additional effect: if the Riddle of Wind effect is active, Damage over time is increased: Potency: 75 Duration: 30 seconds.
bring back the old Touch of Death DoT / new Touch of Death: oGCD, 30 second CD, potency 150 initial hit, DoT effect: potency 50 for 30 seconds. / Riddle of Wind bonus: buffs the DoT effect to: potency 75 for 30 seconds.
suggestion / give the Monk a third DoT action, also oGCD like the new Touch of Death, that has a full potency(initial hit potency + DoT potency) that is not inferior to Demolish or Touch of Death, while either equal to or slightly stronger than these other two DoT actions; in both this third DoT action's base strength, and the strength of its Riddle of Wind buff.
this would give the Monk a "DoT rotation" that is controlled and maintained by the new Riddle of Wind action, while not negatively impacting the Monk's GCD rotation. -
06-30-2021, 11:06 AMTint
Black Mage
Change Enochian into a trait - why is that even still a button?
Upgrade Blizzard II into Freeze at lvl 35.
Let Fire II give us AF3 with one use.
Give us the Aspect Mastery trait at level 50, so we can continue casting after using Flare and don't have to wait for the mana tic.
Give us Umbral Soul before level 60, so I can use this much needed qualitiy of life tool in PotD...
And please give us new animations for the Thunder spells, they look kind of underwhelming. -
07-01-2021, 08:48 AMRaikaiEnochian is a button because the upkeep is part of the challenge of a BLM.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tint
I can see they adding a trait to add 5 extra seconds to it at best, or another way to refresh it, but not removing altogether. -
07-01-2021, 09:36 AMUrsa_Vonfiebryd
I would like to see the return of MP shift. This was a great way to give newly rezzed casters/healers a little bit of help in the MP department. -Especially healers.
I would also like it to be easier to thread Thunder into the current rotation. As of now, I find it clunky. People who strictly adhere to the optimized rotations probably don't have an issue but I use a bastardized version and I'm not sure where to put it anymore. With that said, assuming they do nothing for this, I'd like:
Scathe to be BLM second DoT. In other iterations, Scathe places bleed on the target. I would like to get more utility out of that spell than just a way to keep melee from stealing my kills.
And last, maybe add Focus. Focus was a buff that temporarily raised magic damage. I think that would help BLM stay in the higher tier damage bracket considering all of our old damage buffs were taken away (technically it was mostly Raging Strikes, the bard role action but still. Be nice to have it back,or something like it). -
07-01-2021, 10:39 AMShurrikhanIts upkeep mechanic does not require a separate button. You could as easily have it activate automatically when first you enter Umbral or Astral.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raikai
If you wanted it to then remain exactly as is, you have its activation inflict a debuff preventing activation for 30 seconds.
Otherwise, dropping Astral or Umbral just removes progress towards your next Foul/Xeno while locking you out of Fire IV and Blizzard IV. Voila, a far more intuitive Enochian that doesn't cripple any riskier play on the ill-timed lag spike. -
07-01-2021, 11:14 AMRaikaiAh, it's fair then! I got the impression that the poster wanted the removal of the mechanic as in baking in Enochian as a passive bonus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shurrikhan
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07-01-2021, 12:37 PMSemirhage
This is a feely change that will absolutely not get implemented, but I'd love it if they did something about Red Mage autoattacks and criticals or direct hits. There's definitely an eyeroll factor when you're doing your melee combo, and you see Scorch only do ~80k damage because it didn't get a DH or a crit, and then that number has a 97! excitedly jump in front of it...because the stupid puny no-strength mage autoattack took it instead.
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07-01-2021, 11:09 PMAnotherPerson
Machinist (MCH)
I like the hypercharge gauge with the heat blast mechanic. It feels pretty nice to consistently fire attacks nonstop.
I like but also dislike Wildfire - as a Single Target skill under heat blast, it basically makes or breaks our damage.
Drill is nice, hits hard and has a low cooldown.
To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Air Anchor only giving a small amount of battery gauge. Sometimes, if there is a lot of enemies to AoE down, you wouldn't be using your 700 potency AoE attack, which also means you wouldn't be generating battery gauge either ... Perhaps changing Air Anchor to be a 700 potency attack with a splash damage at 50% on all the other surrounding enemies in addition to gaining battery would make it feel a lot better. Air Anchor looks like an AoE skill too rather than a single target skill in my opinion.
Flamethrower - change into a skill that does more damage under Bioblaster, kinda like a combo effect where a bioblaster DoT will cause Flamethrower to apply an extra DoT. As it is currently, Flamethrower doesn't get used for its full duration since it's slightly weaker than using our AoE (which also gets 5 points into our gauge), which is a shame considering how nice the animation looks. However, it also forces the character to remain at a standstill, which goes against what most people assume a ranged DPS would have - full mobility.
Monk (MNK):
Get a more fully developed chakra gauge - use different chi attacks based on the gauge, or have the gauge transition into enabling better chi attacks. As for chi attacks, we could have a couple of them, ranging from a melee DoT (Touch of Death revamped), regular ranged AoE, a big finisher ranged AoE, a Single target attack , a single target finisher attack
Anatman - I like the animation and the pose, but I don't see it being used outside of downtime - how about turning it into a channeling skill that gives multiple buffs to the monk instead, where the channeling effect acts similar to Collective Unconscious's channeling effect that it renews the existing buffs' original duration until you cancel it or until the duration of the channel expires? Afterward, the buff itself will start counting down naturally. That way, the skill can be used instantly during combat, but can also be used in downtime to activate the skill ahead of time. Anatman has a special meaning, and unlocking it at Lv 78 speaks volumes about what this skill was initially intended to do - pause the spread of light and keep the self stable / contained, transcending the self outside the constraints of the body. In more detail, the self would refer to the 3 souls and 7 spirits. I wanted Anatman to live up to its name since the current skill's effect doesn't do it true justice.
As for the buffs themselves, Anatman can give a 15 second buff that does the following:
1. Activates all 3 fist stances passive effects (Damage up, Defense up, Movement Speed up)
2. Increase damage and a regeneration buff to self
3. Remove the chakra consumption requirements for actions that use the chakra gauge [7 stacks] - Similar to Inner Release
I think a change like this to Anatman, coupled with a developed Chakra Gauge and chi skills other than just Enlightenment and Forbidden Chakra, would make this job very enjoyable. -
07-02-2021, 09:44 AMWarlyxlook at life of the dragoon 30s duration 30s cd....its meaningless nowadays...enochian is like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Raikai
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07-02-2021, 05:35 PMCKNovelAir Anchor - Good idea, a lot of people want to have an AoE version of it when we can simply slap the both on a single button rather than waste a skill slot when MCH desperately needs buttons.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnotherPerson
Flamethrower - Wouldn't work. Or at least it would in dungeon but if you want to make it a viable Single Target option.
When it comes to AoE, Flamethrower is already used like this. The DPS from MCH aoes comes like this: Bio Blaster > Auto Cross Bow > Flamethrower > Spread shot.
It's meant to be used when you don't have Bio Blaster ready or ACB available. Creating a synergy between Bio Blaster and Flamethrower would simply swap the priority between FT and ACB.
Current Flamethrower problem it's that it is a dungeon skill when it's supposed to be a core MCH ability. And staying immobile for 10 seconds is not a good idea no matter the content.
No button should be "Press and lift your hands off you keyboard for 10s". Flamethrower is just that. -
07-02-2021, 10:10 PMStormfur
I want Grenado back.
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07-03-2021, 12:13 AMJirahI believe I said new MCH mains have some of the worst ideas for MCH, and I still stand by this but the splash damage would be a fine idea somwhat. Among other ludicrous statements ,turrets don’t have a aoe option so making a aoe for a predominantly single-target mechanic is pointless for a already reductive job that doesn’t need more filler. There’s yet again, not interplay between aoeing with battery as theirs just awkward payoff to 1 target. But again this is assuming there’s no new turretQuote:
Originally Posted by CKNovel
I’ll be damned if MCH only gets a aoe turret somthing they freaking removed in 5.0! It’s not a horrid addition just devious to remove a skill and add it back for “new skill points” and without Invul hypercharge or overload or promotion it’s a flashy replacement but ultimately is inferior to its past incarnations. I should Necro a few posts for MCH because the theirs a high chance it’ll stagnate in 6.0 -
07-03-2021, 01:02 AMDracianCould you explain more what you mean about Wildfire making or breaking your damage? Are you talking about latency affecting how many abilities you get off?Quote:
Originally Posted by AnotherPerson
Other than that, I like your suggestions a lot! Especially having flamethrower react with Bioblaster. Considering all of the targets would be poisoned, burning them for extra damage just makes a ton of sense. -
07-03-2021, 03:19 AMCKNovelI still like my idea about an AoE skill that is casted by the MCH on the Queen location.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jirah
But at worse, the Queen has the Bishop animation around it (at least in the job action), at some point SQEX probably intended to give the Queen AoE damage.
MCH is the job that needs to evolve the most and that does not need a rework. I still maintain the idea that the current iteration is the best and that HW popularity is mainly fueled by Nostalgia, unless you were playing for the rDPS part.
Overall, yes... Many have quirky ideas that I cannot understand the point or what it would add to the game. Not judging but asking for higher mobility or tools to move feels as useful as salting the sea.
It's especially frustrating when looking at the MCH that needs a lot of new things and a lot of reworked abilities (Wildfire/Flamethrower...) but an expansion won't be enough to finally have a complete MCH, maybe in 7.0 it will finally feel complete. -
07-03-2021, 08:23 AMShurrikhanWait, people who were attracted by hitting 1-2-3 and CD-on-refresh oGCD whack-a-mole in repetitive cycles aren't likely to create ideas for meaningfully engaging with or iterating on past avenues of depth for MCH. I am shocked. /sQuote:
Originally Posted by Jirah
As for the Bishop/Rook or similar turret distinctions, I feel that's more an issue of their mechanics having lacked any sort of crossover or ability for setup or capitalization.
For instance, imagine if Rook's primary passive mechanic were Tracer Fire, which increases the damage of the next two physical-damage shots (including that of the Rook's Tracer Fire itself) against enemies struck, by a flat potency bump (your potency in both cases -- no partial-value "pet potency" BS). The Rook itself ramps up attack speed over time with each consecutive shot against the same target.
Now, let's say Rook has a Full Fusillade (spitball name) ability, by which it fires at 5x speed, but in a tight cone centered on the target instead of guaranteeing hits against the target. Maybe it imitates a series of skillshots, or maybe it just has a %chance to miss, but in either case shots that do not strike the main target have a chance to hit enemies nearby. Voila, they're all affected by Tracer Fire, which you can meaningfully follow up on with Spread Shot.
Similarly, what if Wildfire were literally just your Bishop sacrifice skill, as it is, after all, coating your enemy in aetheric oil to be detonated. Make Wildfire's detonation at least 50% AoE also, sure, but something like that would give far more cross-play (more meaningful choices for either turret in both single- and multi-target situations). -
07-03-2021, 08:39 AMJirahLolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shurrikhan
But MCH and DRK mains share similar issues in their community. Novelty over nuance. Looking edgy is enough for some but most prefer the job to be organic, same can be said with the MCH mains right now but we’re absent in 4.0 due to the very heinous reputation that runs similar to Bards nowadays. Enough about the people, let’s see some jobs
I agree turrets are just as alien and lateral as Wildfire, while 4.0 crossed them over 5.0 fragmented it to be easier and it does not play well. Never feels good to use queen cuz it’s so shallow and toothless. This must be addressed in 6.0 and I’ll take literally anything. But among MCH many issues right now one of them is job identity. It’s not selfish DPS, it’s not Ranged support, it’s not a Gunner class, it’s not a pet job. What the hell is it? With its “rousing success” the job will most likely have minimal changes and will have then mains feel the scourge of stagnation. Ball-in-a-cup is only fun for so long -
07-03-2021, 08:43 AMJirahAs much as I respectfully disagree with your statement regarding the best MCH incarnation (fixing 4.0 would’ve been better than skewing it) I’ve always admired your outlook on MCH on the forums this expansion. Hopefully we can slug shot as one in 6.0 ...or notQuote:
Originally Posted by CKNovel
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07-03-2021, 08:51 AMShurrikhanI guess my big issue is just the overreliance on, as you said, novelty (or visual flair) in place of any and all other means of engagement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jirah
As much as I miss the more grounded, Gunner-esque aspects of MCH (and would like to limit the Stormblood-introduced arsenal-teleporting gun-fu to a CD burst phase), there's a ton we could do with Drill, Air Anchor, Bioblaster, Flamethrower, and the like, if they weren't just reskins for absolutely generic ST/AoE potency attacks.
I almost wish XIV would invite players to play-test toolkits with minimal visuals (intuitive, geometric tells and the like, but zero flair). Are they still fun even then? Then you've got a success. If not, you need to work on that until you can meet that goal.
Tbf, Battery gauge at present is even worse. It has no unique concerns or playflow; it's just a Automaton Queen CD that is uniquely denied its first use (enters the fight having just been placed on cooldown) and is uniquely screwed over by downtime if faced within 30 seconds of your last Air Anchor cast. Bloated UI just to provide unique weaknesses... Yay!? -
07-03-2021, 11:59 AMVentVanitas
There's a similar issue with MNK (or most jobs for that matter) when it comes to suggestions. I haven't noticed the harsh contrast of what old players want vs new players until recently. It be could argued that it started when SE trivialized Greased Lightning with the Form Shift changes, but imo it was the 5.4 neutering that made this little quirk more prominent.
Hell, there are two MNK suggestions in the past two pages of this thread that basically repeat the same mistakes that Stormblood and Shadowbringers did when they tried to make the fist stances relevant. I'm not saying those people are stupid or bad obviously, just sort of misguided which leads to pretty tone-deaf ideas like Riddle of Wind but a third time. -
07-04-2021, 02:45 PMJirahBingo! you know how many people were excited on the superficial display of the job actions alone? A lot including myself what I didn’t expect was cutting 3/4 of the job to do it and most of the skills were cliche OGCDs or in Queens case a glorified Dot far removed from what we used to do. SE thinks this is enough, I saw it and if the job continues to be as ambitious as BLU many will know my pain. This zombie of a job is nothing more but a pale reflection of what I loved of what I Mained! Starting to see Emet’s point nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Shurrikhan
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07-04-2021, 03:44 PMAvenoMatt
So I main MCH and I want more utility. It feels weird that as a Ranged DPS we no longer have any utility. I'd like to see Bishop return. It doesn't have to be a AOE use for battery it could add some kind of utility, a shield, healing, increased DPS to the MCH itself like Leylines. I would like like to see Dismantle return as well. I know it was mostly useless but I liked throwing a wrench at the enemy. I also want to see the job get a little complicated. I love MCH but it get's a little boring with how straight forward it is.
For other jobs I would like to see BRD get some ability to spread it's dots like SMN's bane. It's so annoying to have to manually place dots on at least 3 enemies to get a good shot at procs during Mage.
I think SCH need to see Shadow Flare return. I mean in general all Healers need to more dps variety but I think SCH needs a DPS option the most. WHM has Assize and Misery, one is a heal and dps aoe and the other is a nuke. AST has Earthly Star which is also a heal and an dps aoe. SCH just has Ruin 2 and Energy Drain neither are fun to use. -
07-04-2021, 04:56 PMSweetPete
I just want the summoner pets to actually look like primals. If we can create demis then we can surely make our egis look like smaller versions of the elder primals. Come on SE, make it happen. I don’t wanna look at a jalapeño pepper and chicken nugget anymore.
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07-05-2021, 11:33 AMAvenoMatt
I was going to change my first post but decided nah. Anyway
MCH
Dismantle - I want this back give MCH back a bit of it's old utility.
Flamethrower - Rework it, I don't know what would be the best way to rework that makes it feel great to use but personally I'd be good with it being a ground targeted aoe that summons a turret that just spins around with it's flamethrower. This way you plop it down and continue with your rotation. Another option would be for it to interact with Bioblaster, like if the enemy is afflicted by Bioblaster Flamethrower deals a higher potency. Make the potency high enough that even on single targets BioFlame would be best but this doesn't solve the issue of Flame requiring you to be stationary.
Battery building ability - I'd like to see something to helps us build battery faster. The simplest solution would be be an instant X amount of battery or a double current battery ability but that sounds boring. I would like it to be a either be a self buff that boosts your dps as well as let you build battery from every weaponskill or a buff for a party member that boosts their dps and build battery for you.
Wildfire - Wildfire needs a rework. In HW and StB Wildfire was your big burst. It was what you looked forward to and worked toward but now it's just a button you use with Heat Blast/Crossbow spam. It still important when it up but it doesn't feel rewarding when you see Drill and Airanchor dealing similar numbers.
Battery/Heat Gauge - one of these needs a more use. Heat would make the most sense since it the one we build up the fastest. They could put Hypercharge on a 60s cooldown leaving you with excess Heat that you could be spending on other abilities. Another option would be for Battery to get more use instead of just Queen. Queen could be on a 60s or higher cooldown and use a flat 50 gauge meaning you will have excess Battery to spend. This Battery could be used to summon Rook who could be independent from queen or they could give us a new battery dump ability or both.
Expanded Combo - This will probably not be everyone cup of tea but I'd like to see MCH's 123 combo get expanded upon. I personally would like to see Slug Shot and Clean Shot both be able to proc additinal Weaponskills like DNC, so essentially making our 123 into a 12345, 1234 or 1235 just to hell give the job more variety.
Overall I can't see all theses things working well together but I would like to see some of these to help make the job have more variety. -
07-05-2021, 02:45 PMJirahQuote:
Originally Posted by AvenoMatt
Dismantle: honestly I do want it back but right we literally have no clue wtf MCH job direction is, they removed this for a reason so we don’t know if MCH is a support anymore
Flamethrower: so....like Bishop? Which they removed in 5.0 among other skills. The issue with this and bio is there’s no synergy between most of MCH aoe kit so Bioflame thing would be a option. I still would like to generate heat or be a finisher CD type of ordeal like SAM with kenki.
Wildfire- agreed. The skill is garbage and takes wayyy to long and doesn’t event have interplay like it did in the past anymore. Honestly could see it getting removed
Battery/Heat: Heat gets used every or rather Hypercharge gets used every 22 seconds varying on a few things. It gets frequent use it’s just very very toothless as a concept. Battery isn’t used often due to the fact your halting progress to press a button 5 times in a row so you don’t seen Queen as often. Disagree on having a CD for it then it’s just a lesser Living shadow with underwhelming attacks. But having rook back isn’t such a bad idea...but then it would be a lesser Demi-bahamut since again has no interplay and is less common still. But one thing I want is a flat 50 saving it up to 100 is stupid and never amounts to much anyways like a weirdly similar apex arrow.
Expanded Combo: so...like Ammo...well not really but MCH don’t need no flourishes I think the whole point of ammo being removed was so DNC can have a inferior version of it. Reminds me actually of Dragoon with Wheeling thrusts and Fang and claw. I know it’s just a idea but flesh this out more cuz it probably can work cuz MCH has the most and I mean THE MOST boring rotation in the game worse than tanks least they have expanded rotations or amount to more -
07-05-2021, 06:30 PMCKNovel
Dismantle was among the best mitigation, if not the best.
60s second CD, 5s debuff and 10% reduced damage. You can argue that Tactician is better because you don't need a target and Dismantle applies to a single target.
But there is much more content where Addle (90s CD) is more powerful than Tactician. Still, Tactician/Samba/Troubadour should have been 60s.
Flamethrower, interaction with Bio-Blaster wouldn't fix how boring the skill is. It would be a simple damage buff but Flamethrower would remain a meme action that requires to not move. Either the combo is too weak for single target, either it's good enough and the rotation would be that 1 Drill out of 3 has to be replaced with Bio-Blaster + Flamethrower instead. It would be boring and wouldn't fix FT even if it adds 2 buttons on ST rotation.
Gauges, a massive problem with both gauge is that there is only one button that use those gauges. Queen for battery, Hypercharge mode for Heat. Due to how the Queen works you would need more battery generation and a really strong action that consume battery, or a 3rd resource that is filled based on the battery spent for the Queen. We generate too much heat, so yes that's the best gauge for a new action consuming a gauge. But the more heat we spent, the more boring 1 2 3 we'll get. IMO, wildfire is a good candidate for a heat spender. Spend heat and slap a bomb that explodes on the target and (finally) deals AoE damage. Not like AoE damage on Wildfire was requested for a long time.
And yeah the 1 2 3 is extremely boring and they definitely need to fix that.
Overall the MCH has very good new ideas that doesn't works well with previous MCH. I don't know if they lacked time or didn't wanted to rework the MCH further but we can clearly feel that the new rotation conflicts with previous abilities, Wildfire and Flamethrower being the one that stand out the most.