Patch 3.35, season 2 starts and other adjustments to pvp abilities

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/mainte...c08fa546e2bbea

I will type out a summary from what I read. Here they are as follows:

1. Season 2 will start tomorrow, YES!
2. The potency of the Adrenaline Rush action, Raw Destruction, has been decreased. YES!
3. Ques will now prioritize pairing non-ranked to silver and gold through diamond. Longer ques will increase chance of getting low level people. Nice.
4. Taking away weapon throw from melee dps classes and giving them to tanks.
5. Changing how hard the losses hit people. Pretty nice.
6. Slight nerfs to dragoon and warrior.

Pretty good in general. I hope the rewards for top 10 and top 100 are new and different though. The biggest mistake would be to make them the same and not make it worthwhile for people to play again. My fingers are crossed.

Season 2 starting immediately after? No new rewards? No new maps, news on banning win traders/feeders/cheaters, and we see yet more poorly thought out balance changes (buffs for monk, REALLY?)

Some really poor decisions are being made with WoW:Legion right around the corner.

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Originally Posted by Sashazor

Season 2 starting immediately after? No new rewards? No new maps, news on banning win traders/feeders/cheaters, and we see yet more poorly thought out balance changes (buffs for monk, REALLY?)

Some really poor decisions are being made with WoW:Legion right around the corner.

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We don't know if the rewards are different or not, I just hope otherwise. Also melee in general are getting nerfed with melee lb being nerfed and they lose weapon throw. The only buff is making enliven useful after the sprint not costing TP and that buff is for everyone. IMO the nerfs to melee are more substantial than the buffs.

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Originally Posted by Aviars

We don't know if the rewards are different or not, I just hope otherwise. Also melee in general are getting nerfed with melee lb being nerfed and they lose weapon throw. The only buff is making enliven useful after the sprint not costing TP and that buff is for everyone. IMO the nerfs to melee are more substantial than the buffs.

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Ok, but Monk is hands down the best Melee dps right now, and has been for some time. They were buffed with Enliven, as were Ninjas(Finally!). However, the Dragoon nerfs were really uncalled for, as they really weren't strong enough to justify a nerf.

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Originally Posted by Sashazor

Ok, but Monk is hands down the best Melee dps right now, and has been for some time. They were buffed with Enliven, as were Ninjas(Finally!). However, the Dragoon nerfs were really uncalled for, as they really weren't strong enough to justify a nerf.

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SE has numbers and perhaps they might be doing better in japan? They are certainly doing better on primal. Primal #1 ;^)

there badly needs to be a preseason in front of each new season so players can spend time experimenting and getting a legit break in between.

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Originally Posted by kisada

there badly needs to be a preseason in front of each new season so players can spend time experimenting and getting a legit break in between.

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Seriously, the lack of a preseaon in between is really killing scrims/experimenting.

....as if the ratio of ranged dps to melee wasnt big enough a gap to begin with. God forbid melee closer cds be down. Just wonder what the drop will be for LBs. They're really makin melees run the gauntlet now.

Wonder if new Enliven will make trick attack work from whereever.

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Originally Posted by Aviars

SE has numbers and perhaps they might be doing better in japan? They are certainly doing better on primal. Primal #1 ;^)

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Seriously no. Link is only one of like 3 or 4 Dragoons in the top 100 on primal with a win rate over 50%. The job has long since been known to be inferior to monk yet gets slapped now with these nonsensical nerfs to feint, skewer and now impulse rush. Lowering crit from 30% to 20% is not a small nerf. I couldn't care less about raw destruction being nerfed, although I'm really disappointed they didn't reduce the frequency of the adrenaline crates along with it. And having weapon throw removed now isnt surprising since the meta has been shifting towards ranged being the primary dps in feast anyway but it hurts DRG even more than Monk and Nin given we don't possess any increased movement speed abilities/traits and our gap closers dont run on 30 sec cooldowns like them either. How can anyone possibly argue anything about DRG is overpowered when the utility/arsenal of monk, the bursts of mch/brd, and the mobility of mnk/nin exists. And why the fk is elusive jump still a 3 min cooldown for fk sake? How is that overpowered yet blank existing on a 30 sec cooldown is A-OK? Honestly don't know how you can stay on top of opposing MCH's now as DRG with weapon throw gone and blank still 30 sec cd.