WHM - Abilities multiple abilities not functioning

I have been playing off and on since Friday 6/16/17 with an annoying bug. The following spells do not work correctly they cast the incorrect spell and the icons incorrectly display when I try to assign them to the cross hotbar;
Stone >> casts Stone III / displays Stone III icon
Stone II >> casts Stone III / displays Stone III icon
Aero > casts Aero II / displays Aero II icon

I have attempted to re-create the cross hotbar and associated links to the abilities/actions from the menus. This did not work. I also attempted to create macros to the abilities (ie. /ac "Stone") circumventing the abilities but the macros behave the same as the actions. I hope I am explaining clearly the issue.

I do not know if anyone has experienced similar issues. I did not see similar posts on the forums.

Time: 6/17/17
Frequency: Persistant
World name: Balmung
Character name: Tarkain Malkieri
Class/Level: WHM 60
Party or solo: Independent of Solo/Party status

Connection Specs
- Type of internet connection/provider: 100 Mbps
- Modem maker/model number: Arris 6141

Gamepad Manufacturer: Logitech

um.

Did you even read the patch notes?

Working as intended.

Not bugs, dps spells now upgrade and merge together. Stone becomes Stone II, which becomes Stone III, and finally Stone IV. The spells automatically revert in lower level dungeons so you don't have to swap them out on your bard.

Maybe you should try READING patch notes
"Automatic Replacement of Upgraded Spells
Example Stone>Stone II>Stone III>Stone IV"

Read your traits to see why this happens.

Apparently I've read the patch notes more carefully than most because they make no mention of this. The new job guide does not make reference to this either.

Regardless, I choose to believe you. As you are apparently experts on all things FFXIV. I still find it odd that they choose to combine Stone into 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 as you level up but do not do this for aero leaving aero 2 and aero 3 separate.

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Originally Posted by Threads

Apparently I've read the patch notes more carefully than most because they make no mention of this. The new job guide does not make reference to this either.

Regardless, I choose to believe you. As you are apparently experts on all things FFXIV. I still find it odd that they choose to combine Stone into 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 as you level up but do not do this for aero leaving aero 2 and aero 3 separate.

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http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/whitemage/

http://i.imgur.com/WSbiG3H.png

holy shiiii whaaaa????

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Originally Posted by Threads

Apparently I've read the patch notes more carefully than most because they make no mention of this. The new job guide does not make reference to this either.

Regardless, I choose to believe you. As you are apparently experts on all things FFXIV. I still find it odd that they choose to combine Stone into 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 as you level up but do not do this for aero leaving aero 2 and aero 3 separate.

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The Stone series spells all serve the same prupose: single-target nuke. And with the Heavy removed from Stone, there is no reason to ever use the lower level spells as long as you have access to the higher ones.

The Aero spells are different. Aero and Aero II are both single-target DoTs, so they upgrade. But Aero III is an AoE DoT, so it doesn't upgrade because it actually has a different use case.

It's the same reason SCH and SMN actually got different Ruin Mastery traits. SCH just needs the one nuke, so (Except Ruin II, which is instacast and is used for movement/weaving) Ruin/Broil/Broil II could all be safely combined to minimized hotbar space. SMN actually had different times it wants to use Ruin vs Ruin III, so those were left seperate.

An argument can be made that having the DoTs combine sucks because now we have one less DoT that we can apply and have ticking away at any given time, but apparently SE has decided that this is the path they want to take on that issue.