Shaken confidence after expansion

Before heavensward i felt like i had a good grip and feel for the couple of classes i main regularly but with all the new skills that have been added ive never felt so doubtful in my ability to do dungeons and other content successfully. Ive read guides and practiced rotations in dungeons and on dummies but I feel like i just cant get a comfortable grip on the new skills and rotations. Ive even started leveling some other classes in hopes that maybe their play style will match me better but im concerned the same thing will happen on those as well. Maybe im just trying too hard and overthinking everything im doing but does anyone else feel like their confidence has been shaken a bit since the update?

No. In fact the new abilities restored my interest in the game, as I had become kind of bored with the game.

Now that the classes all have received a somewhat revamped rotation, and the new jobs, I'm quite enjoying myself.

I'm VERY happy they added the new abilities and I very much so enjoy the complexity it adds

I've only really levelled my main character(bard) so far but I really like the new skills she got. You need to keep an eye on your DoTs and cooldowns a little more carefully than before but it's pretty straightforward and I really enjoy it. I even love that preorder esuna song we got. I get to use it on my healer friend every time we run the Fractum Continuum for tomes since no-one ever stuns or silences chimera's Voice of the Dragon after I silence Voice of the Ram, so I feel a little more useful! I must have saved her a total of like... six seconds of her time by now!

The new abilities take some getting used to but I find most for my paladin helpful. Sometimes I forget 1 or 2 moves but that's usually because I've zoned back into my normal rotation from prior to 50. Give it time, you'll get used to it. :)

Practice. It's still to early to say that you've mastered using your class with the new skills.

I assume atleast one of the jobs you usually do is Dragoon based on the little profile on the left, and I gotta say I'm lovin it so far. It DOES take some getting used to, after all your rotations change a bit! That said it isn't too bad once you get used to it. Practice on a dummy or a weak mob in one of the new areas for a bit maybe so you can start gettin a feel for it, and if all else fails and you can't keep it up in a dungeon switch to the old way for a bit till you get out and can try practicin again.

The higher skill speed from the end game gear helps quite a bit in keeping your rotation going and DoTs/HT up as well.

Since the OP is a DRG:

DRG was arguably one of the more simplistic of the dps jobs prior to 3.0 and those players seeking a relatively relaxed playstyle seemed to gravitate to it (that and BRD). The new skills have made DRGs just as complex as the other jobs now though so those players have lost their easy rotation. The only choice really is to keep practicing and learn how and when to use the new skills. Everyone has to do it, regardless of job, there's just a steeper learning curve for DRGs due to their previous simplicity.

I do agree with you OP but things are finally improving for my main job which was Bard. My confidence was stomped on since the patch began thanks in part to the heavy nerfs bard experienced. I swapped to DRG after I hit 54 Bard for a break and got that to 60 instead. Afterwards, I forced myself to go back and finish bard. It was a grueling road and while Im comfortable with bards abilities the fact they were so heavily gimped made it difficult to get or stay in group content.

Now thanks to the whole escapade surrounding bard I am a week behind my FC on gearing up and can not yet access Alexander. Though I will likely be able to do so by the end of the week. It is disheartening seeing and listening to my FC enjoy the new content, while I muddle through dungeon wait times trying to get the remaining tomes I need to gear up and hit the ilvl.

Good luck though, in your case, practice will eventually make perfect and it will become easier for you to get a handle on things ^_^b hang in there!

The biggest problem for me was that I had to rearrange my keybinds significantly to put the new abilities in the places where they were going to be needed. My epiphany was in binding the 3rd macro set over to the ALT key, and then my pet hotbar over to my shift key, giving me control over 36-48 actions at any time. The third row being keyboard accessible really freed up space for the new toys and allowed me to optimize.

Unfortunately, even my sexy new optimized 3-hotbar bard layout won't stop me from mashing Wind Bite constantly by accident because that's where Heavy Shot was until a week ago >_>

Perhaps you'll get used to them in time? I sort of agree, though - as a DRG my rotation is already pretty long so adding the new abilities to my rotation feels very difficult on movement intensive fights. I'm sort of hoping that certain abilities will merge into one another for the next expansion otherwise there may be way too much to juggle. :p

The new ability of SCH is really helpful if 8 man party there's no WHM. So I can't complain much about this new ability.

I main WHM and really like the new skills myself, but my secondary BLM BLIZ & FIRE IV seem more like fluff to me and still not certain when you would use them, guess I'll figure it out? Then there is ley lines (I love) which requires you to stand still, I mean BLM in these new fights barely has a chance to stand still in this new content. 9 times out of 10 after I use it either I have to move for an AE or the boss drops something on it and I can't use it....

Summoner at 50 is not the same as summoner at 60, so much better at 60. But yeah takes a bit of getting used to and rearranging all your hotbars to take advantage of the new skills. Scholar got some very nice and useful abilities as well, it's great keeping the game fresh than your typical rotation at 50.

Same here op. I just feel like I must be horrible at this game every time I drop enochian, whether or not it was my fault.

This is how most MMOs are. Expansions bring raise to level cap and new skills.

I wasn't intending on even touching Dark Knight because I'd given up on trying to tank. I just felt horribly inept at it when I tried Pld and War. But on a whim I decided to give it a try (figured I'd at least run the first 3 dungeons like I normally did, come to the same conclusion, and switch back to Whm), but to my surprise, I'm suddenly loving the crap out of Dark Knight and have jumped on the Drk craze band wagon. I wouldn't say I'm a pro tank, but to my credit, I don't seem to be half bad at the role in general so far.

HW's addition of Drk has boosted my confidence in my taking abilities.

After realising my FC really had no good drg's for progression but tons of bards and smn's, I took my drg to 60. Never really had a grasp on lvl 50 drg before, but definitely even have less grasp on drg now.
What I'd suggest is, don't give up! Not knowing everything immediately means that your job has grown in depth, and gives you a chance to grow as a player!

Anyone know the ninja rotation for 60 lol?

When I first got to 60 on my Black Mage, I cannot tell you how difficult it was to manage my rotations while weaving my actives in when possible.. while trying to dodge all the abilities launched at me (see: Ley Lines hidden mechanic, when used you are automatically targeted by whatever enemies you are fighting).

It's definitely difficult at times to keep an eye on my Enochian, Ley Lines, Raging Strikes, Astral Fire, and mana points to work out when I need to switch to Blizz 3 -> Blizz 4.

Not to mention working out when I should use my swiftcast (enhance my dps now, or save it for a mid-rotation save while I'm moving?)

BLM for me has gone from mild panic attack to crippling anxiety the world is ending press all the buttons.