Crystal Conflict and any other form of close quarter PVP is not fun due to out of the stratosphere misbalancing between the jobs.
In 7.1 Astrologian was released in such a broken state that the devs forgot to internally test it. This did not affect the flow of things, due to the forced 50% win rate, enforced by the match making algorithm. Astrologians now are getting away with having a Dash ability in their kit that also shields them.
Black Mage is am an omnipotent job as of 7.41:
- It has the most damage in the game,
- the most mitigation in the game,
- the most sustain in the game,
- it goes through guard,
- not only does the job have excess raw damage, it also has damage over time,
- Lethargy is a Limit Break level power ability, spammable every 15 seconds,
- it has reflect, because why not!
Pictomancer is an omnipotent Job as well:
- It has extremely high burst,
- the ability to stack ability animations to exploit job further,
- it has too much crowd control,
- it can heal too much,
- it can escape too easily,
- it can tank a whole team,
- PCT can controls area better than Sage, so Sage continues to be one of the least played and least enjoyable jobs,
- not only does it have crazy high damage, it also has damage over times because why not!
White Mage:
- White Mage is still getting away with having mana burn in their Polymorph ( Miracle of Nature)
- White Mages can still dictate the flow of the game by staying alive enough for their limit breaks to start making a huge team difference,
- their dash gives whole team 10% damage reduction,
- their Limit Break 'grants regen to self and nearby party members within 30 yalms', the quickest LB charge to date,
- all you have to do with WHM is basically stay alive and provide team wide difference at no cost!
SCH:
- Scholar makes too much of a team difference with their constant AOE shielding, without and on top of that, they don't just sustain their team, they can also break objective by having a Guard Break ability.
- It is fundamentally a bad design for a job to be able to have so much control of a team's potential, because then this feeds into the match making, giving the Scholar heavier team mates,
- the job has unmatched shielding, unmatched healing reduction for the longest duration, because it can easily be spread and it lasts for too long! 'Biolytic Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 15%
Duration: 12s'
Can we please start getting some communication from the devs. This mode is now nearly 5 years old and it would be nice if we could find a middle grown and start putting some love into an MMORPG that we love and want to play!
Please consider your other player base groups and stop focusing on just your main ones that yield you results for the least amount of effort. Do not alienate!
FFXIV DEVS NEED TO STOP CLOTH USER FAVOURTISM
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02-04-2026, 07:45 AMBuredaFFXIV DEVS NEED TO STOP CLOTH USER FAVOURTISM
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02-04-2026, 07:45 AMBureda
Honourable Mentions:
MNK is another omnipotent Job:
- MNK now has range, why is it keeping the HP lead?
- it has too much hp for a bruiser,
- it does too much damage,
- now it is long range,
- it has empowered aoe,
- it has long range limit break with hard crowd control
- the passive knock back damage is too strong
- FFXIV devs have essentially kept Monk as 'the token melee strong job' to try and gaslight players into not thinking about how much they have overbuffed and over tuned cloth users!
MCH:
MCH is another job that's not been internally tested, lol, I know you don't play your own game, but anyway:
- This job does way too much damage and the kit lets it hold a point quite well, the damage is so oppressive that it is nearly impossible to duel one for Crystal Control (unless you're one of the overtuned jobs)!
I want to see some passion and some effort put into this mode. Crystal Conflict has the potential to be a brilliant mode and to keep people playing during down times between patches, but the rewards, the balancing, the effort, the communication is just not there.
I am here giving you feedback and I don't get paid for it, I even pay a monthly fee for AI Slop patch notes. -
02-04-2026, 09:39 AMReginald_Cain
Wait people take pvp seriously? Jk I know a lot do but for real it's such a cluster and communication is shaky at best so I dont bother. Job imbalance is offset by morons, team mate gap and trash network infrastructure.
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02-04-2026, 10:32 AMOMGJesuis66After I read this, I had to double-take as a joke, because this is quite hilarious to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bureda
Pictomancer only has a burst every minute, which not only resets if he dies, but any pressure on the class makes it deal literally no damage.
"Oh, it can heal too much!" So many classes can, the fact that Picto's survivability is its strongest point is not exactly a quality, because it does not deal damage enough to endure a stalemate against whoever he is fighting.
How can you say Picto has a 38k burst each 1min, which requires you to rotate and paint 4 total motifs, that can EASILY be mitigated, when a class like Dragoon deals 35k, ranged, with 20 second cd?
Until Picto actually deal any burst, the Dragoon already utilizes his 4x.
Not to mention Smudge giving you Quick Sketch IS ACTUALLY A PUNISHMENT to the Picto. Because you'll paint a quick motif and be locked in the 2.8 recast GCD, which literally renders ALL your spells useless, so you can't even use that to mitigate painting or have some quick dmg burst. The class design is such an absolute dumpster fire as it punishes you too much for ever deciding to play it, that it even feels like you are griefing your team by picking it. -
02-04-2026, 08:52 PMValence
AST, PCT and SCH being broken has been a problem since 7.1. AST top tier pick for solo ranked, SCH for LPs especially (alongside PLD).
WHM is currently considered low tier by most people I talk to, BLM is fine, it's just lethargy that's carrying the job (and people still don't know that bursting the flaming BLM is actually a good idea, if you force them into ice they become useless). MCH is a lopsided design, too much damage and too little survivability imo: at crystal+ just dive the MCH and kill it, problem solved every time (unless they have a pocket PLD/AST as usual). -
02-05-2026, 02:30 PMspooQuote:
Originally Posted by Bureda
Sorry to say, but reading through your demands.. some of them (very few) i agree with. Others come down to, and i swear im not saying this to be mean, skill issue. Before you blame a job for being broken (the term shouldnt be used to loosely) make sure that you, and the team you are playing with, actually work to counter their strengths with your own. Once thats the case only then can you objectively judge a job to be broken. For example you say: "- White Mages can still dictate the flow of the game by staying alive enough for their limit breaks to start making a huge team difference" - then kill them or bully them hard so they dont have the chance to do that?
I'm sorry id rather have a meta and imbalance - to an extent - it really makes pvp a breath of fresh air when the entire game is 2min meta bullshit -
02-05-2026, 02:33 PMspoosure.. thats why a lot of meta comps in CC these days have PCT. im sure they do so because it sucks so bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by OMGJesuis66
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02-06-2026, 06:01 AMBuredaYou're just a better gamer than me. See you in ranked, and show me how it's done.Quote:
Originally Posted by spoo
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02-06-2026, 08:39 AMOMGJesuis66Cool, can you show me literally anyone who is a pro with them that can explain step by step how this class works, then?Quote:
Originally Posted by spoo
Because, as is, Quick Sketch feels like a punishment. Using LB feels like a punishment, given it's an incredibly long animation.
You have an excellent burst to take one person out, but no dueling capabilities, and incredible vulnerability under pressure.
Comet and Holy not being an Ability feels horrible too.
So, either those people are doing some black magic and the class is incredibly non-intuitive to anyone else to pick it up, or the class is unplayable if you have a slight bit of ping, or there are certain devices:tm: that people utilize to go around the glaring network issues + designed class locks, and people just make use of those.
I'm always willing to hear more! But PvP in this game is quite obscure out of the normal player eye, when it comes to "meta comps" and even class guides, so... I will only believe when I see it and put it into practice. Because I play Picto plenty in CC, for sheer enjoyment of the class itself, and it feels genuine *terrible* to play. -
02-06-2026, 09:27 PMValence
Dueling in Crystalline Conflict :o
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02-06-2026, 10:53 PMBuredaYou're so smart, witty and clearly well educated with the amount of posts you've got here. Perhaps I am just low IQ but if a job can duel multiple people due to disgusting imbalance difference then maybe that's how you can't contest crystal territory or win a team fight or it feels oppressive and boring to play because one job just presses a button whilst the other has to do a whole rotation. Then again what do I know. I only play ranked daily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valence
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02-06-2026, 11:17 PMValenceI don't know why you do feel the need to constantly insult the people you talk to, but if you think I was disagreeing with you that PCT's kit is bloated, overtuned and as a result oppressive as heck, then I'm afraid you're mistaken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bureda
PCT is broken. Anybody playing above Diam can see that. Heck, anybody reading the toolkit should be able to see that. -
02-07-2026, 03:16 AMtheunhappypotato
someone's satly and i love it
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02-08-2026, 12:31 AMMayuAmakura
BLM is indeed in a broken state and the one who said "if it's in ice stance, it's useless" is fairly incorrect lmao. All BLM nowdays are ice stance and barely any will go to fire. Why? It's just not worth it. Your ice stance gives you way too much survival ability, reflection and much more. You can still spam fire while in that stance btw. Since we see BLM almost every single game, this job is definitely overtuned. Back in endwalker people barely played this job because: "it was so weak and I dies in 1 hit". Well now enjoy the changes where you are tankier than tanks.
For Pictomancer I agree, it's a stupid job that also deserves a mention. Way too much sustain. Just like BLM. Can endure so much and stay relevant into the fight for as long as it has too. Its LB is really good with all things it buffs people. Almost like free Astro lb.
Astro and Scholar are definitely oppressive healers that not only throw thousands of shields but also do respectable damage to quite some extent. They are also pinnacle of "5 people chase me yet I still live with infinite healing". How many times we have seen on streams where people chase Scholar only for it to survive every single burst because of its obnoxious abilities? LB is also busted with free purity and again shield + heal. How many times did Astro leave fights just by dashing THROUGH the walls and textures? How is that fair that they can freely dash through any big walls and just go away to safety??? + They get a shield for doing so lol.
MNK agree and MCH as well. Machinist has been an issue forever and the most played job in the entire CC. You can't have a single game without a machinist being in the game. It's just straight up impossible to find such game (unless by some miracle you get 3 green jobs vs 3 green jobs but even then there's a chance a machinist is thrown inside). Too much damage and the idea of: "just focus mch" kinda doesn't work due to potions, CC and scatter shot leaving you to safety. Just watch and see why every top player picks MCH as an easy crystal farm if they start loosing too much on their main job.
But I must disagree with WHM though. WHM miracle of nature isn't an instant cast right now which means that people doing barrier is faster than your poly. Can be dispelled, the mp drain is somewhat understandable but it isn't even strong anymore as it used to be. WHM suffers greatly if everyone focuses this job. There's just no escape unlike Scholar and Astro (even sage has some utilities to escape). What will you do as WHM if you get focused? Do barrier and pray someone takes targets off of you. It's really hard to survive bursts as a whm unlike other jobs. The LB is strong sure but most of the time it won't do anything. Also this jobs loses quite hard if enemy team has Scholar or Astro because they just do everything better than you do and scale very well at late game.
One honorable mention would be Bard. Nobody can chase Bard due to CC's heh. -
02-08-2026, 03:45 AMBuredaWHM doesn't need Mana Burn, if they want to buff any aspect of the job they should increase its tankiness so it can be in the combat medic like it's meant to fantasise. Dash in, give everyone protect, scrap a bit with a few glares, position to a good angle and then LB. Just absorb pressure that way, get involved in team fights.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayuAmakura
Bard was useless until Purify change, so they can have their moment of glory. If you can catch a bard, they die, none of this machinist, picto, blm, bullshit where they can survive in stupid ways (especially picto and blm), or stop you from chasing them due to excessive raw damage. -
02-08-2026, 01:22 PMSylvie_ChanI mean you have to paint for that 2.8gcd anyways but with a cast bar when you don't use smudge for instant cast. No matter what you're doing 2.8s worth of painting one way or another. Either way pct is super strong and a top tier dps at the momentQuote:
Originally Posted by OMGJesuis66
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02-08-2026, 06:27 PMValenceCheck crystal+ galmes and you'll see if BLMs don't use Wreath of Fire lmao. And that's not just on EU, they're even greedier with it on JP because people burst dive the ranged a lot less there.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayuAmakura
The amount of damage lost in ice is big, no more cleaves, no more guard piercing fire.
I'm well aware that you can spam fire under ice, but you can also spamm ice under fire, and you'll benefit from the actual boon from wreath of fire which is the aforementioned benefits.
I'm sorry but that would be like saying that NIN is god tier and broken because it can tank. Sure it can tank well, but at the cost of a big chunk of their damage.
I personally don't see BLMs very often even though they're here, so I don't know where you are playing exactly. Most casters are pictos and summoners right now.
Is BLM broken? I don't think it is, but it has S tier super oppressive tools like Lethargy for sure. It's a very solid class.
MCH is everywhere, true, and I think it's a decent to solid job, especially below omega. Beyond though, you start seeing that job a lot less because it just insta dies and people know it. People also know how to deal with Wildfire. It's not much different than WAR. Still good job, but too lopsided in design for its own sake.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayuAmakura
Repelling being on a 10s recast is completely unhinged.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayuAmakura
Edit:
Actually I'll give you my own stats with job presence in my games this season, combining my EU and JP characters (both at crystal level, which means most games being diam/crystal games):
PLD: 120
WAR: 200
DRK: 150
GNB: 210
WHM: 240
SCH: 150
AST: 180
SGE: 110
MNK: 120
DRG: 220
NIN: 120
SAM: 220
RPR: 95
VPR: 110
BRD: 230
MCH: 400
**DNC: 428 (I'm maining it and most of those are mine)
BLM: 110
SMN: 440
RDM: 180
PCT: 250
Yes, I'm well aware that a lot of the jobs I and many consider broken or obnoxious aren't that high but more average in terms of picks. I think people tend to play more what they're good at and what they like in random games above things that are absolutely meta. I wish I had more stats on omega/ultima games but I don't have that many unfortunately. I also compared to last season where I had more of those games, and where the infamous DRK/SCH heal down meta was going strong, DRK and SCH have a twice bigger ratio than here.
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02-09-2026, 09:11 AMOMGJesuis66Unless I am using it immediately, it feels detrimental to the GCD. It's different to have a 2.8 cast bar and a 2.8 running around like a headless chicken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvie_Chan
It is the same issue of Swiftcast + Motif in PvE. Just feel bad, and there's a lot of things around Picto that just feels bad to use, that's the whole point. -
02-10-2026, 03:44 AMBureda
There we have it, according to forum super stars BLM and PCT need a buff. Can't wait!
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02-13-2026, 12:34 AMPhylecia
I'm genuinely trying to understand MNK being looked at as anything beyond decent, ok, or even a below average job as of patch 7.1.
Not saying AI is the end-all-be-all, but I had it compare all the other melee jobs and just asked the question, "What am I missing that has people saying this job is powerful and oppressive?"
Looking at the info, it appears to be more of a 'feeling' than actual facts; this is what I got out of it:
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Why Monk is Not "Top Tier" Melee (Post-7.1)
While often called "oppressive" by players remembering old patch cycles, a factual look at the current kit reveals a job that is highly team-dependent and defensively fragile compared to its peers.
1. The "Fake" Tankiness Myth- Negligible HP Lead: Monk’s HP is only ~1,000–2,000 higher than other melee. In a meta where bursts exceed 30k, this "advantage" is erased in a single GCD.
Zero Passive Mitigation: Unlike Samurai (25% reduction on Chiten) or Dragoon (massive 24k barrier), Monk has no % damage reduction.
Riddle of Earth is Flawed: It provides no protection while active. If you are stunned or silenced, you cannot manually trigger the heal. You take 100% raw damage and often die before the "reaction" heal ever goes off.
2. Stripped Crowd Control (CC)- Loss of Stun: The removal of Six-Sided Star means Monk has zero on-demand hard CC. You can no longer reliably peel for yourself or lock down a target without your Limit Break.
Clunky Displacement: Wind's Reply (the replacement for Enlightenment) has a significant delay. Due to server snapshotting, the shove direction is often unpredictable, making it a "soft" utility tool rather than a reliable disruption.
3. Tethered Mobility (The "Follower" Escape)- No True Escape: Ninja (Shukuchi) and Dragoon (Elusive Jump) can escape 1v5. Monk’s Thunderclap requires a living teammate to be behind them and in range.
The Losing Game: If your team is dead, your mobility is gone. Monk cannot "reset" a bad fight on its own; it can only snowball a fight that is already going well.
4. The "Win More" Limit Break- Meteodrive is great for piercing Guard, but it locks the Monk in a long animation.
Without a coordinated team to follow up, the Monk often trades their life just to remove one enemy's shield, resulting in a net loss for the team.
The Verdict: Support, Not Carry
Monk has shifted from a "Frontline Bruiser" to a Support-Finisher. It lacks the independent survivability, raw mitigation, and reliable escape tools that define S-Tier melee like Samurai or Ninja. It is a high-skill, low-reward specialist that relies more on the team's competence than its own kit.
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I actually wouldn't mind 'something' being buffed; take this job down any further I'd argue there'd be no reason to play it at all lol - Negligible HP Lead: Monk’s HP is only ~1,000–2,000 higher than other melee. In a meta where bursts exceed 30k, this "advantage" is erased in a single GCD.
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02-15-2026, 04:03 PMBureda'Negligible HP' lol, are you serious?Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylecia
I like how you're playing ignorant to Thunderclap. What does it do? Let me help freshen your memory:
Ability Instant 10s - 20y
Rush to a target's side.
Additional Effect: Creates a barrier around target party member that nullifies damage equivalent to a heal of 8,000 potency
If the target selected was an enemy, creates a barrier around self instead.
Duration: 5s
Maximum Charges: 2
Cannot be executed while bound.
You have an on demand shield that comes up every 10 seconds. As long as there's somebody nearby you are inherently tanky.
Riddle of Earth is the best defensive in the game. With how much damage is in the game it only needs to run about 3 seconds before you can get yourself a heal that's stronger than a Potion and more often than not a whole recoup.
Saying Shukuchi is a useful escape tool is very ignorant, once again. That's a terrible ability that gatekeeps one of your abilities, and you won't be able to use it more often than not because Shukuchi lands within the range of other players range.
Stealth in this game is a meme and it should be removed from PvP. There's so much AoE in this game and the server tick rate is so terrible that you will seldom escape when using that ability. Comparing Shukuchi to Elusive Jump is funny as hell and it goes to show.
Monk players are so conditioned to play a disgustingly imbalanced job, that when the job is still imbalanced but not as much to you lot it feels like it's not performing. It's not your fault though, it's FFXIV Dev team for making it the token strong job they can use as an excuse to give Cloth Users and other ranged jobs nearly same kit and tankiness as 'bruiser melee'.
Don't worry, I'm sure Monk will be buffed for no reason along with BLM, SMN, MCH, PCT, WHM. Just be patient. -
02-16-2026, 12:59 AMPhylecia
Hey, I never said "Blah blah, monk crying because their job isn't the only disgustingly imbalanced job anymore." (though that would be funny) :D
What I did actually say wasn't very much; most of my post was what A.I.'s assessment of the job is as of this current patch compared to all other melee options.
Though, I do 'mostly' agree with it if I'm being honest.
I do agree with it, these are the melee job Hit Point Values:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bureda
MNK 63000
SAM 61500
RPR 61500
NIN 60000
DRG 61500
VPR 61500
So if we can say that 3,000 is the biggest Hit Point advantage possible out of all the other melee jobs, if we're only looking a NIN, because others are even less in difference then that.
Then the weakest possible hit I can do as MNK would be a melee attack of 5,500 (Dragon Kick).
So what that means is that the weakest hit I can possibly do is nearly double that Hit Point amount in damage.
A long way to say, "Yes" it's a pretty "Negligible" difference in Hit Points; I do agree with the numbers and with A.I.'s assessment.
Like I don't personally recalling ever having had an escape moment in a match that had me going, "Oh thank god I had MNK Hit Points, otherwise I'd a been a goner~!" :rolleyes:
On the point of being tanky though, my comparison was on melee vs melee only using A.I. But if we're talking about the 'cloth' classes too which I probably should have included since that was more the topic.
I have seen BLM & PCT especially, for example, be WAY tankier than I'm able to pull off as a MNK.
Like omg PCT I've seen it have 2 to 3 people just bursting all out on it and somehow it's living; like it just won't die; it's crazy!
Going back to the Thunderclap for a moment, specifically I'd say this is in my experience with it for:
Offense: Good for diving in. The shield soaks minor splash damage, but won't stop you from getting deleted if you dive into a big 5v5 pile-up.
Defense (The Weak Link): Most jobs have a "get out of jail free" card (teleports/jumps). Thunderclap requires a teammate to be in the right spot to even attempt using it as an escape tool.
The Shield Flaw: If it is used as an escape tool a teammate gets the shield, not you. You'll still often die due to server snapshotting the attacks that were going off on your back as you were trying to dive out.
Utility: It’s much better for saving others. Gapping to a dying friend to give them a shield and peeling off of them is its best defensive use, defensively I've had the most success using it like that.
That's my experiences with it, it never feels like a 'defensive' unless a 1v1 duel.
Like if you look at MANY of the abilities, so many do 8k+ in damage and now imagine even only 2 people attacking you at once; forget 3+ people attacking. That 8k is something, I'm not arguing that, but it's not a match changing ability like an LB, which is how you're describing it lol -
02-16-2026, 06:03 AMBureda
Firstly. What are you doing man? You've come here with disingenuous intentions, acting like a victim like MNK hasn't been one of the most broken jobs in this game for multiple seasons.
I should be thankful you're keeping this thread alive I suppose.
You are glad. How would you act of Monk was brought down by 3k HP? It had more HP because it was lacking range. Now it has Range.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylecia
Extra HP is better than nothing. You are still 3k or 1.5k hp from getting killed.
FACTS. FFXIV devs still need time to AI generated patch notes and job balances. Give them some time. Maybe one day they will figure out Cloth/Ranged shouldn't be tanks or bruisers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylecia
I'm not here to teach you how to play. You can dash on someone to get a shield and then knock them away. Think outside the box. Or you can peel someone off by doing damage as you slowly bait one or two people away from a team fight. The possibilities are endless because your job is disgustingly broken!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylecia
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Like if you look at MANY of the abilities, so many do 8k+ in damage and now imagine even only 2 people attacking you at once; forget 3+ people attacking. That 8k is something, I'm not arguing that, but it's not a match changing ability like an LB, which is how you're describing it lol
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02-16-2026, 09:17 AMPhyleciaThat right there! That's what I'm trying to see and understand. You say 'disgustingly broken'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bureda
Just doing some research, some of the top results will show you what I'm saying:
https://simpleboost.com/guides/ffxiv...ading-anchor-1
C (Underperforming) Monk (Melee DPS), Reaper (Melee DPS), Dancer (Ranged DPS), Black Mage (Caster DPS) These jobs face tough odds in CC’s burst-heavy and CC-driven environment. Monk and Reaper can function but get overshadowed by simpler, stronger melees. Dancer offers support but minimal kill pressure. Black Mage has brutal damage but is too vulnerable to perform consistently.
A lot of the community see MNK as a discount BLM; it basically does BLM stuff, only worse. Less sustained damage, less CC, etc. (my 2 cents I'd actually rather try to kill another mnk than a blm, they're deceptively tankie).
Everything I'm parroting is what I've read, bounced off of AI and also having played it a lot myself.
So if MNK is actually broken, please show me; don't tell me I'm dumb or too blind to see it, please explain it or show me.
If it is broken, you should have no issue proving it with a link or some kind of comparison towards the other jobs I would think. -
02-16-2026, 11:51 AMBuredaYou linked me a website that says this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylecia
Red Mage packs a versatile kit that fuses melee combos, ranged spells, healing utility, and crowd control. This job shifts between “White Shift” (enchanted melee combos) and “Black Shift” (powerful spell damage).
Get out of here and go RP or something. Your acting skills are peak! -
02-16-2026, 11:34 PMPhyleciaOkay, clearly I'm talking to a wall at this point... omg we ARE role-playing!? O_OQuote:
Originally Posted by Bureda
Well... if we do ever do this again, I get to play the angry wall with opinions next time. ;) -
02-17-2026, 02:23 AMBuredaThank you for keeping the thread alive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylecia
I will be the disingenuous overpowered job cry baby main (possible square enix agent) with the intentions of spreading misinformation in a dead mode because Square Enix choses to releases dead on arrival games instead of communicating with its fans like actual human beings. -
02-17-2026, 03:22 AMtheunhappypotato
people take pvp in ff14 serious?
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02-17-2026, 03:28 AMConnorLooks like people are taking it so seriously they’re PvP’ing on the forums now lolQuote:
Originally Posted by theunhappypotato
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02-18-2026, 05:46 AMReginald_Cain
I'll paste my response to another pvp post here
"Ok I'm gonna step on a lot of toes here but ranked video game ladders are just glorified gambling. Look at league of legends and overwatch, you will get gatekeepers who just troll on purpose to keep people low rank, smurfs that play on alts to bully low skill noobs and the worst part of it is that people who participate become deluded and think they'll be rewarded for their effort but don't realize despite trying hard you need to learn things you didn't even know exist like macro and tempo. If your progress is completely at the mercy of not only your performance but a bunch of other people then it's better to step back and figure out how to better yourself in something more tangible. I think video game ranked modes are degenerate by nature."
They could nerf and buff whatever jobs the community wants but the game will never feel satisfactory or balanced because of behavior and gameplay patterns created by the competitive atmosphere. Balancing jobs will never balance your team mates or enemy team mates and they will make certain jobs feel broken by exploiting how fast certain combos make an individual player on the opposing team rage quit. -
02-18-2026, 08:24 AMThreeBeastSmileI wouldn't have trusted what that site had to say, even if it was current. I vastly preferred the previous iteration of RPR, and the one before it too (ST focus, no Guillo). When it was like that, it was a very capable job that was mostly slept on; wasn't underperforming at all when I took it in. When it got more of an AoE focus, it was still fine to handle. What it got changed to now is when I stopped playing it, it's just far too clunky and unenjoyable (though I guess it still does RPR things...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Phylecia
I'm not going to run the rest of those thoughts through with a finer comb, as a number of points have been brought up fine enough as it is when it comes to MNK, but that AI verdict is lacking a good bit of functional context (e.g. "RoE heal bad cuz delay". Well then, just pick up the timing better. It is a pretty strong feedback skill). MNK hasn't been particularly weak for a looooong time, and it very much fulfils its role as bruiser damage dealer, unlike what the AI appears to, uhh... "think". Also where is the part about it being pro at taking advantage of stage gimmicks?.. Funny thing to be leaving out by the AI... has it just not been pointed out enough for it to get a hit on that aspect? I know stage events can be randomly timed but it's worth mentioning it.
But folks are out PvP'ing in PvE as well wdym. :( They even PvP over houses! (RIP that housemaxxing thread). It's way more tamer in here than it is out there smh. This is cozy.~Quote:
Originally Posted by theunhappypotato
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02-23-2026, 04:01 AMBuredaI show my winrates for the world to see. I already know the system is hard wired to keep your ratio around the 50% marker. That is why it doesn't matter how strong a job is, it will just balance it overtime. I've gone from 90% win rates tp 42% wr, just to be kept around 'Yoshi P's Golden Ratio' as I like to fondly call it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reginald_Cain
The issue stems on how fun the game mode is. At the moment seeing a PCT or BLM tank multiple people like a joke just isn't it.
The mode is reaching 5 years in April, still no onboarding, still no guidea still no meaningful updates, still no communication.
In EU we had a community showcase and the one JP Dev there just came by to flex he was traveling. Didn't even bother to take extra half an hour and hear some takes.