Making WAR More Diverse/Fun Again

[Evaddaragon]

It's not that it can't work. It certainly can, as was shown with the introduction of jobs in 1.0


The actual problem is that it worked so well that it threw off the balance and made PLD undesirable for many weeks.

I believe it's better to simply implement a job that will change the role of MRD, but being based off of it. For instance, Berserker to MRD could be like SCH to ACN.

[Gwaeron]

It's not that it can't work. It certainly can, as was shown with the introduction of jobs in 1.0


The actual problem is that it worked so well that it threw off the balance and made PLD undesirable for many weeks.

I believe it's better to simply implement a job that will change the role of MRD, but being based off of it. For instance, Berserker to MRD could be like SCH to ACN.

Ah, but that's only partially true. For content that required huge and quick enmity generation (Garuda comes to mind), PLD was the goto tank. I also saw PLD used in Aurum Vale most of the time, for Coincounter. WAR did only really excell when there were multiple targets or when the enemies weren't that strong. For weaker stuff like Ifrit, the choice of tank didn't matter much.

Since SE decided to go the way they did, where each job can only do one thing because of gear restraints and how stat allocation works, I agree that just adding a new job to do the damage dealing is probably a better idea. It's not like anyone would pick a WAR instead of a MNK, BRD or DRG in 1.23 even if they COULD deal some pretty OK damage.

I for one wouldn't mind Berserkers with this AF!

[Exstal]

Ah, but that's only partially true. For content that required huge and quick enmity generation (Garuda comes to mind), PLD was the goto tank. I also saw PLD used in Aurum Vale most of the time, for Coincounter. WAR did only really excell when there were multiple targets or when the enemies weren't that strong. For weaker stuff like Ifrit, the choice of tank didn't matter much.

Since SE decided to go the way they did, where each job can only do one thing because of gear restraints and how stat allocation works, I agree that just adding a new job to do the damage dealing is probably a better idea. It's not like anyone would pick a WAR instead of a MNK, BRD or DRG in 1.23 even if they COULD deal some pretty OK damage.

I for one wouldn't mind Berserkers with this AF!

I think Krile's look is so ridiculous. That's something that should be specific to Lalafells.