Game content is full of mistakes...much worse than FFXIV 1.23

[Sapphic]

Duelle, the black mage wouldn't be designed around rotations if the developers were going for elemental resistances. The black mage would have several different kinds of elemental spells to use in place of fire when fighting something that is resistant or immune to it.

You don't see the pointlessness in that?

Instead of using one button to attack (fire) you just spam practically the same thing that is ice or lightning. Just pointless extra abilities that are fight specific. Fire bolt, ice bolt, lightning bolt. Same potency. What is the point? There would be no "complexity" at all. It would be more limiting if you could only use 1 elemental type on certain fights and not your full arsenal.

[Tupsi]

You don't see the pointlessness in that?

Instead of using one button to attack (fire) you just spam practically the same thing that is ice or lightning. Just pointless extra abilities that are fight specific. Fire bolt, ice bolt, lightning bolt. Same potency. What is the point? There would be no "complexity" at all. It would be more limiting if you could only use 1 elemental type on certain fights and not your full arsenal.

Think back to every RPG that has a caster with multiple spells.

Then think about the situations in which you'd shift around your spells rather than having only 2 truly useful elements while the 3rd is a simple DoT element. All it truly does is open up having more spells to choose from rather than just spamming Fire on Ifrit for example (which by all rights should heal him lol.)

[Sapphic]

Think back to every RPG that has a caster with multiple spells.

Then think about the situations in which you'd shift around your spells rather than having only 2 truly useful elements while the 3rd is a simple DoT element. All it truly does is open up having more spells to choose from rather than just spamming Fire on Ifrit for example (which by all rights should heal him lol.)

So instead fo spamming Fire, you would spam ice. Whereas now you can use fire, ice and thunder, in other words, every damage ability does damage. instead of select few for each boss. Hence the effect of elementals resistance being more limiting than not having it. Hence their is no "increased complexity".

Ifrit, spam ice. Shiva (when released) spam fire. Yawn. Or lets go further and make some magic immune, so casters are worthless on them, just like certain ones in FFXI. (thats sarcasm btw).

More abilities will be added as level cap is raised, which according to Yoshi in previous posts/interviews, they will raise cap when new classes/jobs are introduced. Whether thats still the plan... tell ya closer to 2.4 XD TBH I think things are going to start to get really interesting come the xpac.

[Tupsi]

Ifrit, spam ice. Shiva (when released) spam fire. Yawn. Or lets go further and make some magic immune, so casters are worthless on them, just like certain ones in FFXI. (thats sarcasm btw).

Btw, there's a Hunt monster that shifts immunities between Physical and Magical.

[Felis]

Ifrit, spam ice. Shiva (when released) spam fire.

If it woul be like in 1.x, it would be Wind against Ifrit

Wind > Fire > Ice > Wind
That would make WHM the best DD against Ifrit if Wind would not be a DoT ^^

I still wish CNJ would have get the BLM job. Keep the element spells together instead of tear them apart to give one half to THM.

THM would have been good WHM. After all they are priests (even if a bit greedy sometimes) and had all the astral spells (and umbral spells) and it was the best healer.

[Duelle]

You don't see the pointlessness in that?

Instead of using one button to attack (fire) you just spam practically the same thing that is ice or lightning. Just pointless extra abilities that are fight specific. Fire bolt, ice bolt, lightning bolt. Same potency. What is the point? There would be no "complexity" at all. It would be more limiting if you could only use 1 elemental type on certain fights and not your full arsenal.

Yay, someone finally gets it.

Back when they were discussing changes to spells before the ability revamp, I figured they would use a ramp up mechanic but for each element. Looking back I realize how cluttered that would have made the ability bars. A concession had to be made for the sake of mechanics, and in a way it's impressive that they managed to give all elements a role within BLM's combat model over making one usable and others rubbish depending on the fight.

Think back to every RPG that has a caster with multiple spells.

Think back to all the cluttered spell lists. Think back to the fact some RPG concepts don't transition well into an MMORPG.

[odintius]

Back when they were discussing changes to spells before the ability revamp, I figured they would use a ramp up mechanic but for each element. Looking back I realize how cluttered that would have made the ability bars. A concession had to be made for the sake of mechanics, and in a way it's impressive that they managed to give all elements a role within BLM's combat model over making one usable and others rubbish depending on the fight.
Think back to all the cluttered spell lists. Think back to the fact some RPG concepts don't transition well into an MMORPG.

I played blackmage in ffxi allot with all those spells was awesome and marco's becomes you friend quickly you could use any spell quickly and accuratly depending on what your doing all that was required was some effort on players part to set that up. With the current macro system it even more easy to do the /macroicon is a god given tool imo.