Quote Originally Posted by ChazNatlo View Post
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Anyway, in theory I don't see anything wrong with my suggestion. Of course implementation is another matter.

That said, the game will never be 100% balanced. This is reality. To demand perfect balance is to demand the impossible.

Classes right now are nigh useless. They aren't even "second class", they are "no class".

The reason I offered up "preparation" as a trade off for "not having to dodge" is because a good deal of raiders don't like to have to prep for a raid.

They don't want to stock up on potions. They don't want to craft dragon slaying weapons to kill a dragon. [1]

They just want to log in, raid, log out. FFXIV current design accommodates these types of players - ... talk about "industrialized laziness".

If they can accommodate such players, I don't see why they can't accommodate players with high ping.

[1] Which if you think about it, RPing wise it makes no sense, since in just about every fantasy story the characters prepare for big battles - heck, the preparation might even be the story.