Dragoon Punished at lvl 58 - What needs to be done with Wheeling Thrust

[Fynlar]

It adds a dynamic that did not previously exist on any job. It demands an awareness that no other job demands. It's an entirely unique mechanic.

I'm talking about what Wheeling Thrust does FOR the job. As in, benefits.

All you have mentioned are costs.

Idk what you're talking about, BotD works JUST FINE after you get Wheeling thrust.

Prove to me, other than your own personal opinion, that BotD now fails to work after obtaining any of the abilities gated by it.

It's not that it fails to work, it's that by unlocking a new ability I now have a DPS/time loss because I can't just automatically move to the flank for the 4th hit. And even if I have mastered it, I have gained nothing by doing so.

It's similar to the issue BLMs face with the way Firestarter works; you can't make full use of Firestarter without intentionally delaying your Fire casts because the proc doesn't show up until after you've already started casting the next Fire. Except delaying your Fire casts in order to catch every Firestarter proc would be an even more severe DPS loss, so nobody does that.

The thing is, far fewer people complain about Firestarter because it is still a net benefit as opposed to not having it at all.

Obtaining Wheeling Thrust afforded us no such luxury. There is no reason for it to be there at all and it adds nothing to the job besides complexity.

I would have said I don't know how people can support complexity just for the sake of complexity, but then I remember what forums I'm on and it all suddenly makes sense.