"Complex" game mechanics

[Bishop81]

Minecraft is already online...

Shoo ... thread derailer! I bid you be gone!!!

Talking about pets, I do wish SE would do 2 things I love in WoW.

1. When you mount up, pet goes on auto-passive. No more riding through something and there goes your pet, constantly have to re-summon when you get to your destination. Or, remember to change pet stances each time you mount up and dismount. But, they removed requiring to dismount when entering a city, so, remove the need to pet stance dance.

2. When the pet is not tanking, it auto-positions to the rear. Especially SMN solo with Chocobo. Ok Titan, I need to park you over there, because my bird is too stupid to move. Ok, now keep attacking. Good boy.

1. Don't get it why this still isn't fixed. I had to create a mount macro with /pac Steady. /smh
   
2. Another strange thing SE didn't implement as it would help Ifrit and Chocobos to not get cleaved to death by bosses. That reminds me, they should really clone WoW's glyphed Water Elemental "follow me at my side at all times" behavior for range pets.

People struggle enough with "simple" mechanics already, I can only imagine the hilarity that would ensue if they added actually complex classes. I highly doubt a necromancer class would be a thing either, the next pet class we are likely to see is Beastmaster

Not really pinning for a necromancer class.

Just ... as I said, all SMN (and I think BLM) got for "mechanics" this expansion are stupid buffs on a timer - i.e. Aethertrail and Dreadwyrm Trance (and Enochainsomething). All those do is make you rush to squeeze in as many attacks as possible or stress you out about using a specific attack within the time limit. Mechanically about as interesting as DDR.

[Malevicton]

Just ... as I said, all SMN (and I think BLM) got for "mechanics" this expansion are stupid buffs on a timer - i.e. Aethertrail and Dreadwyrm Trance (and Enochainsomething). All those do is make you rush to squeeze in as many attacks as possible or stress you out about using a specific attack within the time limit. Mechanically about as interesting as DDR.

"Enochainsomething"

You've definitely convinced me that you have appropriate experience to form these decisions and understand what you're talking about.

[Bishop81]

"Enochainsomething"

You've definitely convinced me that you have appropriate experience to form these decisions and understand what you're talking about.

I'm not good with names. If you can't see pass spelling in an argument ... I'm sure you must make many "good" decision in life.

[Bishop81]

It's not as though I was wrong either. It's not like you're throwing these out as personal ideas, you're slamming SE's ability to make mechanics and saying yours are better. But you don't seem to have a solid understanding of how their mechanics even work.

LOL. Explain how you are right then.

When has not being able to spell the name of something = not knowing how it works?

[Reka121402]

"Enochainsomething"

You've definitely convinced me that you have appropriate experience to form these decisions and understand what you're talking about.

Quoting the beginning of the argument to throw in my $0.02

Enochain is the spell, so actually he got it correct.

He is also 100% correct on his description of BLM, albeit a little vague. Up until 3.0 BLM was a proc based DPS caster, easy to play, fun to play. At 3.0 it is the same, until level 60 and our ENTIRE ROTATION is completely changed. I honestly though about changing classes after my first Neverreap.

[Fendred]

Not really pinning for a necromancer class.

Just ... as I said, all SMN (and I think BLM) got for "mechanics" this expansion are stupid buffs on a timer - i.e. Aethertrail and Dreadwyrm Trance (and Enochainsomething). All those do is make you rush to squeeze in as many attacks as possible or stress you out about using a specific attack within the time limit. Mechanically about as interesting as DDR.

I definitely agree with this, and it seems to be a running theme across several DPS jobs. I don't play BLM, but they added something to their class along the same lines, and screwing it up is supposedly a b****.

[NolLacnala]

All those do is make you rush to squeeze in as many attacks as possible or stress you out about using a specific attack within the time limit. Mechanically about as interesting as DDR.

Actually, they're meant to make you punch your monitor when they fall off as you get sucked into Quarantine