In 4.0 can we please get rid of caster bars on physical ranged jobs?!

[Toranja]

Wanderer's Minuet was a mistake.

[Stormfur]

Reply-with-quote isn't working for me right now for some reason, but the question was -- if you're used to playing it that way in one expansion, why change it for the next?

Because sometimes it's needed. See Paladin in 2.0 versus Paladin in 3.0

Also, WM/GB just aren't fun. They are mind-numbingly boring.

[Velhart]

WM could use some adjustments to work the abilities more naturally, but besides that it is fine. Same for GB. I main MCH and I can still be pretty mobile since the amount of casting I do is still very small.

Also, switching in and out for GB is not recommended unless you really want that very small DPS increase. GB on and off is most ideal if you have to do a lot of moving during a phase which is not the case a lot of times.

[Starkbeaumont]

I will never understand the WM haters. i guess all those complaining will eventually lead the devs to change the playstyle again

[FoxyAreku]

Machinist should keep it, as it's a mechanic that was intended for them in the first place.

Bard I don't care though.

[Jas710]

WM does feel like a tacked-on unnecessary feature, but at the same time it's great to not have to tolerate bards who run around pewpewing fights like a 6-yr old overdosed on Mountain Dew thinking they are playing a CoD game.

[Brannigan]

but at the same time it's great to not have to tolerate bards who run around pewpewing fights like a 6-yr old overdosed on Mountain Dew thinking they are playing a CoD game.

Do they trigger epileptic seizures or something for you? Do people jumping and running around in a video game affect you that much? You may want to talk to a professional about this.


Were you upset when you learned FFXIV would have a jump button?

[TaranTatsuuchi]

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Were you upset when you learned FFXIV would have a jump button?

Actually, I can recall there being talk of people genuinely upset that they were adding jumping into 2.0....

[mb52139]

To be honest, I never noticed much of the jumping around like an idiot bards that people mention.. BUT that could be because I was 'the' bard for our static/raid group, and I was pretty grounded. (pun intentional)

As for WM.. I don't know.. I am getting the feeling that any changes now would be detrimental. Damage is done.. we'll probably just have to live with it.

[Ultimatecalibur]

On the T8 part, as a bard my mobility allowed me to handle mechanics like eating a mine, homing missile and tower push without sacrificing my skills. While the dmg buff of WM is nice i don't like it and after 3 patches of trying i just gave up and switched to another class because the cast bar is so finnicky

But there were also long periods of time when everyone was just staying stacked up on the rear of Avatar once mechanics had been handled. During these times all jobs save bard experienced a noticeable increase in average dps. WM was intended to rectify those kinds of situations.