"Job XXX only" parties

[Wynn]

In FF games, its always has been " Having the the right combination of Class/job" Always need a couple healers, or else your Tank/party will die, Always need a Tank or your party won't last against his/her attacks, Always Need DD/nukes to take down your foe, if you have no Damage you won't kill the foe ( especially a boss).

You do need " somewhat" of a setup. The DD aspect of it all I get anything related to Damage. BUT, I always get a GLA/2~3 healers/ Rest DDs. If you don't have that Basic Formula, You will die @ a boss at the very least.

Just to add to what Star is saying, there is a basic formula but it is maleable. Anyone that tells you that only X party set up will work is simply parroting back what someone told him. It's not true to that degree. But, yes, you do need a certain distribution of healers if you want to succeed.

[Starlord]

Just to add to what Star is saying, there is a basic formula but it is maleable. Anyone that tells you that only X party set up will work is simply parroting back what someone told him. It's not true to that degree. But, yes, you do need a certain distribution of healers if you want to succeed.

I defied the Odds.. and didn't use a SINGLE ARC... and guess what Our Linkshell Prevailed against Orge ( many times over lolz) You can do any setup you desire, because I am sure there are Multiple setups people can use. Its only for when, someone finds " the first" setup that works.. EVERYONE does the same thing, ignoring the fact of other Possibilities are out there to beat said content.

[Krausus]

right now for ifirit the best winning combination is tank, 2x healer, and 4 x lancer this will eventually even out as people get more and more used to the fight. As with DH when it was tank and 7 x ranged classes.

[Jennestia]

It's astonishing SE actually managed to repeat the class-exclusivity mistake once again.

The playerbase created this problem. Just like Darkhold and any other content currently available, there's no "right" setup, just one people found as an "auto win" combo.

And don't tell me it's the players fault.

So you hate having the right answer? It's present in every MMORPG to date.

[Serdapi]

People are stupid who believe SE created a fight with only XXX class in mind. No it is the communities that create that not SE. Please turn your hate in the right direction.

[Quesse]

There are usually several decent tactics but people are just too lazy to discover additional party setups once they find one that works.

[Molly_Millions]

lol Those folks are confused, for most situations as long as you have a tank and a healer (and the tank is even option most of the time) the other members don't matter much.

[Teakwood]

This will always, /always/ be the case, until people actually voluntarily play healplz at the right frequency that people don't get stuck shouting for some healplz. =P

[Kiroh]

People are stupid who believe SE created a fight with only XXX class in mind. No it is the communities that create that not SE. Please turn your hate in the right direction.

Actually there is a good reason Lancer is the preferred DD for Ifrit, and it's not because they do the best damage. Lancer is the only job that can engage Ifrit with auto-attack that has the range to stay far enough back to not be constantly hit by his plumes that he spits out at anyone within range of his body after he rages.

It's not an issue of player preference, it's just what people have to do because the mp cost on cures makes in nearly impossible to heal a tank and the other DDs without running out of mp in about 5 minutes or so.

[Gramul]

That's probably because those parties, you know, need that type of job or something.