Consolidated White Mage 4.0 Feedback Thread

[Fynlar]

The reason I say to delete WHM isn't for me. Sure, I can just drop it and never touch it again, and I plan to do so. What bothers me though is that people may pick it up expecting it to be a decent healer, only to find out later that it's objectively worse.

Are you one of Those Guys who berates fighting-game players who pick the characters that aren't considered to be among the best?

God forbid someone should play a job because they like it, or anything.

[SpookyGhost]

Are you one of Those Guys who berates fighting-game players who pick the characters that aren't considered to be among the best?

God forbid someone should play a job because they like it, or anything.

As much as I don't mind people playing WHM, this is a pretty poor comparison. Fighting games are competitive 1v1 games - by picking a character that isn't strong you're only potentially hurting yourself. In XIV (and MMOs in general) by picking a job that isn't strong you are affecting 7 other people's chance of killing the boss. The only real connection to the two is that you can use that weak character/job to beat any other character/kill the boss, but you'll be working significantly harder for the same reward.

Since we're bringing up fighting games, though, here's a fitting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGh4ZU4H5Hk

[Fynlar]

none of this accounts for the fact that the actual problem here is that the 4.0 WHM sounds miserable and unrewarding to play.

Matter of opinion. I'll still be playing it.

I'm not saying that no problem exists. I'm saying that berating a player for picking a job you don't like only says more about you than it does for them.

So, it's ok for BLMs to only cast freeze right? It kills the mobs eventually, surely that's fine. They should be allowed to pick the weaker option if that's what they want!

Your comparison sucks.

[Yallaid]

Matter of opinion. I'll still be playing it.

I will be as well, just like i did 3.x BRD. because i am stubborn and because these are the jobs that I like.

But just like with 3.x BRD, I Want The Job To Function Properly