A big Problem that MAY come up with Stormblood...

[Araxes]

I agree with you OP I was a DRK man but wow don't like the DRK changes and worst of all no dark flame aura that was promised when new skills were added. Yes I see more people go to dps jobs based on being both visual app leading and more rewarding.

Yeah the Visuals are are a big thing in this Game^^ Thats why everyone glamours the shit out of theyr characters. But yeah its not only a hype thing. They are totally serious with like preparing the shared lvl 60 Gear, getting specific Food and Stuff so the switch to the other Job are going to be more easy and fast.

[Belhi]

Yeah the Visuals are are a big thing in this Game^^ Thats why everyone glamours the shit out of theyr characters. But yeah its not only a hype thing. They are totally serious with like preparing the shared lvl 60 Gear, getting specific Food and Stuff so the switch to the other Job are going to be more easy and fast.

I kind of wonder if longer queue times will change their minds. Honestly I think that is a big reason healer and tank numbers usually average out. People who don't mind those jobs and don't like waiting naturally migrate back to them. As it is SAM and RDM are going to spike the DPS queues early on.

Regardless what exactly is bothering you? If its flashy you want then just look at Release the Inner Beast. Big explosion, Aura of flame, glowing red eyes.

SCH is very much in trouble for regular dungeons.. AoE got gutted and the rotation will be boring as hell, with no other healer having a more interesting rotation.. which gives reason to switch roles as well.

Its worth pointing out that apparently at the JP media tour Bane wasn't nerfed so its unclear which is the more likely to make it live.

[KisaiTenshi]

I kind of wonder if longer queue times will change their minds. Honestly I think that is a big reason healer and tank numbers usually average out. People who don't mind those jobs and don't like waiting naturally migrate back to them. As it is SAM and RDM are going to spike the DPS queues early on.

What I feel is going to happen...

Early access: Everyone who has AST and WAR at level 60 will play that and ignore PLD, DRK, SCH and WHM for content and get it to level 70 first. No point waiting in a queue in early access.

Release: Everyone who got their healer/tanks to level 70 in early access will use it for tomes/duty roulette and switch to the new DPS roles and use existing gear they already have acquired.

Two weeks after release: Queues will stabilize.

First patch: Next Raid is released, all existing Raid content gets abandoned.

Second patch: Minor rebalances based on Raid completion.