A detailed Reaction to Warrior in SB

[YitharV2]

a flood of WARs still claim that the job is viable

It is viable though. 3.x Monk was viable. 4.0 Scholar is viable. Viable just means you can clear the content with it.

[ovIm]

It is viable though. 3.x Monk was viable. 4.0 Scholar is viable. Viable just means you can clear the content with it.

Hm, I give you that, perhaps viable is the wrong word. Less desireable or lacking might be more suiting. I admit that its perfectly possible to clear content with a WAR in your party.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

Hm, I give you that, perhaps viable is the wrong word. Less desireable or lacking might be more suiting. I admit that its perfectly possible to clear content with a WAR in your party.

This 100%. WAR can clear all the content and doesn't crumble into dust when fighting bosses or dungeon monsters but it needs some patching up. As much as I enjoy the changes they made, I'm surprised they didn't find a way to pack the buffs they took away into other skills and I'm surprised they didn't do something more fun with switching stances since it is so integral to the WAR.

Berserk with a trait could have had "Heals for a percentage of the damage dealt"
Storms path, if they want to get rid of its group utility, it could have been given a trait also "Additional effect: Does something nice"

As for the stance swapping, I always imagined gaining a temporary buff based on the amount of gauge consumed on switch but that's just me.