I don't see the grand picture. Help me understand.

[Anon]

Well here I thought this thread was about spells. Got a little side tracked with mounts but I don't really care if I don't like them i just wont use them but spells on the other hand are being forced upon me and they look like they suck or are plain ripoffs from non ff games..

[Betelgeuzah]

This game is moving past unbalanced mess of a "game" (past FF's) towards a real game with balanced and actually difficult content requiring gaming skill beyond knowing what mobs to grind to outlevel the boss X.

That's where this game is moving.

[PrettyPrincess]

This game is moving past unbalanced mess of a "game" (past FF's) towards a real game with balanced and actually difficult content requiring gaming skill beyond knowing what mobs to grind to outlevel the boss X.

That's where this game is moving.

I never thought I'd say this but...Betel I a...ag...ree. I AGREE

[Kailok]

Well if we're on the topic of colored chocobo's, I'd like to say I'd enjoy the style of breeding FF7 had where it's tiered.

Where 2 Yellow choco's can make a blue or green, and then a variation of those can make a black choco, and then mixing a black choco with a well tamed yellow can make a gold chocobo. It'd be nice to see people who've put a lot of work into it running around with crazy awesome gold chocobos :O

[DoctorMog]

Breeding is coming in a few patches, lets hope its like that.

[Betelgeuzah]

No need for bosses if crafted gear is better than boss gear.

/Craft best gear.
/Sit in town with best gear on.

If you've got the skillz to get rich or die tryin', sure.

It's a competition bud. You are only rich relative to everyone else.

Also not everyone wants to go through the crafting process to get cool shiznits (shocking revelation). Plus the boss gear looks cooler.

[DoctorMog]

If you've got the skillz to get rich or die tryin', sure.

It's a competition bud. You are only rich relative to everyone else.

Also not everyone wants to go through the crafting process to get cool shiznits (shocking revelation). Plus the boss gear looks cooler.

Nah man, it was sarcasm.

I agree with you fully.

[DoctorMog]

Oh, and what about Barcher?

/mind blown

Where did that come from? lol

[Dreadnought]

I don't know how THM/BLM will work out. I do know that in the past FF games BLM hasn't had access to all the elements, so it's not that much a stretch for that to be the case in this game. In regards to CNJ/WHM, I think it's an interesting twist. Looking over the new abilities, I wouldn't be surprised that in a party with a PLD and a BRD a whm might not have to spend all his time healing. Giving a WHM some offensive ability will allow it some flexibility to give some burst damage here and there. They also have stated that some stats will be able to be moved around, so in this case maybe a person can make their whm a capable offensive mage along with healing. Is that a bad thing? If anything I feel like that's giving it more of the CNJ ethos.

It's written in it's description: "Conjurers are a casting class known for their specialization in healing and defense-enhancing magic. They also possess some skill with elemental magic, granting them a degree of offensive ability, and can put single targets to sleep, providing a valuable source of control. White mages are powerful casters whose talents enable them to fully restore the HP of all party members in a mere instant. Beyond healing, they can also apply their MP towards attack magic, granting them extremely powerful offensive abilities."

If you look over the class adjustments, it seems like the developers thought long and hard about how to solidify each class while also having them compliment each other. But idk maybe I'm alone.

i suppose it goes into taste.
you essentially repeated what i just said, CNJ/WHM is a "jack of all trades" which is then by definition not a defined role.

I dont want Whitemages nuking in my party, i want them healing and buffing. if they want to nuke, then they can cross class spells or play solo. WHICH IS EXACTLY what some others are telling us THM/BLMs to do and for us to stop crying about it.

[Rentahamster]

Well if we're on the topic of colored chocobo's, I'd like to say I'd enjoy the style of breeding FF7 had where it's tiered.

Where 2 Yellow choco's can make a blue or green, and then a variation of those can make a black choco, and then mixing a black choco with a well tamed yellow can make a gold chocobo. It'd be nice to see people who've put a lot of work into it running around with crazy awesome gold chocobos :O

Yes, I hope it has traits that carry on following Mendelian inheritance. Would make for an interesting project.

Elaborated in here:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Want-Your-Fix