SE: if it aint broke, dont fix it (War)

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Lining up buffs and keeping with raid buffs [I]was/is[/I/ more difficult than on the other jobs where you either hold mana (DRK) or are locked in a rotation anyways (PLD), but not hugely so. I think it's kind of hasty to throw Xeno under the bus for his comments about DHcrit and the opener though, because what he was talking about in regards to FC and how it is now vs Heavensward was true.

I understood what Xeno was attempting to say, the problem lies more in how he says things. His online/youtube persona is very over-the-top, which I get the necessity of to a point, but it results in many viewers hearing the "volume" of the message and not the details of the content. So while his comments were meant to be pointed at specifics, what people heard and then repeated was "WAR Needs Crit Badly!". That coupled with the playing up of how WAR was "so much more complicated" and required "way more skill" and now we see the repercussions of that, even if such statements were really just a way of tooting one's own horn.

Honestly, I for the most part have no real problem with Xeno and from what I understand he is a really nice guy. I have more of a problem with the people that don't think for themselves and bandwagon and latch onto parroting hyperbole. I just wish Xeno would be more mindful of the effect that the things that he says, in the way that he says them, has on the viewpoints that take root in the community.

Having a very visible voice and presence means having power, and as the adage goes "with great power comes great responsibility".