[QUOTE=Miste;4682763]Yeah I understand that. Simply I wouldn't say all WHM's nerfs were unnecessary which is what I was contesting.

Necessary for balance is one thing. But there are also the changes that drastically alter gameplay. 4.0 in general seemed like a disaster for WHM, to me, even if our relative effectiveness was still in balance. We gave up things that were an active part of the gameplay -- Cleric Stance, Stoneskin, etc. -- for longer CD things like Thin Air and... Lilies. Even when they're not nerfing WHM's performance, it often still feels like a nerf to WHM's fun.

Then you add stuff like this, where the damage reduction on Lightspeed is removed and billed as a "QoL" change (L o L) when it's actually just a straight buff that makes WHM completely redundant, while we sit around wondering when we're going to get the unique Job mechanics that everyone else did in 4.0. It really starts to feel like intentional neglect, as with DRK, as someone else mentioned.

Quote Originally Posted by KDSilver View Post
But what he's doing now is what he could have done since the beginning since no potencies have been increased.
First off, no, that's not how it works, he couldn't have done it before because movement precluded it from happening. Second, no, that's not how it works because A. Helios's cast time reduction also factors in. Third, no, that's not how it works because the lack of GCD clipping gives you more potential / opportunity to utilize Minor Arcana. The cast time reductions were themselves a straight buff and pretending they weren't is intellectually dishonest, at best.