5.0 Combat changes: What do you expect?

[HyoMinPark]

That's pretty much how my bars are already organized.
Things that need to be pressed most often to things that need to be pressed least often.


I personally don't like the idea of anything else eating up my visual real estate, but I'll mess around with the other hotbars idea. I know they're still there because the outlines appear in HUD layout. I've never set any of them up before though since I've purely played this game on console PS3 >> PS4.

I recommend setting up at least one for cooldowns—it is a godsend for cooldown/buff management since I don’t have to shuffle anymore. I set mine at size 80% so that it’s not too large and doesn’t take up too much space, which was an issue when I was on a laptop because 15” screen so smol. ;w;

[Selova]

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You say you have no reference but somehow you came to the understanding that Yoshi P. was considering consolidating combos into 1 button, this is you misinterpreting what he said. Hyomin already posted it, he was referring to abilities that barely get any use in PvE (one ilm punch ect.) not that he was going to consolidate combos for classes into 1 single button. He has never said he was considering doing this period.

[Physic]

You say you have no reference but somehow you came to the understanding that Yoshi P. was considering consolidating combos into 1 button, this is you misinterpreting what he said. Hyomin already posted it, he was referring to abilities that barely get any use in PvE (one ilm punch ect.) not that he was going to consolidate combos for classes into 1 single button. He has never said he was considering doing this period.

dont touch my one inch punch, id actually rather them consolidate the combos, but it doesnt work for monk since there is a very good skill that allows you to ignore stances.

[Vahlnir]

I tend to keep my expectations reasonably low when it comes to SE and this game's development because I have been burned in the past. So I guess I don't expect a whole lot but certainly hope for the best when it comes to making jobs play smoothly.

[Reiryuu]

I haven't gone through all 8 pages, so I don't know if I'm the only pessimist in the thread, but I expect a huge $***storm probably even bigger than the one white mages did at the beginning of 4.0 this time around. I could be wrong, and if I am, great... but... something in my gut is really predicting $*** hits the fan. Will it be healers? Tanks or some other classes or a combination thereof? I don't know... but... yeah... I am expecting a lot of blowback in May.

[kidalutz]

I'm just worried the lack of tp and the reliance on mp for everything is gonna screw people hard.

I suspect it'll be dark buttons all around.

[Gihwezi]

I'm just worried the lack of tp and the reliance on mp for everything is gonna screw people hard.

I suspect it'll be dark buttons all around.

Yeah this is probably one of my biggest worries too. I'm sort of scared of what this means for bard in particular, especially where foes is concerned.

[Ogulbuk]

I doubt they would just remove all resource cost from physical AoE but keep Spell based AoE flaring MP. Either a different resource may be needed, AoE will end up getting a cool down, or they will become combo finishers.... or spell based ones may stop costing MP.... but I really feel it would be very unbalanced to leave the Spell based AoE costing MP when physical ones go free.

[MariaArvana]

I'm just worried the lack of tp and the reliance on mp for everything is gonna screw people hard.

I suspect it'll be dark buttons all around.

Realistically, nothing that didn't use MP before won't suddenly be using it now unless they're doing an entire overhaul over every aspect of the combat system (which I suspect these combat changes are not going to be anywhere near that level of scale, based on stormblood's 'battle system changes'). The most realistic thing they're gonna do is just remove TP costs so physical attacks no longer need a resource of any kind to function, since outside of AoE or being freshly revived, TP was impossible to bottom out on any job unless the fight dragged on for eternity thus rendering it basically pointless. They'd also have to severely re-balance and revamp DRK, PLD, BRD & BRD (and technically they'd have to design dancer to account for it) due to the jobs using both MP & TP.

So we'll have spells continuing to use MP, with every physical move being resource free (outside of gauge moves).

[Rowde]

Realistically, nothing that didn't use MP before won't suddenly be using it now unless they're doing an entire overhaul over every aspect of the combat system (which I suspect these combat changes are not going to be anywhere near that level of scale, based on stormblood's 'battle system changes'). The most realistic thing they're gonna do is just remove TP costs so physical attacks no longer need a resource of any kind to function, since outside of AoE or being freshly revived, TP was impossible to bottom out on any job unless the fight dragged on for eternity thus rendering it basically pointless. They'd also have to severely re-balance and revamp DRK, PLD, BRD & BRD (and technically they'd have to design dancer to account for it) due to the jobs using both MP & TP.

So we'll have spells continuing to use MP, with every physical move being resource free (outside of gauge moves).

No... AoE skills are going to have to require some sort of resource. War would be absolutely OP broken with Berserk Overpower spam in any low level content...

I feel like since all jobs already have an MP pool that will be the resource... with Melee/Physical jobs that already use MP (PLD, DRK, BRD) getting an adjustment to the costs of their existing spells and abilities.
EDIT: forgot rdm has some tp use too.