Will they ever bring crowd control back?

[Mistyregions]

Man I just was recently reminded of when CC was a thing, you could sleep mobs etc etc. You guys think that will ever make a comeback? I would love some more CC control elements.

[OrangeCrystarium]

CC will never be a feature while encounters are designed with pushing DPS as hard as possible within certain time limits, as well as bosses typically being immune to all CC/or gaining resistance after so many uses.

[Neophyte]

CC will never be a feature while encounters are designed with pushing DPS as hard as possible within certain time limits, as well as bosses typically being immune to all CC/or gaining resistance after so many uses.

A3s and A6s were both hard dps checks and still had crowd control. I don't see the connection, high raid dps requirement doesn't mean that you can't have mechanics were you need to slow/stun/bind/sleep stuff.

[Crushnight]

I recently was running some older content and stunned a boss when it was doing an aoe, the DPS was suprised, they said they never seen a tank stun a boss before.

I laughed, I then cried. I still use stun every single pull, and sometimes I catch myself just attempting to stun out of reflex.

The Devs could make them useful again most likely raid settings since every CC in ShB seems to be between tank/healers with Dps having a mixture so they have the opportunity to make them relevant whether they will or not who knows.

A3s and A6s were both hard dps checks and still had crowd control. I don't see the connection, high raid dps requirement doesn't mean that you can't have mechanics were you need to slow/stun/bind/sleep stuff.

Oh yea i forgot you had to silence a robot in A6S my memory is fuzzy now XD

[MOZZYSTAR]

Oh man, when I played WHM I would always sleep extra mobs in "particularly difficult dungeons" like Aurum Vale back in ARR. Granted, it often failed when DPS attacked anyway despite my "DO NOT TOUCH THESE YOU NINNY" macro icons These days I'm not sure how feasible that is because the AoE DPS is insane. People don't really fight monsters one-by-one in higher content. But I did like being able to help with crowd control as a healer.

[Vercinotrix]

I doubt it.

They'd have to make mobs have massive party damage for it to actually matter, which would lead to people getting mad at those who don't use it. I don't agree that they shouldn't exist for that reason, but usually CC and interrupt mechanics are taken out because a lot of people don't bother to put stuff on their hotbars if it doesn't heal or do damage which in-turn causes arguments and frustration when those things become required.

MMOs now-days tend to only incorporate that stuff on the highest difficulty settings if at all and if those mechanics are seen in easier content you can usually just outright ignore them.

There's also the go-go-go speed running culture that would clash with, and since speed running and race against the clock is the new cool way to do difficulty, I doubt we'll ever see CC heavy content again. In any game, not just FF.

[Drayce1]

Crowd control, in this? Most players can barely figure out how to do simple stuff like stack for doritos, read their friggen skill tool tips, or use enmity reduction tools. You want CC back in THIS!? Hahahahahah....

Oh wait, you serious, let me laugh even harder.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA...

Ah...you funny.

[Arazehl]

Man I just was recently reminded of when CC was a thing, you could sleep mobs etc etc. You guys think that will ever make a comeback? I would love some more CC control elements.

I remember the good ole days in Everquest where an enchanter in your party was vital just for crowd control. It was fun mesmerizing the hordes of mobs so your party could pick off each mob one at a time. I also remember once in a while some caster would cast a area wide aoe and wake them up too. Wiping just to start over clearing a dungeon again. haha. Those were the days!

[Baka_Neko1]

Holy is all the crowd control you need/want. But if you're on PLD and don't have a WHM and you're scared, feel free to start shield bashing /shrug

[Urthdigger]

I would love it, but it'd likely have to be an element of savage raids or extreme primals. As has been said, people are gonna whine if they're expected to CC stuff in casual content.