5.0 WAR is a disappointment

[millktea]

Its just 4.x War but just a bit more flexible and fluid. Having Direct Crit "fell cleave/decimate" outside of inner release is nice, but War gained literally nothing new this expansion. It's the same job.

inner chaos and chaotic cyclone are just re-skins of inner beast and steel cyclone. SE couldn't even bother to make these two have their own unique animation? Chaotic Cyclone's icon is literally SC but recoloured in bright red overlay?? That lazy?

Single target rotation? It's the same as 4.x.
There is no variety with WAR. Fell cleave (only instead, you use a repurposed Inner beast if you infuriate). One combo. The same two storm options as the third hit.

Aoe rotation? Its better. Players can now gain beast gauge, keep eye up, and refresh it, which also makes going from overpower into IR much more fluid.

Mythril Tempest is an added second hit of a new two hit combo (that everyone else also got), but it is also a repurposed, recycled pvp skill. Same animation.

A new attack that isn't FC is refreshing.... if it didn't work exactly like infuriate > FC and look like inner beast with upheaval effects. If players could only use inner chaos during IR, then FC outside of it, even that would've been better... and now all tanks have "inner release" after war was bandaided by mimicking paladin's requiscatin 4.1. Job identity. Where is it?

Nascent Flash is just int/tbn WAR edition to push war into ot status.

Next to paladin, gunbreaker, and even dark knight, war is very underwhelming and stale. The only thing that's "refreshing" is you can aoe for days FOR FREE.

I've mained war for years. Previous expansion, I cleared all savage tiers and done ultimates. War was very flawed in 4.0 and even still in 4.x and I was looking forward to the new changes and growth in 5.0...but all I got was bigger fell cleave and buffed inner beast (without healing priorities).

SE took a tank that was already simple and made it even more brainless. Why is paladin and dark knight much more complex and engaging while still easy to use? 4.0 WAR had a good idea, despite the problematic rng and stance flaws.

Nice belated 4.x War buff, square... so when are you going to give us 5.0 WAR?

[Canadane]

You can't fix perfection.

[Greywolfamakir]

Nice troll post dude

OMEGALOL

[OmegaSinX]

You can't fix perfection.

Couldn't agree more. WAR is at a great place right now, if it ain't broke don't fix it. SE improved what we loved about WAR and made it better through QOL changes.

[Izsha]

Its still pretty bland. The dh crit meme is getting a little old. When SE makes a job who used to have a great identity that actually matched the gameplay and replace it all with HULK SNASH SB! HULK SMASHIER ShB! Its.....bleh. it would be nice to have a reason to give a shit about all the crit buffs in the game too.

War is plenty effective. But the core concept of the class has been watered down to just hit it really hard. Its pretty ubinspired in that regard.

[Jandor]

Count your blessings, a full SE rework is very much a double edged sword. They just as often make an absolute mess of a job as they do improve it.

[Strider_xiii]

I dont get how you think war is worse off then the other 3 tanks. War and pld in this expansion are the best tanks in the game.

[Dio_Tiferet]

Be happy it remained the same i'd do anything to get my Stormblood DRK back and it was the worst of the 3 tanks in terms of performance.

[Nedkel]

I dont mind the aoe combo i like nascent flash and new raw intuition and the thrill of battle, i do love that we could heal ourself and deal big damage at the same time.
I like infuriate mechanic, you could play with it around IR to make most out of it.
But one thing i was REALLY hoping for was just another and low CD oGCD to use in IR window and outside of it, just one... And we got none which is pretty disappointing. PLD got, DRK got, War did not.

My buttons hotbar did not changed much, instead i got less buttons to press here and there.

[TheForce]

Be happy it remained the same i'd do anything to get my Stormblood DRK back and it was the worst of the 3 tanks in terms of performance.

Oh my goodness, YES. This is exactly what I was thinking as I read this post. Shizz, I WISH they had just left my job the same.