Quote Originally Posted by MerlinCross View Post
I don't see how this is any different from how it was before only that TBN is stronger now and thus can be used to block better.



Expand on this? I don't see why a DRK or WAR would wait to slam their "Go Ham" buttons like the other two.
They still use their HAM buttons at the same time they would normally, but when they use their off GCDs differs. You can move certain off GCDs later on during your opener depending on if you have a NIN or popping a potion, or if you have a DNC etc etc. You got a ton of room to play with edge/flood of shadow. For example let's assume you get 10 uses of Edge of Shadow in an instance, you cannot increase your uses of it, the max will always be 10. You can mash them immediately they're available, or you can wait to use them during more opportune moments when buffs are up.

And that's just the opener, as some buffs misalign you have to decide when it's best to spend your MP. This tends to happen a lot when you have a BRD in the group since it's up every 180 seconds instead of every 60, or AST buffs which are RNG when they're up, the SCH crit buff etc etc.

You get a ton of room for play with DRK, and almost none with PLD and GNB who need to spend their resources during their burst window because the damage increase from their own abilities is much more impactful than anything an outside source can provide. You need X MP going into Requiescat, so you don't use MP outside of it unless you fuck up or emergencies require Clemency uses. For GNB, you need X amount of cartridges going into No Mercy, and you need to spend cartridges to prevent overcapping before that point.