Thoughts on Level Squishes

[Raikai]

Level and stat squishes, as well as ability prunes and class/job revamps is something that every MMP that follows XIV and WoW's models have to run with.

The cumulative aspect that each expansion brings adds up to that. There's no way things can go unchecked for a decade of expansions, it becomes jarring for both veterans and newcomers.

Job/Class revamp is also a necessity, or else you'd have unmanageable amount of buttons after 5 expansions. The challenge though is for the new features/spells/mechanics to be as engaging as they once were. The problem with WoW there is that they DRASTICALLY change their systems and class designs every expansion and that is terrible for the playerbase.

These changes, squishes and revamps, are big and they are needed eventually, but the devs need to time it right.