Quote Originally Posted by ItMe View Post
So... did you enjoy playing melee jobs before ShB despite these percieved issues?

I disagree with you on basically every point lol.
Your frustrations can be summed up with

And... I believe this is good.
Like... there's nothing inherently interesting to me about doing the same 2 minute rotation uninterrupted over and over and over again. At that point every boss is too similar to a training dummy with mechanics. So having to try and solve the problem of "the boss is throwing these hurdles at me, how do I work around them" is GOOD and shouldn't be boiled out of melee jobs.

I don't play ranged classes much because those classes largely can execute their rotation uninterrupted over and over and over again (especially MCH), but it sounds like they're exactly your speed. I see you main SMN. I'm sorry you don't enjoy melee, but not every role is gonna be for everyone and I don't believe your changes would really help the game.
I feel this goes against the ENTIRE idea of FFXIV being accessible to literally anyone. No job/class should be exclusive or allowed to certain players abilities . Every job playstyle should feel unique and engaging to play, and not relegated to "maybe it's just not for you" mentality. Because that mentality is what dictates how many tanks we have, how many healers we have. You could say the same about tanks, and "Maybe tanking just isn't for you..." That's ridiculous. Nobody thanks a tank at the end of a savage for doing it's job, and nobody will thank a monk for running around like a moron for being the best DPS.

In a game where there are literally MANY choices on what job to play at any one time, and virtually no alts to speak of? You're basically saying this game shouldn't allow players to play certain classes because they complain about the flaws you don't see.

Is monk flawless? HELL NO! But what I can't understand is why people defend it like it's perfect and should never be improved. TANKS aren't perfect, but DANG they are the best they have EVER been, sorry DRK. Face it though I can't find any glaring design flaws with tanks that make me go, man I wish I had "Flash" back. I don't miss Flash at all, because I got a NEW skill that is better. Everyone on these forums is just afraid of better for some reason....I don't get it.