Quote Originally Posted by Brandedblade View Post
I agree with the idea that Fleche/Contre-Sixte are Ice Swords and -Vercure/Verraise- Manafication/Embolden are the "Water" spells. But still? Why not? Personally I'd love to see Verwater and Verblizzard be the aoes myself just because....I have no real reason, that just seems to be the most reasonable place to throw them in without making things to bloated, just replace Veraero/Verthunder II with them.
Well, if you really want to insist on this thematic inclusion, isn't it more important that the spells fit thematically with the element they use visually?
I don't really see any point in having a Ver-spell for every element just because, if they all do the same thing which is Instant damage + Mana.
In other words, it's more important the elements be distinguishable by what they do rather than just visuals. Sadly, this isn't possible with XIV's extremely strict and narrow DPS system as of the last 2 expansions, so having Ice and Water be distinguished by no cast time and buffing is as good as it's gonna get.
And not to repeat the same thing again, but Verraise isn't a water spell, it just makes no sense thematically or by the lore. It really is just overall out of place.

In HW Jobs used to be much more thematically appropriate, and even if it wasn't always straightforward or fair for everyone (MCH, AST, DRK), it was at the very least engaging and interesting, which can't be said of any job as of right now.
I really would've loved to see a 2.0 or 3.0 era version of RDM, but it got added in too late and as a result it's just this very simple 1-2 kinda thing, which doesn't really reflect how dynamic and interesting it is in most other FF games.
Still my favourite because of its Spellsword theme, but damn are they making it hard to love lately.