Did TRUST info in Live Letter 68 seal the fate for SQUADRONS?

[Shibi]

So dose that means we could get Minfilia in some of the dungeons, and when she uses certain skill she will yell out pray return to the waking sands

I'd stop healing her, and refuse to rez her.

[Rawr18]

I was hoping that the TRUST update included squadrons as well.

[MsQi]

Squadrons were never really for the purpose of getting through content the first time or to help you through MSQ. Maybe a handful of side dungeons that were hard to queue for. People who work on their squadrons for the most part are doing it for achievements (the emotes), items or just because they want to.

It probably means nothing or little will happen with squadrons in the future, but there is no reason to remove them. It's something people put a lot of time into building up. It would be like removing minion collections or your Chocobo.

[ReynTime]

Not really. If they're keeping trusts as they currently are in terms of behavior and stats, squadrons will still be far more efficient from Lv20 to 60.

The AI argument is always a moot point since Squadrons can ignore the majority of the mechanics and unlocking tactics increases their damage output drastically. I loved using squadrons to level alt jobs. In comparison, leveling with trusts is a tedious chore at best if you're not just semi-afk leveling because they take a century to finish off any fight.

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

Squadron is lifeless and boring compared to Trusts anyway.

Them doing this lets use get to do Trust with other characters early on. Like Yda/Papy.

Or even Edda's group for early dungeons so her story is even more tragic.

[Garnix]

To be honest, in a post-EW environment, where the Grand Company of Eorzea exists, the whole Grand Company system needs a revamp, not only the Squadrons.

[LaylaTsarra]

When the Trust system updates are completed he plans to retire the Squadron system. Since people have got attached to their squadron members, there may be some form of compensation.


https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tm_name=iossmf

[Liam_Harper]

Very disappointing if the Trust remains as slow as before.

Squadrons may have awful AI, but if you take the time to build them they're the fastest 20-60 leveling in the game due to the fact they do reasonable dps and can be equipped with a +60% damage trait on top. Getting full offence 5 Mastery on 4 squadron members took a lot of time and rng but was a worthwhile investment for leveling a lot of alt classes. You could go through dungeons like Aurum Vale or Sohm Ahl in 10-12 minutes with no queues.

"Some form of compensation" is vague and very unlikely to be enough for anyone who fully invested in their squad, either for leveling alt classes or for getting 8 members of their favorite race fully glammed. The fact that Squadron Mastery traits exist meant they intended for us to build and run a lot with them and use them as an alternate leveling path. They can't just add a feature, let players put in all the time and investment, then randomly delete it.

[MsQi]

When the Trust system updates are completed he plans to retire the Squadron system. Since people have got attached to their squadron members, there may be some form of compensation.


https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tm_name=iossmf

Holy !@#$, that is really bad.

[Ilisidi]

I don't want use my trust team. I have not run dungeons more than required for my rank up or dressed them up. But still, they are my carefully curated team and I want to keep them.

I also would like to use my retainers as trusts, they have been carefully created and dressed. It's a shame there's always the retainer blotting them out.