Class Balance will it ever exist at least to a fair degree?

[Lux_Rayna]

Fists of Wind. Wind > Fire. Almost half the cooldown on very important weaponskills.

The point of the Job system is greater rewards for greater skill and codependency among players.

Having a WHM throw regen on MNK coupled with the already potent Second Wind covers MNK's HP loss from Sear rather well. Some spot heals from the BRD can make it no problem at all. All this maintenance for what? To have the highest DPS out of all the jobs/classes on Ifrit.

I don't know where you got the idea I was a troll, but I'm not surprised since that label gets tossed around like nothing. Especially when at the same time you're trying to tell me that the system has gone over my head because apparently I can still use classes. Wow. Huge discovery there lol.

My point is that many people are so accustomed to this notion that you have to be self-sufficient instead of depending on team members that they will go in as a class even when they're effectively downgrading their efficiency at their role.



MNK is a significantly better DD on Ifrit than PGL. That is the role it is their to fill. So long as a fight is not essentially suicidal at such close range as MNK/PGL has to be, the survivability is not concern as that's what WHMs and BRDs are for. So many people underestimate Regen- they don't realize how overpowered it is. I see this with WHMs in game much more often that I should.

I said you were a troll because you implied I didn't grasp the job system when I, in fact, did.

Fact is, few ppl have the skill necessary to pull off the Ifrit fight well as a MNK. If you can't do it right, just take pgl. That was basically what my post meant. I automatically assume that the person in question can't do it as a MNK because I know the majority can't. Of course you'd take MNK over PGL if you were good enough, but that hardly applies to everyone..not even mostly everyone.

Basically, I dont know why anyone would take MNK over PGL because I dont find the increased dmg necessary over the increased survivability. PGL still does great dmg, so unless you can do Ifrit in your sleep, I don't see the need for using MNK over PGL.

I do understand your point, but a pug will not take the time to heal a DD ever. At least no pug i've ever been in. If healers actually healed DD's during downtime then there would never be a need for self sufficiency. Since that is not the case (yet), relying on team members to keep your hp up will always result in your death lol. Least thats my experience on Lindblum.