Quote Originally Posted by Renathras View Post
Wait, what? If you're spamming Ruin, you're doing it wrong. You should only even cast Ruin MAYBE twice per minute, which is less than old SMN did. The variations while under Primal effects are not Ruin, don't cast like Ruin, and don't work like Ruin. Garuda's are instant casts with a reduced GCD. Titan's are instant cast with an oGCD to weave between them, and Ifrit's is a GCD cast longer than the GCD itself. NOT ONE OF THESE is like Ruin. And if you're going to say "That's just Ruin with a different flavor", then Miasma, Bio, and Egi Assault were "just Ruin with a different flavor", too.
Oh word man, this GCD that is just flat damage with no preamble, setup, or consequence is totally not at all like this other GCD that is just flat damage with no preamble, setup, or consequence. Instant cast totally makes them more interesting. .3 seconds added to 2 of them per minute is totally different.

Miasma, Bio, and Egi-Assault had plenty to separate them mechanically from spamming one button for 45 seconds, before swapping over to another TOTALLY UNIQUE AND FUN NOT-RUIN GCD for the next 15s.

Quote Originally Posted by Renathras View Post
It's "fine" because all the pieces work together
Are you sure? How does Aetherflow work with anything now? How does Ruin 4 work with anything? How does Carbuncle really work with anything? How do Arcanum summons work with the Demi summons? Is Demis shitting out the gems being the only relation really fine?