Another Patch another middle finger to DRKs

[Crater]

Is that why 2 levels before we got Enhanced Living Shadow I?

seems like they were hard pressed for ideas.

This is just so intellectually dishonest.

You get Enhanced Living Shadow II at the same level you get Shadowbringer, and it alters Living Shadow to also get Shadowbringer at the same time. They're not "hard pressed for ideas"; it's just part of learning Shadowbringer. It absolutely makes sense that Living Shadow should gain access to your new capstone ability at the same time you do, and the way to accomplish that is by upgrading it with a trait, because traits are how skills get upgrades.

It's not something that could have been built into Enhanced Living Shadow I. It's not something that could have been built into the initial level 80 version of the skill. It isn't meant to be taken as a standalone class addition apart from Shadowbringer. It's better that it's there than if it weren't.

And it's not like Enhanced Living Shadow I is a slouch of a class addition, given its level 88 counterparts on other tanks. 420 potency every two minutes is a hell of a lot better than WAR getting a third charge on its gapcloser or PLD getting a small heal on Divine Veil, and on balance it's probably more valuable than GNB getting one extra cartridge every two minutes.

There's a case to be made for being salty about Oblation compared to the other tanks' 82 upgrades (not a slam dunk case, but a case). And everyone can clown on Enhanced Unmend for being shitty and useless, because it is, especially compared to what the other tanks get at 84.

But neither Living Shadow trait is offensive in any way. You're just getting mad to enjoy the feeling of having something to be mad about, at that point.