Quote Originally Posted by MilkieTea View Post
Not gonna be sarcastic or anything here, I'll take you at face value and explain why I don't think it should be nerfed, as someone who plays FL pretty regularly.

Unlike, say, Ninja's LB where, so long as they're in the middle of a fight with a bunch of people dying, where they can instakill over and over and over, DRGs LB is a single, one shot, shoot-it-then-loose-it k/o. If you see the circle, you have time to pop guard and run away. You're not stuck in place, and if you are you can pop cleanse then guard, because the LB is so dang *visual*.

DRK on the other hand, I can't say anything for because I don't really remember DRKs in my FLs.
If you don't remember any DRK in your FLs then this is not an issue in your region, but this is definitely a big issue in my Data Centre where 2-3 DRKs + 5-6 DRGs can dominate against 48 players from both GC.
I understand you never met group that coordinate DRK+DRG easily to win against 2 other GCs, but doesn't mean this is not a problem.
This is not a," 5 vs 5, there are 2 DRGs using LB oh let's Guard and then run" problem.

My last statement for those still don't understand the problem:
- For comparison SMN/WHM only deal 18,000 (before -10% from Job nerf) and DRG 30,000 (without BH). On top of that SMN only get -30% dmg taken while DRG -60%.
- They easily accumulate BH5 because DRG is range job advertised as melee in FL, high survivability. They just wait for LB and never engage in melee combat.
- Add another 50% from BH5, they easily wiped both GCs with 45,000 dmg just from 1 DRG.

Again, this combination make DRK and DRG an easy way for a group to cheese their way for a win and it's not fun meeting them.
Even if I joined their group, it feels cheap and unbalanced to just "destroy" everyone.
Go ahead next time you run FL and arrange a DRK+DRG party and cheese your way to get an easy win at the expense of 48 others frustration. Then come back and tell me it's "fun" don't need to nerf them.

They nerfed SMN and WHM early on when there are many people trying the new mode.
But less people are doing it now so they ignore the new problem, doesn't mean they shouldn't try to balance it.