Positionals..

[Picker]

I like positionals, it’s an interesting way to keep melee engaging, otherwise you’re just a caster in melee range. Back when monks had them, the difference between good and bad players was large, and something they could take pride in. Now you just stand at rear and true north snap punch. I guess now that there’s no more hitboxes or tanking it’s become irrelevant

[Brightamethyst]

I like positionals, it’s an interesting way to keep melee engaging, otherwise you’re just a caster in melee range.t

Are positionals actually fun, or do we just not know any better because that's the way it's always been?

Every time the question of positionals comes up I always think about Cleric Stance. Cleric Stance was fun. It put an interesting twist on healing and added a level of complexity and skill. I enjoyed it and was proud of my stance dancing skill. Then Stormblood came, along with the announcement that Cleric Stance was going away. "What!?", we all cried. Wouldn't that make healing super boring? Well, no, as it turns out.* Despite how engaged I was with the system at the time, we've now been without for almost six years and I don't miss it in the slightest.

I feel like positionals are a similar situation, and if removed we'd forget about them and move on almost immediately.

(*Healer DPS did become a kind of boring mess later on, but that was for reasons unrelated to Cleric Stance.)

[Ransu]

Are positionals actually fun, or do we just not know any better because that's the way it's always been?

Every time the question of positionals comes up I always think about Cleric Stance. Cleric Stance was fun. It put an interesting twist on healing and added a level of complexity and skill. I enjoyed it and was proud of my stance dancing skill. Then Stormblood came, along with the announcement that Cleric Stance was going away. "What!?", we all cried. Wouldn't that make healing super boring? Well, no, as it turns out.* Despite how engaged I was with the system at the time, we've now been without for almost six years and I don't miss it in the slightest.

I feel like positionals are a similar situation, and if removed we'd forget about them and move on almost immediately.

(*Healer DPS did become a kind of boring mess later on, but that was for reasons unrelated to Cleric Stance.)

Personally I don't really think they add anything to the game or any rotation. They are just kind of there and more than half the time I'm pressing true north to ignore them anyways which is why I said earlier that I'm kind of indifferent on if they stay or go. I personally don't see what people like about them either. Oooo look I stepped 1 inch to the side and then stepped one inch back to the rear of the circle....woo...

I dunno lol. Its all subjective honestly. Like I view stance dancing in a completely different light than I do positionals.