I'm One Of The Filthiests Of Casuals And Even I Can See How Dumbdown FF14 Has Become!

[Zairava]

MCH was never the same situation. The original concept was overwhelming reject in 3.0, and 4.0 was an emergency remade, that was remade again in 5.0. MCH never had an solid identity or concept. They were all done so the job don't get scrab all together.








I feel all of these answers are missing the point I'm trying. Rather you guys are just leaning on what I said as a convenience way to beat on a dead horse that had been beaten to zombie. If anything, these replies further prove my point more than anything. None of the jobs mentioned had a complete tear down and re-imagination like SMN did. Had instead of remaking the old SMN, the new SMN was introduced as a new job I don't think anyone would have blink. The job was "fundamentally" changed. Whether all of the job "rework" are still just more or less adjusted/tackled on/patched up on the same foundation.

Again, the fact you all insist SE has been doing a bad job with these classes, that just re-enforce my point that maybe they all need a complete tear down like SMN.

I agree that they need a complete tear-down, it's just given their track record with even just reworks doesn't give me much faith that they'll actually do a good job with it or expand on it much mechanically.

I don't really like current summoner, it goes without saying that I think Shadowbringers or Stormblood were the best installments (outside of pets dying in combat), but it still feels fresh despite its glaring issues.

If say, despite my usual consistent bitching about DRK when possible, if it got a complete tear-down and was given its own combat identity, I'd be less frustrated and might have more ideas on how to expand upon that rather than looking at it now and just seeing that its old iteration with Shadowbringer QoL would be pretty solid and trying to find a middle ground.