Quote Originally Posted by strawberrycake View Post
All this.



It's why the 2 min meta was bought up, it's why Savage was bought up. Healers are the exact reason why combo consolidation would never work and why the 2 min meta is INTRINSIC to this dicussion. Prior to it's existence, in ShB and SB, we had multiple burst windows to break up only pressing 1-2-3. And because of that It was and still is a skill so many have mastered to do while in content.

Sadly jobs like BRD, MCH and what not have been dumbed down to being near where healers are and healers are BEGGING to have better kits. It's why I said that the current state of the combo system is a symptom of the 2 min meta, the combo system is fine, the game needs to be better.

Like you honestly can't talk about the state of combat without the 2 min meta being bought up.
And I'm sure one of the reasons why they even did the job simplification was to make it easier to jump between jobs during the leveling process and possibly end game groups. However, while the changes might help jump between jobs when leveling up it certainly doesn't do anything for end-game, where people spend the vast majority of their hours right now and in the future. It mostly comes down to getting muscle memory and intuitively knowing when to use skills, since people have to pay attention to the fights due to the puzzle mechanics. 2 minute meta simplifies learning it initially but it changes nothing involving the practice time needed, since each job still has a unique rotation.