What are your unrealistic expectations for the upcoming Combat Live Letter?

[Sjol]

I would love to see them get rid of dynamic positional on everyone but MNK. Positionals should be a feature of the job, not "melee". If you like them, go grab a job that really makes use of them. I'm also good with jobs getting a benefit for positionals when they don't change (e.g., rogue/ninja always being behind).

Also, weird that NIN is more about Mudra than stealth.

[Vyrerus]

My unrealistic expectations?

Party composition will actually matter again in a drastic way, and jobs will be intricate and regain some identity.

My realistic expectations?

Everything will be further homogenized. The new skills there will be one skill that transforms and one new big skill.

Combat will be even more simplified because they haven't changed trajectory for their design ambitions yet.

[Mikey_R]

In the scenario I described, the only change is raid buffs like Litany and Brotherhood go away. In their place the melee role and the reliance on them focuses more on their personal DPS.

I've had thoughts in the past in that you don't necessarily need to remove the raid wide buffs, just change them to only affect the damage of the user, and not just by a flat % buff. It is more that, you buff your allies and they provide the resources for the user.

Take Brotherhood and Arcane Circle. Take away the 5/3% damage increase and you are left with buffs that only increase the damage of the user, but rely on the other members of the party to make full use of. In the case of Monk, any GCD has a chance to provide a Chakra and for Reaper, getting a stack of Immortal Sacrifice.

This was all in my thoughts overall that, in order to get away from the 2 minute meta completely and push jobs into different playstyles, you need to have each job be selfish, but the above idea was a way to still allow parties to rely on team mates to help them do more damage, whilst not needing to be reliant on having to fit them into 2 minute buff windows (or any buff windows except the user).

Alternatives are, rather than having full selfish, make it more of a 50/50 split. Say, SAM/DRG/VPR are the selfish melees and MNK/RPR/NIN are more party damage orientated (so they still have party wide damage increases).

[Swordsman]

In-Build XIV Alexander or No Clippy on ff14. I mean we got graphic update, I'm hoping some less spagetthi netcode.

They announce that role restrictions will be removed from gear for glamor.

Yep, these two comments for sure. Both suggestions that are highly unlikely to be implemented but are things many of the players want.

[DiaDeem]

Haha

Eos/Selene can now be programed to execute certain actions and perform a role depending on circumstances and triggers that can be changed on command. Think FFXII or FFXIII.

Anyway, gonna go order some boba tea.

[Rithy255]

Paladin becoming fun again.

For real I just hope the job has less bloat but more fun buttons, goring blade serves zero purpose being a burst button... when you already have 4 massive burst buttons, same with flight or flight, the second combo bath balanced out atonement uses.

For flashy new abilities shown in the live letter, I can hope for Ogcd clemency, upgraded 30% or bulwark mitigation, ogcd shield bash, some cool new dps skills that will hopefully mean pld gets more dps options, maybe a upgraded cover (or just make it a role action or remove it).

[LordMcMutton]

I agree with most of what's being said here

They need to rethink their Job design, as it isn't sustainable in the long term

[TheMightyMollusk]

I fixed that for you :'(

I mean, we'll still get it. It won't be visible, so it's just a stat piece, but we'll still have it. Taunting us.

[MAJRIS]

My biggest unrealistic expectation is that Dawntrail will stop making encounters where telegraph doesnt start and end with cast bar and hit animation as its done in every single mmo released after 2010.

[MistakeNot]

What I am hoping for, but know we won't get:

Boss fights were the mechanics do NOT boil down to "dodge the AOE".
Removal of all job-, class-, and level- restrictions on glamour.
No butt-capes on new armour sets.