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

[Valence]

Do you really think that releasing melee that actually lacks positionals on the basis of 'theoretical rotational complexity' is going to fare any better? No way.

Why would it not? Bring back SB double TK monk, remove all its positionals, and pit it against any other current design melee, and see if people think it's easier to play. Good grief.

If you want to play a sword job without positionals, then PLD, DRK, and GNB are all options. This is the first time that we're getting a standard longsword job on melee after waiting for 10 years, with dual wielding no less. It would be really nice if they could get this right the first time. In particular, I want to see them err on the side of unusually difficult, rather than going the RPR route and producing a job that everyone dismisses from the outset. I want to see higher than average positional counts, higher baseline speed, higher weave counts, more intricate combos, and more nuanced movement actions.

If not, I suppose I'll just have to wait for them to bring out an Thunder God Cid-inspired greatsword spellblade to get a proper sword job on melee.

Why are we talking about sword flavor now? Are you still trying to tell us to go play a support job if we don't like melee positionals on dps because of... blade flavor? Really?

I'm honestly a little peeved that they keep shoehorning standing still or casts onto some of the melee every expansion. Standing still while fighting because I choose to is one thing, but forcing me to just makes me sad lol.

The irony is that little nukes like midare or communio probably would have fitted rphys better, but they got scared shitless of people's reactions after they went over the top with bow and gun mage in HW... MCH tools (unless reassembled) or BRD's Apex Arrow are prime examples of what could require a cast.

[Cynric]

The irony is that little nukes like midare or communio probably would have fitted rphys better, but they got scared shitless of people's reactions after they went over the top with bow and gun mage in HW... MCH tools (unless reassembled) or BRD's Apex Arrow are prime examples of what could require a cast.

By all means you ranged players can take all the casts you want, just keep them off melee ;_;

[Supersnow845]

By all means you ranged players can take all the casts you want, just keep them off melee ;_;

SAM would 100% be worse without the casts on iiajutsu

[Cynric]

SAM would 100% be worse without the casts on iiajutsu

It's okay we can agree to disagree lol.