THE STATE OF JOB DESIGN IN 2024 FF14

[AmiableApkallu]

I think the topic is really funny considering the propensity for players to almost always follow the current META even given the opportunity for alt builds or play styles. C'mon sheeple, let's be real here.

I'm looking at PLD and the change to make Goring Blade usable only under Fight of Flight, and I'm thinking, "Why? Just, why?"

On the one hand, yes, that's what I do 99% of the time anyway.

On the other hand, why must the game shoehorn me into playing that way? At a glance (I admit to not having looked at every change closely), many changes across the jobs seem aimed at ensuring that players play a job in one particular way, and only that particular way.

To which I say: It's one thing if the players want to optimize the fun out of something. It's quite another for the game to do it for them.

[vetch]

I'm looking at PLD and the change to make Goring Blade usable only under Fight of Flight, and I'm thinking, "Why? Just, why?"

On the one hand, yes, that's what I do 99% of the time anyway.

On the other hand, why must the game shoehorn me into playing that way? At a glance (I admit to not having looked at every change closely), many changes across the jobs seem aimed at ensuring that players play a job in one particular way, and only that particular way.

To which I say: It's one thing if the players want to optimize the fun out of something. It's quite another for the game to do it for them.

Maybe it's what you do 99% of time in raids, but it's pure ass for dungeon gameplay.

I couldn't hope to count the number of times I've done a big pull and popped FoF for the AoE spam, then used Boring Blade to kill the last mob even though FoF already ended because screw it, it'll be up again by the time we get to the the boss. Now I just... don't get to use my big hit button unless I want to drop a higher-total-potency AoE GCD for it? Are you kidding me?

Yet another job action gets raid-poisoned.

[HighlanderClone]

Maybe it's what you do 99% of time in raids, but it's pure ass for dungeon gameplay.

I couldn't hope to count the number of times I've done a big pull and popped FoF for the AoE spam, then used Boring Blade to kill the last mob even though FoF already ended because screw it, it'll be up again by the time we get to the the boss. Now I just... don't get to use my big hit button unless I want to drop a higher-total-potency AoE GCD for it? Are you kidding me?

Yet another job action gets raid-poisoned.

SE wants to turn us all into raid rotation bots