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[xbahax92]

How am I supposed to leave feedback without playing the content myself. I know a lot of changes dont appeal to me at all, there are so many jobs with identity crisis and lame rotations. But canceling my preorder is the least thing, that would help making this game better. And I'd like to prevent FFXIV becoming even more casual by voicing my opinion in this hell.

[Malthir]

How am I supposed to leave feedback without playing the content myself. I know a lot of changes dont appeal to me at all, there are so many jobs with identity crisis and lame rotations. But canceling my preorder is the least thing, that would help making this game better. And I'd like to prevent FFXIV becoming even more casual by voicing my opinion in this hell.

The problem isn't the "Casual" it's actually the high end raiders, those that push for their shiny colour on a website don't want complexity in the jobs they want streamlined rotations that work well inside the 2m buffs. That's the reason why the classes are becoming more homogenised and most of the job identities are being gutted, the race to world first players are the ones to blame not the casual players, hell most of the casuals don't even know of the forums existence, how are they feeding back their dislikes?

There's far more to roleplaying that job stats and builds. That might have been a feature of many of the old TTRPGs but it wasn't a feature of all of them and has never been a feature of all CRPGs.

I can remember playing many RPGs over the years where stats never came into play. You were tossed into an adventure and set loose to find your way as is.

If it's a feature that you personally look for when choosing a game to play, I can understand your disappointment. But it is not true to say the game has no roleplaying elements.

No it's a core design of RPG's where you have the option to customise your characters usually in particular stat builds.
Take all the standard FF series bar that abomination called 16. Every single one allowed you to build your character customising the party whether it be actual stat and job options, or customisable additional effects being able to to adjust stats and additional effects is a core tenant of all RPG's. If you're playing a game that doesn't allow for this in any way shape or form, what you're actually playing is a Character Action Game, these have some customisation options but are generally incredibly limited as to what you actually control and reasonable are all fake choices as it doesn't really impact gameplay what so ever.

Tell me what RPG elements are actually in 14?
Stats are all pre determined by you class
Classes are completely locked in gear choice, ability set, stat set, additional effects, Everyone else plays the job exactly how you do because that's the only way you can play that job
Character Race has no functional impact other than visuals.
Starting city and Free company factions Zero inpact in game all options are the same as one another and cross shared on any story elements past level 35 so will likely get removed next expac when they try and streamline the terrible new player experience.

Character visual customisation (which is incredibly limited) is not an RPG element it's present in lots of game and not indicative of an RPG.
Customising an outfit also not a RPG element.

So what pray tell do they have that's RPG?