Doubts over Square Enix design philosophy for fights and job design.

[Galvuu]

I'm curious what that means. Because the DT battle content right now is some of the best they have put out. It actually requires you to be awake, and play your job! The normal raids are honestly amazing even if the rewards are iffy. And we got that comedy firehose threads of "Dawntrail's combat is too hard"

It's anyone's guess, but no mechanic in DT is really groundbreaking. I count three "new" mechanics, but the rest is standard FF XIV fare. Maybe he wants to try completely new mechanics, or just how we interact with the boss? It's really impossible to tell, at this stage.

[Valence]

It's anyone's guess, but no mechanic in DT is really groundbreaking. I count three "new" mechanics, but the rest is standard FF XIV fare. Maybe he wants to try completely new mechanics, or just how we interact with the boss? It's really impossible to tell, at this stage.

Yeah DT's encounters are better and feel less lazy, with a bit more spice in normal modes as well, but it's hardly groundbreaking. Curious to see what they want to bring for 7.2, but to be honest, I'm also scared because the more we go and the less RPG-ish it feels, and the more DDR we get. Its all about solving fast visual puzzles by now, which sucks. Not exactly what I had in mind when they announced better encounter design. It's pushing me away from the content.