7.1 - Jobs, meet sandpaper

[Moqi]

Casting times will be gone from SAM and healers by 8.0 at this rate.

[KageTokage]

They really need to stop lowering the APM on jobs at every chance they get.

XIV is already painfully slow compared to every other MMO on the market and dumbing jobs down isn't going to make more people want to play them and has historically the opposite effect for the most part by turning away the people who actually enjoyed them.

[ovIm]

I mean I completely agree with your philosophy, but this specific mechanic was actually bad. As I said it was too easy to break, it’s a very fast job and it’s very easy to misclick. The punishment is not just a slight dps loss, but it also misaligns and breaks your whole rotation.

I do understand where you are coming from, really, and you make a good point. Especially when you have choppy or laggy internet, using TCJ was a chore and a half, and not quite as enjoyable as it could be, whilst being incredibly punishing.

[GrizzlyTank]

I liked the DT release MNK... Was more fun than old and current.

Also #BringBackPlunge

[GrizzlyTank]

And how is this a good change? People struggle with standing still for 5 seconds.

Because it's not an intuitive ability in a job that's otherwise expected to be moving.

[Supersnow845]

Because it's not an intuitive ability in a job that's otherwise expected to be moving.

What aspect of NIN makes you “expect to be moving”

Just because you don’t have cast times doesn’t mean that you should be running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Multiple jobs have skills that root them in place even though they aren’t casters, TCJ was just something you played around and sandpapering it off adds nothing to the game

[GrizzlyTank]

What aspect of NIN makes you “expect to be moving”

Just because you don’t have cast times doesn’t mean that you should be running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Multiple jobs have skills that root them in place even though they aren’t casters, TCJ was just something you played around and sandpapering it off adds nothing to the game

When the game gives you the mudras, it also teaches you that you are free to move around while applying them... Except suddenly they throw in TCJ into the mix which goes []-you you aren't allowed to do that.

It's a similar issue to how we had it with ranged and the gauss barrel. It just doesn't feel satisfying.

[GoatOfWar]

nah it is.

If you like frictionless gameplay just afk at Limsa.

[GrizzlyTank]

Their flow is unchanged. They just removed 1 of 2 failure states for TCJ.

[Volgia]

Dont worry folks, i'm sure this time will finally be the one where they dont just streamline but also introduce new and exciting job difficulties. Not like the 2536236235 times before.

They're setting DRG up like SMN, trying to clean it up so it can be interesting later in 9.0.