Quote Originally Posted by Valence View Post
The problem is that XIV used to have a more balanced approach to this and we had a lot of the WoW model in fights as well. XIV also added its own touch with very specific mechanics that weren't constantly about playing DDR.
So yeah actually, as a XIV vet I'd like fights in XIV to be more like WoW too, because that's what they used to be like. And yet it wasn't fully copying WoW, it was XIV, not WoW, and it played like XIV, not WoW. If it played like WoW I'd be playing WoW.
I mean, being fair, we can still see and play all those fights. It's pretty clear that raid fights used to be a lot more like they are in WoW. But, and forgive me for this, I think this is just a difference in taste. That raid content feels like a pale imitation of what WoW does and not at all as unique to FFXIV as you suggest. I think Stormblood's changes to how this game does raiding was an extremely welcome change and, while they can definitely stand to shake things up again, I also don't think going backwards is the answer to that.