Quote Originally Posted by ForsakenRoe View Post
'Some players dislike the RNG of the AST cards'
>remove the RNG entirely, making them 100% predictable (harming the identity of the job in the process)

'AST is now behind on damage because they have less RDPS contribution from the cards'
>increase the potency of their personal DPS actions, such as buffing the DOT by an unprecedented 15p per tick (harming the identity of the job in the process)

'AST needs a new 2min button like the other healers got at level 92'
>gives AST an 860p nuke that is not guaranteed to Crit or Direct Hit, thereby not only (harming the identity of the job in the process), but also bringing back RNG into the job's design, having just removed it. ????

Unlike the Cards, where the player had some degree of control over the RNG (Redrawing, for example), there's no working around the Oracle Crit RNG. You either get lucky, or get screwed. So, what did the rework solve?

Also, they could have at least made Oracle more... distinct in function from the other 'it does big damage' attacks added with DT. Like, I would suggest making it do 12 hits of 70p, one for each of the Twelve (since it uses their symbols in the VFX). That way, it's super-resistant to Crit Variance, as there's 12 individual 'did it Crit' rolls to do. And what if we get a little more creative: The colour of the VFX changes, to mirror your Patron Deity. You picked Halone? Ice Blue Oracle. You picked Oschon? Green Oracle. Rhalgr, Purple Oracle, etc. A nice little way for people to show what they picked for that one, otherwise entirely fluff choice at the start of the game
You're hitting the nail right on the head with this one. We've lost class differentiation because we complain about the differences. I'm also tired of Sage being described as a "worse scholar" Kardia is just "Selene but it sucks". Like. We got something unique with that. And what did we do? We complained that its not as "good" as SCH. Frankly I think that Kardia requiring DPS uptime is neat. It requires player skill. But also the flexibility of Selene is good too. So like. They are different and both good. But as long as we keep complaining about the class features that we have, the more we are going to lose them, and each class will look more and more like each other. SE really doesn't have any good options, no matter what they do someone here on the forums is going to complain VERY LOUDLY about it.

Also I really like your ideas for Oracle. That would be really neat and bring back a little of the class identity.