Quote Originally Posted by Oreste View Post
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Please read to the end, especially if you are belong to the SE.

I really don't like what SE are doing with battle jobs.
I'm seriously considering unsubscribing if the patch notes will confirm our fears about such a rework of BLM.
Believe me, this forum has had regulars saying how they don't like what is happening with battle jobs for looks at imaginary watch ... I've lost count of the years but they were doing it in Stormblood.

The most acknowledgement I think I saw of this was:
- At the launch of Endwalker, they said they understand people want 3.0 jobs back (obvious reference to the forums) but they are happy with where they got them in 5.0 and wanted to continue it in Endwalker.
- At the launch of Dawntrail, they acknowledged healers wanted more attacks so added an extra one every 2 minutes.
- Right before Dawntrail suddenly acknowledging loads of things that have been said for years on the forums, and admitting removing stress had removed the fun.

Their community team apparently read the forums but they don't provide any indication if they do. Developers are far more likely to read the specific forums such as the DPS forums because of how posts shuffle through the General forum fast before they are likely to even see them.

I personally found 7.0 BLM alright because I only play it casually. For a casual BLM, the changes were useful but it upset people who actually mained it. But removing the timer and the Fire IV cast times, combined with how it highlights what to press now, effectively kills what is unique about it and turns it into a glamour for the other casters.

Unfortunately, there is precedent that what we observe in streams is what is changing. There is no chance they will revert it before the patch because they have a 2 week final QA period and there is less than 2 weeks now.