Quote Originally Posted by ForsakenRoe View Post
But if they were considering making changes, 7.3 would be a perfect time to test the waters IMO, as we don't need to worry about balance so much. There's no new Ultimate in that patch, so needing to adapt to a sudden job kit redesign won't be an issue. We could start with small changes, such as adjusting DOT timer/potencies, or extending the janky snapshot window that lets you doubledip Pepsis' Heal and the protection of the Barrier via a buff to make it into an actual mechanic for the job, or readding a couple of old actions like Water or Miasma and seeing how the playerbase reacts.
This is the reason I actually wanted to have an ultimate in 7.3. Since .5 patches tend to run longer, they could've done some funky job changes in 7.5 till 8.0 to get the feedback and start making changes before we get the 8.0's savage. White Mage is dealing 10% more than any other healer? Sure, who cares, Savage is already over and let us have some fun in extremes at least. Sage has a weird healing interaction with Zoe? Cool, that will get patched out before hurting any relevant hard content. Scholar has insane AoE now? I'll pick Scholar for dungeon runs now.