Tanking and Maiming

[Miguel85NYC]

Same stuff happens with striking/scouting/aiming and casting/healing. Maiming isn't special it's not going to happen, it's a way to save development resources.

thats a horrible reason.. Every Class should be getting their OWN armor in each tier.. not just copy and paste one another

World of warcraft does it.. why cant FF 14

[Selsix]

thats a horrible reason.. Every Class should be getting their OWN armor in each tier.. not just copy and paste one another

World of warcraft does it.. why cant FF 14

Because World of Warcraft only has 13 classes to play while Final Fantasy XIV has 21 and gets 2 more every expansion. This means classes end up sharing under the bucket of maiming/striking/etc.

If you're asking why these "buckets" share design, it's to save development resources because our patches add more equipment for glamour and such than World of Warcraft's does by a mile. Source: I played WoW for a god damn decade.

[NecroprincessCleo]

Because World of Warcraft only has 13 classes to play while Final Fantasy XIV has 21 and gets 2 more every expansion. This means classes end up sharing under the bucket of maiming/striking/etc.

If you're asking why these "buckets" share design, it's to save development resources because our patches add more equipment for glamour and such than World of Warcraft's does by a mile. Source: I played WoW for a god damn decade.

technically, wow has about the same or more consinder each spec is a different class sorta, I mean take Paladin for example a holy paladin vs a defensive uses slightly different gear.

There is also the thing with shamans that use completely different setups, gear-wise for each role
Regardless, I have to agree they could put more money into the game, it's not like Square Enix is a little indie company, I just don't see where all the money they're making off mog station/subs is even going, outside maybe 20k-50k doesn't seem like much of that is going into the game itself.

Plus, that doesn't make sense considering Se was doing those design methods even in ARR when there weren't even 13 classes, like really, there is no way they don't have the money to do better with stuff like OP is talking about not with all the prices on mogstation+the cost to stay sub etc

[Selsix]

I just don't see where all the money they're making off mog station/subs is even going, outside maybe 20k-50k doesn't seem like much of that is going into the game itself

The same place it's been going since Final Fantasy XVI happened, other games. It's no secret that several years ago they decided to funnel resources and profits away from FFXIV, content to leave it a minimal effort cash cow to fund other projects largely because things like the cash shop make them absurd profit for very low effort compared to actually developing the game. Make no mistake, I'm not an SE bootlicker, I'm not -defending- their design choices or the reasons they do things. I am merely stating their reasoning. If I had one hour in a room alone with the board of directors and developers I would be throwing intense criticism their way. If I had it my way, cash shops in games would be illegal internationally because they only promote greedy behavior by the companies that run them.

[NecroprincessCleo]

The same place it's been going since Final Fantasy XVI happened, other games. It's no secret that several years ago they decided to funnel resources and profits away from FFXIV, content to leave it a minimal effort cash cow to fund other projects largely because things like the cash shop make them absurd profit for very low effort compared to actually developing the game. Make no mistake, I'm not an SE bootlicker, I'm not -defending- their design choices or the reasons they do things. I am merely stating their reasoning. If I had one hour in a room alone with the board of directors and developers I would be throwing intense criticism their way. If I had it my way, cash shops in games would be illegal internationally because they only promote greedy behavior by the companies that run them.

honestly im not against cash shops but companys like se with one should be required to show us they are atleast putting 40% of that back into the game that people spent the money on

[RedLolly]

No, I dont think you understand....

Oh I understand. Casters and healers totally understand.