The integrity of the player base has fallen drastically.

[Velhart]

SE's methods of balancing are disturbing at best. They can't ever find a way to make one job just as efficient. What they do is gimp the job considered OP. Warrior as a tank will be getting gimped I assume to the point that PLD will be back in the game and a Warrior tank will be looked upon like they are in FFXI. However, in all fairness WAR's are supposedly getting a DPS increase in Berserk also. As long as WAR is still useful in some way, I won't complain but so much.

Back to the point. SE only knows how to gimp a class and not find a way for the weaker class to properly balance out with the OP class without touching the OP class.

Like I said, simply making adjustments to the combo system and don't make AoE so brutal does wonders. Just have it where we can still perform a combo despite the position (assuming you don't miss), but the damage is more potent if done in that position. Its really that simple on how to make melee more efficient.

[Dzian]

Warrior as a tank will be getting gimped I assume to the point that PLD will be back in the game and a Warrior tank will be looked upon like they are in FFXI. However, in all fairness WAR's are supposedly getting a DPS increase in Berserk also. As long as WAR is still useful in some way, I won't complain but so much.

imo warrior will still be a great tank sure they may nerf steel cyclone a bit but just means you may actually need to flash and voke more than once and use godsbane combos to keep hate.

the way it is now its just total /faceroll. you can tank effectively using only steel cyclone in some cases. primarily why almost anyone can war tank successfully. so yeah imo all the patch will do is actually make you try to tank.

[Vinta]

I agree with you for everything except for the Powerleveling bit. I like Power Leveling, and think there's nothing wrong with it. It really doesn't matter where your levels come from, as long as they were obtained by legitimate, non-glitched methods installed in the game itself. Yoshi-P has affinity for power leveling, saying he appreciates people being able to catch up with their friends.

I'll repeat myself: It doesn't matter where you got your levels. What matters in the end is whether or not you know how to play what you're playing. Sure, leveling up via grinding and parties will give you a higher knowledge of how to play immediately, but if you are power leveled through most of the ranks, you certainly aren't hindered forever.

A good player will learn what he or she needs to know to be successful with their class, no matter how they got their level 50. The bad players, however, will rush to 50, get their artifacts, and just throw themselves straight into end-game content. Such players will be doomed to fail. Not because of power leveling itself, but because they didn't take the time to figure things out for themselves.

[Estellios]

SE's methods of balancing are disturbing at best. They can't ever find a way to make one job just as efficient. What they do is gimp the job considered OP. Warrior as a tank will be getting gimped I assume to the point that PLD will be back in the game and a Warrior tank will be looked upon like they are in FFXI. However, in all fairness WAR's are supposedly getting a DPS increase in Berserk also. As long as WAR is still useful in some way, I won't complain but so much.

Back to the point. SE only knows how to gimp a class and not find a way for the weaker class to properly balance out with the OP class without touching the OP class.

Like I said, simply making adjustments to the combo system and don't make AoE so brutal does wonders. Just have it where we can still perform a combo despite the position (assuming you don't miss), but the damage is more potent if done in that position. Its really that simple on how to make melee more efficient.

All they are doing to WAR is making Steel Cyclone "Less efficient" somehow (my bets are on making it conal or increasing the recast time) and reduce how much hate you get with Collusion. On the flip side berserk is getting boosted and so will Whirlwind, I'm hoping for Whirlwind the AOE will be increased so it will be helpful for Garuda.

As far as boss AOEs go, most bosses either have AOEs that are fine to heal through (Ifrit's Sear, Vulcan Blast, Moogle King's Moogle-go-round) or ones that you absolutely have to avoid (Coincounter, mostly). The latter takes practice, like being ready to run when Coincounter is on his 3rd attack. The former you just have to have WHMs that aren't lazy and know how to play their job. Tossing out Regens to all the melees even when they haven't taken damage as well as throwing out Curagas if more than 1 person has taken damage since the damage splits and it will top everyone off if people are at high HP. AOE stoneskin from both WHM(s) and BRD(s) makes a big difference too. They also need to not be dumb and sit on Benediction if it would keep a whole bunch of people alive. I think PLD being able to tank will help melee parties, too, cause Divine Veil is amazing and Holy Succor will add another person to heal DDs.

For combos, I don't think the positioning errors thing should be messed with since that and animation lock will be fixed for 2.0, but it would be nice to get some kind of on-screen indicator like the walk/run icon to let us know what side we are on and what distance we are in relation to our current target.

Also I want to add for anyone having trouble avoiding Garuda's teleport attacks, make sure you start running to a pillar/center of the arena depending on the phase as soon as you lose target on her, before she teleports away. It gives you an extra second or so of warning instead of waiting for her to disappear. You can also keep an eye on the mini map and see where she will pop before she actually appears, too.

[Zaaku]

I agree with you for everything except for the Powerleveling bit. I like Power Leveling, and think there's nothing wrong with it. It really doesn't matter where your levels come from, as long as they were obtained by legitimate, non-glitched methods installed in the game itself. Yoshi-P has affinity for power leveling, saying he appreciates people being able to catch up with their friends.

This is what is wrong with this community. FFXIV has a cancer that has wrapped around the very heart of what makes the Online community good and the experiences memorable. It will strangle us all.

[Agoven]

The simple saying is people don't know what they want...they say things but it's all utter foolishness...

They'll always want what they can't have and think they deserve more, when in fact, they deserve nothing.

It's just a silly world we live in where people think they are entitled to things...for everyone's sanity....and for the devs and team Yoshi-P I strongly believe they should remain focused on their mission. And don't jump at every whine/whim/demand that the player base is plastering to these boards...

And totally off topic but I have to poke fun...Diablo III release...giggles...FFXIV release issues were tame...ha hahahah

[Rokien]

Power leveling is an exploit. Yoshi-p says different but, that's because he doesn't know how to "fix" the issue with this new claim system. So he is going to let it slide, at least till 2.0(I hope). As for the Garuda exploit, he should have ban everyone who did it, or at least put a suspension on their accounts.

Don't give me,"It doesn't hurt anyone" "it was their fault, not the players". Ya, well why do people get banned for duping things on other games? It's the same concept.

[Pixi]

This is what is wrong with this community. FFXIV has a cancer that has wrapped around the very heart of what makes the Online community good and the experiences memorable. It will strangle us all.

Name one online game that has powerleveling available and yet no one utilizes it. Or better yet, name one online game that simply has no method of powerleveling. I'm serious. Out of all the online games I've played, every single one of them had some form of powerleveling available and it was widely used. If there's any game where it doesn't exist, I haven't heard of it.

[Duelle]

A: With the implementation of the Garuda Primal fight we have been introduced to an active boss fight where positioning and moving to safety have become the new standard in which we have to adapt. Sorry ladies and gentlemen but the game is only going to get harder closer to 2.0 so might as well get used to it the concept of BOSS content is to make sure you are PROPERLY GEARED! This is how RPG's work in a general sense so why does everyone think AF gear is going to cut it? Ultimately you will mix and match sets from time to time to produce the best results.

I'm going to agree with the post on page 1 that mentioned latency. Fights with positioning and environmental hazards are what I've been wanting to see in FF context...but not with a set up of the server being in Japan and a crappy engine to boot.

That being said, I do want to point out that AF is iconic. Maybe it's the fact that I played WoW for 6 years and saw tier after tier of gear that was iconic and relevant for every class, but I never liked the idea of AF being decoration or -inventory space. XI also treated AF in such a way. Sure, this would be moot if SE implemented vanity slots/appearance tabs/transmogrification, but we haven't gotten to that point yet.

E: People have been telling me a lot if I dont level every class I wont accomplish much in this game? Well that ladies and gentlemen is a load of nonsense, If I for example want to only play a White Mage then what does it matter if I dont have Warrior or Black Mage leveled? I will play what I enjoy as should everyone.

Sadly some are too attached to the victory. Hence why we have folks that will use every advantage they can from the job/armoury systems, while we have others who play the jobs/classes they like and then pay the price for it.

[Velhart]

The simple saying is people don't know what they want...they say things but it's all utter foolishness...

They'll always want what they can't have and think they deserve more, when in fact, they deserve nothing.

It's just a silly world we live in where people think they are entitled to things...for everyone's sanity....and for the devs and team Yoshi-P I strongly believe they should remain focused on their mission. And don't jump at every whine/whim/demand that the player base is plastering to these boards...

And totally off topic but I have to poke fun...Diablo III release...giggles...FFXIV release issues were tame...ha hahahah

FFXIV didn't have a gigantic horde of people getting into the game like D3.