Quote Originally Posted by Rykan View Post
Hardly.....I just use XI as reference b/c it's, practically, "universally known." Everyone knows what I'm talking about, when I mention it.

Anyway, that's EXACTLY what has been done here. EVERYTHING has been dumbed down. You cast ONE spell to buff magic/phys defense. You have only TWO spells to cure a single target with. You have only a FEW WSs that are all DMG-intensive, rather than focusing on "strategic application" via special effects....like "binds target, blinds target, reduces evasion, reduces accuracy, reduces defense" and so on....

And do you know WHY they can't give us TONS of SPELLS and WSs? Because of the CONVOLUTED action bar....
I honestly don't get your logic:

-WHM/CNJ Protect lasts 5 min ( so what just recast it and your good, gives WHM something more to do besides cure spamming all the time.
-Protect and shell are together.. so what? Is it REALLY that big of a deal to make things a little more convenient? :?
-This is FFXI this is FFXIV nothing wrong with the battle system now
-Auto-attack rules out the "spamming 11111111111" till your blue in the face...

This reminds me of that one Rokien thread.....

Why does Rykan sound almost like.. Rokien......