~Poll~ Longer fights <Do you want it?>

[Duelle]

Too bad Yoshida already agreed fights are too short and mobs die too quickly. He's in favor of increasing all battle lengths.

Which can invite problems depending on the approach taken. If you try to focus on CC then I hope they give CC to every DPS job. If you're increasing mob HP and defenses then I hope they also tweak player debuffs and spread them through all the classes.

That's not to mention that making solo exp inconvenient (which would result from longer fights) is a step backwards. We'll see how this plays out.

[Elexia]

Which can invite problems depending on the approach taken. If you try to focus on CC then I hope they give CC to every DPS job. If you're increasing mob HP and defenses then I hope they also tweak player debuffs and spread them through all the classes.

That's not to mention that making solo exp inconvenient (which would result from longer fights) is a step backwards. We'll see how this plays out.

Point 1: That's exactly why it was being regarded as a change with the reintroduction of the Battle Regimen system. Player debuffs are mostly worthless because mobs die just so quick that it can't even take effect most of the time or flat out resist rates without alternatives, for example in FFXI you had numerous ways to debuff even resistant bosses that weren't elemental based resistance (i.e no paralyze on Shiva.)

Point 2: That's also why they're tweaking the guild leve system which monsters already have scalable and pre-adjusted HP/defense which are lower than "world spawn" mobs, if you ever get a mob caught in your AoE at low level, look at how quick a GL mob dies versus a regular mob, they have a lot lower HP in many regards.

Yoshida isn't inexperienced to MMOs so he knows the type of balance they'll need, it's mostly the community that's heavily split on certain subjects, he's not against doing a lot that he deems will be good for the game.