Solution to WAR problem is to nerf PLD

[MomoOG]

Its pretty obvious that War is balanced for the content we currently have and that Pld is over-tuned for the current content (hint we are not supposed to be able to do Coil yet). Pld needs to be brought down not War brought up. People arguing otherwise just want a face roll game.

[Hachiko]

Its pretty obvious that War is balanced for the content we currently have and that Pld is over-tuned for the current content (hint we are not supposed to be able to do Coil yet). Pld needs to be brought down not War brought up. People arguing otherwise just want a face roll game.

I have a hard time believing this line of thought.

First off, because all of the other classes don't have that much of a problem meeting the requirements to do coil. the Damage Dealers can all meet the enrage/soft enrage timer, the healers have no real problems keeping anyone alive from incidental damage or keeping PLD tanks up. The only Job that is having a hard time is WAR. While having an overtuned tank can have risidual effects on the DPS requirements and healing requirements, it isn't the only factor to consider.

Second, Paladin is an EXTREMELY easy class to balance a game around. Everything they have is flat or passive and it all scales with mob damage. Their rotation is very simple as well, which eliminates variances due to playstyle as well. You can easily calculate exactly how much dmg a PLD will take over time when they properly use their cooldowns and skills. For a WAR it's much more difficult to calculate, and even more difficult to execute properly. For this reason, it seems more likely that they messed up the balance on WAR and not PLD.

[CurlyBruce]

Its pretty obvious that War is balanced for the content we currently have and that Pld is over-tuned for the current content (hint we are not supposed to be able to do Coil yet). Pld needs to be brought down not War brought up. People arguing otherwise just want a face roll game.

Hint: If we weren't supposed to do Coil yet they would not have added it the game. Hint: You can still do coil with DL WAR, it just requires a bit of luck with bosses not going nuts on you at a bad time. Hint: Crystal Tower will not help WAR in coil because you can already get higher tier gear from Mythology or Coil itself.

[MomoOG]

Hint: If we weren't supposed to do Coil yet they would not have added it the game. Hint: You can still do coil with DL WAR, it just requires a bit of luck with bosses not going nuts on you at a bad time. Hint: Crystal Tower will not help WAR in coil because you can already get higher tier gear from Mythology or Coil itself.

Hint: Maybe you should find the posts by Yoshi himself saying exactly what I have said. They thought Crystal Tower would have been ready but it wasn't. I'm not making things yup or speculating like you are. These are facts from the developers themselves.

[Stryker]

Hint: Maybe you should find the posts by Yoshi himself saying exactly what I have said. They thought Crystal Tower would have been ready but it wasn't. I'm not making things yup or speculating like you are. These are facts from the developers themselves.

Yeah it's not ready, so we don't know what changes are going to be made. They could have gear drop for War that puts it on the same level as PLD. Tweaking a game that's only in the first month of launch leads to huge problems later on. By adjusting it now for the current content, then they'll have to keep adjusting other classes to meet that content.

The whole point of class balance is that throughout the game it says even, otherwise they ping pong with buffs and nerfs. I agree War needs some tweaks, but to demand them right now is stupid since the game is still in its infancy. But to demand a nerf to PLD is also dumb. Nerfs are meant when the mechanics of a game largely favor a class. Mechanics, not play style. They are not one and the same.

[Hachiko]

Yeah it's not ready, so we don't know what changes are going to be made. They could have gear drop for War that puts it on the same level as PLD. Tweaking a game that's only in the first month of launch leads to huge problems later on. By adjusting it now for the current content, then they'll have to keep adjusting other classes to meet that content.

They can't have gear drop for WAR that puts them on the same level as PLD though, unless they completely throw balance to the wind. In order for WAR self heals to come close to being on the same level as PLD mitigation for endgame, WAR's would have to be doing ~250-300 DPS themselves.

Unless there is an ilvl 80 axe that has 92 damage on it that drops in CT, there is no way WAR is even going to approach being on the same level as a PLD even when adding in CT gear.

[MomoOG]

Yeah it's not ready, so we don't know what changes are going to be made. They could have gear drop for War that puts it on the same level as PLD. Tweaking a game that's only in the first month of launch leads to huge problems later on. By adjusting it now for the current content, then they'll have to keep adjusting other classes to meet that content.

The whole point of class balance is that throughout the game it says even, otherwise they ping pong with buffs and nerfs. I agree War needs some tweaks, but to demand them right now is stupid since the game is still in its infancy. But to demand a nerf to PLD is also dumb. Nerfs are meant when the mechanics of a game largely favor a class. Mechanics, not play style. They are not one and the same.

Actual we do know the changes. They have been pretty clear that Crystal Tower will drop gear intended to allow you to progress through Coil.

[CurlyBruce]

They thought Crystal Tower would have been ready but it wasn't. I'm not making things yup or speculating like you are. These are facts from the developers themselves.

Except they aren't. Yoshida said he expected no more than 100 people to have beaten Coil by 2.1. The reason Crystal Tower wasn't implemented was because they were still balancing it around having 24 people. If Coil wasn't balanced around people with ilvl70 gear they would not have released it also. I personally have tanked on WAR in nothing but DL+Relic Weapon in Coil up to Turn 4. It's possible, you don't need a PLD it just makes the randomness of the fights slightly less random. I don't know why people keep bringing up PLD as if it makes Coil faceroll easy when it doesn't. Even if WAR was buffed to PLD levels of mitigation, you would still need everyone else including the WAR to perform their job at optimal levels in order to succeed.

Actual we do know the changes. They have been pretty clear that Crystal Tower will drop gear intended to allow you to progress through Coil.

We know the changes are that Crystal Tower gear will be below Mythology/Allagan gear so gear is not going to magically make WAR equal to PLD. We already have ilvl90 Weapons as well in Relic+1 and the damage increase does not allow WAR to self-heal enough to offset the damage difference PLD mitigates. Also any gear that gets added for WAR will be added for PLD as well since gear is Homogenized in this game into either Tank Gear (WAR/PLD) Healer Gear (WHM/SCH) Caster Gear (BLM/SMN) and then Ranged/Melee DD each have their own set for some stupid reason.

[Taemek]

Except they aren't. Yoshida said he expected no more than 100 people to have beaten Coil by 2.1.

LOL is all I can say.....