
Originally Posted by
KogaDrake
Written that way makes very little look complicated. lets look again. XIV has more to do for each person, and most (endgame atleast) depend on your group members doing their job just as much as your XI example.
THF, SATA tank at start, then stand there and auto attack until time to SC. Just 'saying SATA at start' makes it seem like something you did by yourself and didn't involve three other people (first voke, tank and healer) knowing what you were doing and adapting to it. If you did only this, you were terrible. No acid bolts? Really?
PLD, stand behind mob for SATA then provoke every30sec and flash now and then, rest of time stand and auto attack. Again, SATA is a tricky involved procedure. No cures? No defensive buffs?
off tank (if used, often just a dps with war subjob) provoke at start, stand there and auto attack. Taking part in the SATA skill chain often, if not, then taking part in the second skillchain (which I left out of example for brevity's sake). If you did only this, you were terrible.
BRD, cast songs, pull mob, run back (do so many time you can run around the insta death holes with eyes closed) recast songs doing a cure here and there while auto attack till next pull. You're right, maintaining a four or five buff rotation on a SATA party while pulling promptly is nowhere near as complicated as BRD is in XIV ARR. And if you auto-attacked as BRD... I have no words.
healer, heals.. Healer heals as first voke takes damage.. party wipes. Doesn't debuff mob either, doesn't maintain buff rotations (haste etc) apparently.
other DPS (if used), stands and auto attacks till time till skill chain Yes, Blue Mages were known for their auto-attack spam, or Corsair, or Puppetmaster, or Dancer.
BLM, cast spells till time to MB then time a bigger spell correct. I will grant Black Mages were a fairly pedestrian job in parties.
Now each person does very little, very repetitive and much of this training is left to the wind by lv75. no one Skillchain > MB at 75, SATA was used at max once a fight, and most often the thf was only there for treasure hunter (so SATA leave group, reinvite close to death). While it was fun, if you thought it was hard and alot to do.. idk what to tell you as most of the time in combat was doing next to nothing or running the same pulling paths over and over...