Should level 55 job abilities be overpowered, but content made more difficult?

[Altijacek]

Or should we get the OP abilities when level cap reaches 99 whenever that is?

It's clear summoners are getting a new egi, but will the egis be OP?
Should white mages get something like an ability that makes stoneskin AoE?
Monks getting a cooldown that allows greased lightning to stack to four for 20 seconds?

[Velox]

Or should we get the OP abilities when level cap reaches 99 whenever that is?

It's clear summoners are getting a new egi, but will the egis be OP?
Should white mages get something like an ability that makes stoneskin AoE?
Monks getting a cooldown that allows greased lightning to stack to four for 20 seconds?

OP is very subjective. Each ability has its share of weight to counter the effect.

White Mages had such an ability at one time, and it wasn't OP. The drawback was it doubled both cast time and MP consumption, thus balancing it out.
Given that GL is an integral part of the PGL class, allowing it to last 20 seconds would be more of a QoL fix than anything else. Right now PGL suffers from fights with delays (where the mob becomes untargetable). An extension to GL would be beneficial even today.

[Gilraen]

The abilities of post level cap increase will likely just be abilities rehashed from 1.# (would so love to have the AoE buff of White Mage back, AoE Stoneskin {Yes, please.}) or third actions to existing two action combos. The egis would naturally be balanced against the current egis to make them unique but not invalidate current egis. Understand that this game is balanced against PvE and iLevel (as much as iLevel is a crutch...), yet has to remember that there's a PvP element now that's growing ever more popular. You can't just drop in stronger and stronger abilities without broad and reaching consequences.

[Alberel]

Given that GL is an integral part of the PGL class, allowing it to last 20 seconds would be more of a QoL fix than anything else. Right now PGL suffers from fights with delays (where the mob becomes untargetable). An extension to GL would be beneficial even today.

It's been stated by the devs that monks are balanced around losing GL stacks. They aren't intended to maintain it at all times thoughout a fight. That's why they got that 10% damage buff a while back. They're currently the highest damage role in the game so to give them higher uptime on GL would be the very definition of OP.

I don't see why new skills in the expansion have to be OP though... SMN egis need a major rebalancing pass to give them varying roles rather than having one always be 'better' (i.e. garuda-egi for everything). A new egi would ideally offer a new utility of some kind or be useful in a certain situation (such as having one dedicated to single target and another dedicated to AOE, etc.)

Any other new skills can be as powerful as the devs want them to be as long as they have a sufficient cost associated with using them. Most MMOs usually offer at least one game-changing new skill though, as opposed to just another DOT to throw in your rotation.

[ElHeggunte]

It's been stated by the devs that monks are balanced around losing GL stacks. They aren't intended to maintain it at all times thoughout a fight. That's why they got that 10% damage buff a while back. They're currently the highest damage role in the game so to give them higher uptime on GL would be the very definition of OP.

This was a popular theory early on when people were discussing QoL changes for Monk, but I don't remember the devs ever saying that nor could anyone ever link me when I asked (and an internet/forum search anyways fell short). It always sounded like pure conjecture to me.

[Lithera]

This was a popular theory early on when people were discussing QoL changes for Monk, but I don't remember the devs ever saying that nor could anyone ever link me when I asked (and an internet/forum search anyways fell short). It always sounded like pure conjecture to me.

I'm sure it's taken into account...but you can't balance based on losing GL because a fair number of encounters in the game allow for a decent MNK to fulltime GL the entire fight. Though perhaps they are and that leads partially into why they are currently the number one DPS for a lot of endgame encounters. It's balanced for loss of GL but the good MNKs AREN'T losing it.

[ParanoidHobo]

...what?

No abilities should be overpowered, especially not intentionally. And even if they were, you said the difficulty should be raised to compensate, so you've effectively changed nothing. I don't understand this post.

[saeedaisspecial]

No.
Power Creep should be avoided as much as possible.
We're already having too much in gear, if we had it with abilities too it would get ridiculous even faster than it already is.

[WellFooled]

No abilities should be overpowered, but every job should have abilities that feel overpowered.

[Tenebrisme]

Forget overpowered skills. We need useful skills, harder/more complex content, and gear sets with skill/stat benefits.