Why are numbers valued more highly than fun.

[Morzy]

Some of you players are ridiculous and quite insecure. You get a new job and find it very enjoyable and the first thing you worry about is it getting nerfed and becoming "less" good, as if a overall 2% decrease in DPS would ruin the fun for you.


Before patch 2.41:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...s-and-Dungeons.

After patch 2.41:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...oice-ninjas%21

[Sadana]

For one, for some players numbers ARE fun. Also, people who raid are concerned they will lose a valuable static spot if they continue playing as their preferred-yet-now-nerfed class.

[Genesis-xyx]

This is a game, people aren't allowed to have fun ^.^

[Fated]

For one, for some players numbers ARE fun. Also, people who raid are concerned they will lose a valuable static spot if they continue playing as their preferred-yet-now-nerfed class.

You could post this until the end of the world and some people would still never get it.

[DoctorPepper]

Why would anybody want the main job they play to get nerfed?

The first thread you posted was nothing but a bunch of people who never even played 50 ninja whining about how it's so easy and OP. The thread itself was baseless speculation from a player who was essentially begging for ninja to be nerfed. Several of the posters whining about ninja were monks or dragoons who didn't even have rogue unlocked, let alone ninja.

People are happy about the lack of nerf and you choose to single out the positive thread rather than the one full of negative garbage, good job.

[Sholah]

People play the job they play because they like it. Your favorite job having less potential than before is pretty annoying to anyone.

[KitanaiKoneko]

Because combat in this game revolves around said numbers?

If the boss hits for 10k before mitigation, then you need to have 10k+1 EHP through straight hp or mitigation to survive. If the boss has a phase with 120k health and 60s to clear it, you need to do 2k party dps.

If there are jobs that make the numbers game easier, those jobs will become more desirable.

[RakaMaimhov]

This whole game is numbers. That's all it is.

You think that is limited to video games? Have you ever played tabletop gaming or TCG's? NUMBERS.

People play the job they play because they like it. Your favorite job having less potential than before is pretty annoying to anyone.

Herein is why DRG at the least, is justified in their "whining" presently.

Even though I KNOW my potential on DRG is less than other melee DPS, I still enjoy playing the job, and have fun doing it. It gets frustrating and depressing that I do my best and thanks to the limitations of how my main is built, I will never do as well in many situations as others. And that is not fun.

I don't think nerfing a class is the solution. I think bringing the other classes/jobs up to par so they are all equal is the solution. Nobody wants to be nerfed.

Numbers are fun. Numbers are also not fun. The two go together.

[Marxam]

ppl like stroking their epeens? As a tank idgaf about big numbers but its nice to see 1.5k+ IB's twice in a row. That's a 3k+ heal in 3 secs.

[Sparktacus]

so "Fun" is completely subjective. What is fine for you might not be fun for someone else. No one can say one person' fun is more correct than another. For some fun comes from victories not from wipes. For some it comes from playing with friends, and for some its gathering/crafting.