The Elemental Wheel

[Shuon]

ARR had to deal with many relics of 1.0 amongst them include the class/job system and the elements being divided amongst the mage classes.

The absence of elemental wheel is unfortunate but I think, at the very least, the current system is working out quite well and no point fixing something that isn't broken (unless of course if the dev has nothing better to do)

[Viviza]

The elemental wheel is a bad idea for several reasons. You can't play an MMO like a typical RPG party where certain members are more useful in certain situations. In a single player game this rewards the player for building a balanced party and having effective tactics versus all opponents, but in a multiplayer game this punishes the player who can't act in certain scenarios. In a single player game you're rewarded for finding weaknesses and exploiting them, but in a multiplayer game this sets one player above the others. MMOs aren't about finding these things, but of the right tactics of the group as a whole.

Also consider existing design. Black Mages (for example) are not designed around spamming one particular school. You've have to make every element have self-sufficient rotations which would involve adding many spells and cluttering bars. You'd have to balance all enemies to take 'normal' damage from their 'weakness' otherwise mages would overpower everyone.

[papichulo123]

maybe in patch 5.0

[Sanadaiyeve]

~I was thinking if they could add elemental attributes to auto-attacks (probably respective with their selected Deity?) so they also enjoy elemental benefits.

This sounds awesome!!!!

[Empty-handed]

what about the elemental resist pots? so far these alchemist recipes have been pretty much useless.