Heavensward class Traits

[Orbital-Dragon]

I would actually love to see Job Traits. I feel like a few of my Dragoon specific abilities could use a nice buff. Lower the cool down of some jumps, increase the jump range perhaps, or even remove the return to original location effect allowing it to be used as an opening ability.

[Zfz]

I wish traits work to modify our play style. Something like out of 10 traits we can only activate 5, and these will modify our skills so we each play differently depending on what we like to use.

I mean as it stands, stat traits might as well have been folded into our leveling stat growth curve and skill effects folded into the skills themselves. There's absolutely no choice whatsoever involved with traits, and other than a few specifics (such as the WHM Protect) we might as well forget that traits existed.

[Pomelo]

I really would love traits to be added for the jobs themselves this expansion, something to further diversify (is that a word) each job from one another. At the same time I'd love for more stuff that actually makes us different (merit points, more skill 'choice' and so on) to make people more different...obviously though, stuff like this is ruined when people theorycraft and say "you must" have "x" or "y" >.<

*cough* Racial Skills *cough* as well? <3

[Zfz]

obviously though, stuff like this is ruined when people theorycraft and say "you must" have "x" or "y" >.<

This would indeed happen with simplistic options that modify the potency of skills, resulting in quantifiable benefits. But when the choices involved are things that cannot be consistently quantified, or things that are one niche versus another, then personal choice triumphs.

For example instead of things like +2/4/8 primary stat (the current stat traits), have a +5% Accuracy trait option that can be turned on when we don't have enough Accuracy, and turned off (i.e. choose something else) once we get the gear for it. Instead of having skill buffs last longer (the current skill traits), have trait options that modify how skills behave (e.g. Jump that doesn't return you to the original position; Cure proc that gives damage absorption shield instead of free Cure 2; larger Flash/Overpower range etc).

World of Warcraft very successfully revamped its talent system providing many personal choices, I'm sure FFXIV can, too.

[Limecat]

Maybe Proshell will be replaced with increased in-combat MP regen. >_>

[Culfinrandir]

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[Xoriam]

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[Selli]

I'd like to read this thread but after a few seconds it crashes due to a HUGE sig. ¬_¬

I complained to the user in my previous post. :x

Is there any way to report it? I know you can report the post, but the post itself is fine. But the user doesn't care/doesn't go on the forums frequently as the image hasn't been removed. I'm pretty sure Devs can edit forum signatures if needed, but this file is staggeringly huge. I don't know any forums that would allow anyone to have an image so big in their signature.



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[Nevaldus]

I complained to the user in my previous post. :x

Is there any way to report it? I know you can report the post, but the post itself is fine. But the user doesn't care/doesn't go on the forums frequently as the image hasn't been removed. I'm pretty sure Devs can edit forum signatures if needed, but this file is staggeringly huge. I don't know any forums that would allow anyone to have an image so big in their signature.



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[EDIT] That's about an 84 MB .gif for those too lazy to math.

My apologies, i didn't notice, i will take down the .Gif now.

[Selli]

My apologies, i didn't notice, i will take down the .Gif now.

Thank you so much! I live in the middle of no where so I only have 2 MBps internet, it was taking 5+ minutes to load the page and after 120 seconds my browser would just stop responding and ask me to close it. It took me a bit to figure out what the issue was 'cause I just figured my 10 year old machine was just being cranky.