Class-Specific Limit Breaks

[Tsuole]

After a while in Heavensward, I look back to the excitement I had when new Limit Breaks were announced originally.

Despite loving the new animations, I am disappointed with the system. Dressing something up differently is not enough to prove to me that two of the same thing, are different.

My problems:
not all LBs are made equal and even though we have these great animations we NEVER see them all in use which is really sad.

These are not the class specific LBs that people were talking about before. There are class specific animations, but in terms of effect this is not the case.

I want to talk about the possibility of class-specific limit breaks which would help to divide the currently problem of homogeneity within class categories (healer, tank, ranged dps etc.) which would bring about more excitement, utility and strategy when creating a raiding, PVE or PVP party.

[Bernelli]

They give you people what you ask for, and you STILL find a way to bitch about it.

[Canadane]

If they different to much degree it would get people saying "No you can't came we don't want x class in our party because we need y class to do their LB."
And as minor as that may be in the big picture, the devs have stated this is something they look to avoid at all costs.

[Violyre]

They give you people what you ask for, and you STILL find a way to bitch about it.

I think he's saying that it's the same thing dressed up differently, and would've preferred something that would cause "I think that the WAR should use LB in this fight because it does X" or "Astrologian LB would be good for this type of recovery."

I'm personally of preference to just have kept one LB for each of the class types (adding in a new one for BRD and MCH of course) than make different ones for each job.

[Nadirah]

I'd just be happy for a reason to use anything regularly that isn't melee dps lb.

[CGMidlander]

I'd just be happy for a reason to use anything regularly that isn't melee dps lb.

Mage LB had/has some pretty nice uses

[Eul]

I do some troll at WoD only for looking at healer's and tank's LB.

[Itseotle]

I'd just be happy for a reason to use anything regularly that isn't melee dps lb.

Caster LB gets used all the time too. In my raid static, during progression, this is how we used our LBs:

Melee:

• Garuda EX
  Ifrit EX
  Moogle EX
  Ramuh EX
  Shiva EX
  T1
  T2
  T7
  T11
  T13

Caster:

• Titan EX
  Leviathan EX
  T4
  T5
  T6
  T8
  T9
  T10
  T12
  A1s
  A2s

Tank

• Ultima Ex
  T13

I can't comment on A3s and A4s as we haven't done them yet, but there is a good mix of LB use between melee and caster in progression, which some would argue, is where it matters. Now as for that BRD LB... yea I'll agree that might as well not exist or be reverted back to the Heal LB for Lv3. I also agree the Tank LB could use something of a buff, I'm just not sure how. A did see a Tank LB used effectively in certain situations though, like on last boss of WoD, last boss of Haukke Manor HM, and Garuda Ex.

[Esp]

I would be happy for other ways for us to view our different LB3's somewhere besides battle. You rarely see a healer or tank LB in favor of a melee LB and all that work that went into making them usually go unnoticed and unappreciated.

There are days when I wish I could view them in the inn or something..without having to hope a battle ends with someone forgetting to use a LB3 so I can use it just to watch the animation. xD

[Amberyl]

I'd just be happy for a reason to use anything regularly that isn't melee dps lb.

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