Required Class/Rank failed - Can we have Optimal Rank and Favoured Class back?

[ellohwell]

They don't have to give you a reason. It's pretty simple. "Drastic changes" mean just that.

Means what? Bad decisions?

Well I can see that.

[mysterytaru]

Means what? Bad decisions?

Well I can see that.

Everything since Yoshi took over has been a bad decision to you. You've made that quite clear over the course of your 5 other accounts by trolling him and the dev team nonstop. Your opinion has no bearing on the reality that most people actually playing the game are enjoying the changes. Get over yourself, gifthorse, you're not as important as you think.

[ellohwell]

Everything since Yoshi took over has been a bad decision to you. You've made that quite clear over the course of your 5 other accounts by trolling him and the dev team nonstop. Your opinion has no bearing on the reality that most people actually playing the game are enjoying the changes. Get over yourself, gifthorse, you're not as important as you think.

How is required rank/class good?

Do explain.

[Tiraelina]

What did making GLA a disadvantage to have in parties do to improve the game? What is required rank doing that a modified optimal rank wouldn't have done in a more graceful manner? Stats were useless before 1.19 so using gear that was optimal to you barely mattered, stop basing your opinion off it.

[Jennestia]

How is required rank/class good?

Do explain.

How is it bad? What's being hurt or unable to be accomplished by needing to level in order to wear something? Or be the appropriate class?

[mysterytaru]

How is required rank/class good?

Do explain.

It's called 'goal-oriented content'. Another thing that was overwhelmingly voted for in the player polls. Also, as has been stated many times and ignored by you just as often, it makes the game and other content easier to balance and manage from a development standpoint.

Unfortunately for everyone on these forums, this doesn't matter to you because you're gonna QQ anyway because Tanaka's game is dead and you want to play that one instead and won't shut up about it. We get it. You don't like the new direction. Too bad. It's here and it's here to stay.

[Jennestia]

Even Yoshida said it would be easier to balance with the Required system.

[mysterytaru]

Even Yoshida said it would be easier to balance with the Required system.

Since this is gifthorse we're arguing with, the fact that Yoshi said it makes it an obvious lie and and wrong in any possible way it could be.

[ellohwell]

It's called 'goal-oriented content'. Another thing that was overwhelmingly voted for in the player polls. Also, as has been stated many times and ignored by you just as often, it makes the game and other content easier to balance and manage from a development standpoint.

Wow. If they have to resort to slapping restrictions on everything to create goals for people, they need to try harder. I don't mean this like "oh SE sucks" I mean this like "wearing gear isn't a worthwhile goal".

There are more important things you could be doing than fussing over gear which is basically all just the same anyway. Besides, I could have all R50s and completed every quest and beat every boss and still change weapons and end up naked.

As for the balance issue, I can put one materia on a robe and make it better than full plate so maybe "balance" isn't such a good soap box to use to convey your message.

Too bad. It's here and it's here to stay.

"too bad"

That's exactly right. It's just plain bad.

[Dreamer]

While I think these sorts of restrictions are silly, I would be mostly okay with it if we had some sort of appearance system to counteract the loss of character appearance customizability (is that a word?).