Thread: Rebalancing Suggestions for 4.0

Originally Posted by Brannigan

combo stuff

Honestly, something like that should have been implemented a while ago. Really hope something similar is planned for 4.0.

Originally Posted by TaranTatsuuchi

We've already got too many skills to comfortably use on all control devices.

Was a joke .

More buttons more fun would be a dumb motto.

Originally Posted by Brannigan

This isn't so much a balance thing, but melee class combos (WAR PLD DRK DRG NIN) could be trimmed down quite a bit by making the buttons smart. For example, right now you need 6 buttons for paladin's three combos, but that could realistically be accomplished by two buttons.

Call them (1) Fast Blade and (2) Heavy Blade. Using Fast Blade changes both skills into the next part of a combo tree. So your new combos would become

(1) Fast Blade -> (1) Savage Blade -> (1) Rage of Halone
(1) Fast Blade -> (1) Savage Blade -> (2) Royal Authority
(1) Fast Blade -> (2) Riot Blade -> (1) Goring Blade
(1) Fast Blade -> (2) Riot Blade -> (2) New combo ender or nothing

This system should also, obviously, be applied to binary stances like Sword Oath/Shield Oath, Defiance/Deliverance, and Ninja Poisons. If your Sword Oath hotkey is F, then while you're in Sword Oath pressing F activates Shield Oath. If you're in Shield Oath, pressing F activates Sword Oath. I'd also probably also just give Monk full time Fists of the Wind speed and just have them toggle between Fire/Earth (maybe not even that, kinda boring). Of course, Warrior wrath/abandon mirror actions should be condensed down into single buttons as well.

It does remove a small level of control but I think that's okay.

As far as actual balance stuff goes, they should move paladin and dark knight stances off of GCD and balance from there. It would just make them flow a lot better. They should also take a good look at some of the weird situational utility/PVP-ish skills and just make them good skills instead (Cover, One Ilm Punch, all forms of Sleep, etc).

I love all of this. This is really cool.

No changes to system needed if marcos would be reworked to .0X of a second.

Well I'd also like to see White Mage get no healing or MND penalty while in Cleric Stance so maybe I'm just a dirty casual (even though I don't play WHM I just think they should probably benefit more from Cleric Stance than scholar does).

Originally Posted by Brannigan

Well I'd also like to see White Mage get no healing or MND penalty while in Cleric Stance so maybe I'm just a dirty casual (even though I don't play WHM I just think they should probably benefit more from Cleric Stance than scholar does).

CASUAL GET OUT! REEEEEEEE!!

Originally Posted by Brannigan

Well I'd also like to see White Mage get no healing or MND penalty while in Cleric Stance so maybe I'm just a dirty casual (even though I don't play WHM I just think they should probably benefit more from Cleric Stance than scholar does).

Hum last I check the whm already got the yolodiction (ok benediction) that bypass CS restriction
While sch lost lustrate bypass
Should be enough

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Sorry but when I saw the interview the "going back to the basic" wasn't easier rotation
What i understand was having a revamp more centred around the job's core and lore

Because it's like saying that enochian will become à stance and so and so
Jobs shouldn't get easier
But more challenging
Forcing player to adapt during fight !

Originally Posted by Brannigan

Well I'd also like to see White Mage get no healing or MND penalty while in Cleric Stance so maybe I'm just a dirty casual (even though I don't play WHM I just think they should probably benefit more from Cleric Stance than scholar does).

I think cross class skills need to be removed all together. Make healer dps scale off MND like nearly every other MMO.