Concerns about " Getting rid of unused and ineffective actions"

[Pondera]

I really feel that this topic should be one that SE actually engages the community with, rather then deciding things on their own before they ruin more classes like BRD or create issues like with SMN and SCH. I think they should be actually discussing possible changes with their players, as implementing a new system and going full rehaul without proper feedback can kill a game before it even gets any steam going.

FOX! will you be my new best friend? We have so much in common! But, joking aside, you are absolutely right. One of the big weaknesses Blizzard had that I think really undermined consumer confidence is that they looked down on those that bought their games. I use the "you think you want that, but you really don't" comment as evidence to this statement. When they wanted to make changes to the game that they saw as their property, they just went ahead and did it, and ignored the fan backlash. Fun be cursed, there were developer egos at stake!

Fortunately, Yoshi P has more creative integrity and passion for game making in his pinky than the entirety of Blizzard does at this point, so I'm sure the communication with the fans is inevitable at this point. Especially since this thread has, like, over 7,000 views and plenty of discussion to go with it. But, for this to work, they need to take into account the opinions of everyone involved: the casuals who don't often have time to play, the low level players who are still working on their first class, the raiders, the super hard core, everyone. Raiders may not have any use for, say, sleep, as a black mage, but it's saved my life several times when I was first leveling a thaumaturge way back when. If this kind of thing can't happen so the positions of every player demographic can be taken into account for the change, then it should not occur. The system isn't broke, so don't fix it.

My only fear is that cute animations will forever be lost to us, One Ilm Punch has a beautiful animation tbf.

And any reference to Bruce Lee is worthy to stick around in my book. For monks? That kind of thing should be SACRED.