My husband had your exact complaint. He tried all the classes and he didn't find any that entirely satisfied him. I feel similarly it just wasn't as immediately noticeable to me.

Quote Originally Posted by Enur View Post
Its the sound design that fails in FFXIV imo, all attacks sound weak. no "oomph" to anything just "pat pat pat pif" (bootshine)

While im no sound technician im guessing its a lack of bass in the attack sounds. you cant feel it like you can in gw2. that game knows how to mae satisfying sounds
They're reworking the way skills work for the next expansion (apparently summer/mid 2017 or something). So if anyone else has ideas as to the why's of that feeling do tell, they may read the thread.