Removing the recast timers in FFXIV - good idea?

[Madepossible]

I mean, wouldn't that be good? I feel like the game needs to adapt to a modern meta so it invites a newer playerbase. Sure some big cooldowns like blood for blood, internal release etc. still have the 60sec cooldowns but more talking about the recast time for basic skills.

[Linadae]

If they did that, the boss fights would have to change drastically since melee dps would suddenly be doing a LOT more damage. And personally if they went with the 'action rpg' motif, I'd quit. I've tried games like Guild Wars 2, Wild Star, and the newer mmos done in such style and frankly they don't appeal to me at all.

This is a nice mix of the old of FFXI and the new of WoW. And the market clearly still has a place for games with these types of mechanics based on how well the newest WoW expansion is doing and XIV is no wilting rose either when it comes to numbers.

In any case, making that drastic of a change to the combat system is only good for one thing, driving players away.

As my mother would say, "If it's not broken, don't try to fix it."

[GMERC]

This is a joke thread, right?

[Rennies]

This is definitely too much to change at once. If they speed up the combat at all I'd prefer them to first lower the GCD to a reasonable number like 2.25-2.40 seconds.

[Moomba33]

I prefer slower paced combat myself.
I doubt I'd be able to keep up if XIV turned into an action game.

[Chocolys]

Not for me. I like it as it is.

[Rita1989]

This is definitely too much to change at once. If they speed up the combat at all I'd prefer them to first lower the GCD to a reasonable number like 2.25-2.40 seconds.

No thanks I play FFXIV because its not a button smash game

[Eimian_Eda]

No thanks I play FFXIV because its not a button smash game

That change would hardly make this game into a button masher :c

[ErryK]

No thanks I play FFXIV because its not a button smash game

People are button mashing either way. Though a reduced GCD and not so much an outright removed one wouldn't hurt the game but would indeed require the devs to retune battles in previous fights to keep consistency between battles. We'd be phase skipping a lot of stuff in places like A11/A12, etc.

[SpookyGhost]

This is a nice mix of the old of FFXI and the new of WoW.

How is it like XI at all? Do you just mean it's just a slower version of WoW? If so: Yeah, true.

e: Sorry wait, this is giving XIV way too much credit. It's a slower version of WoW that somehow also lacks the depth of WoW, meaning that it gives you 2.5s to remember what button goes next in your rotation. Alright, that's clearer.