Making role actions more unique visually/conceptually

[Coulvre]

This thread is not about how the new role actions work in a gameplay/mechanical sense.

I was kind of disappointed by all jobs of the same role sharing a singular action since I feel like it makes them less unique and interesting to play.

A major example for me: Esuna being a healer action now means that Scholar no longer has Leeches, which makes a lot more sense for a Scholar to be using since Esuna is a completely different type of magic than the magic that Scholars use in lore.

I feel it would make things more interesting if the role actions remained the same in terms of gameplay, but just had a different name/icon/animation depending on which job you were playing. I suppose one could argue this might be confusing but personally I enjoy the cosmetic and lore elements of the game a lot and felt it was kind of sad for things to be homogenised in this way - things looking cool and individual is part of the fun, you know?

[kattzkitti]

I feel it would make things more interesting if the role actions remained the same in terms of gameplay, but just had a different name/icon/animation depending on which job you were playing.

I fully agree with this. Keep the Esuna button in cross-role, but the icon and animation should swap out to Leeches / Exalted Detriment when used by SCH/AST respectively.

[Daierra]

I'd also like to see existing actions touched up this way. Goad, for example, strikes me as something a ne'er-do-well Lominsan rogue might do, but not so much a dragoon or samurai. But yeah, definitely confusing if every physical DPS class got their own unique version of it.

[Seraphyna]

A major example for me: Esuna being a healer action now means that Scholar no longer has Leeches, which makes a lot more sense for a Scholar to be using since Esuna is a completely different type of magic than the magic that Scholars use in lore.

I'm also wondering about this since a lot of abilities, for example Leeches, is specifically listed in the Lore Book as a Scholar role ability. Is the Lore Book going to be updated to meet all these changes as well? I mean considering that the book I have now is outdated with all these changes.

[Naunet]

Agreed 100%. Keep the combat animations distinctive, please!