SE made this game AST only, why?

[Hamada]

Personally, I'd wait to get our hands on it and see how it plays in game to see if everything is as tarnished and ruined as people make it out to be, but judging from on paper, yikes.

We definitely know who'll be meta though, but Scholar seems to be necessary still since Fairy actions (Covenant, Illumination) + crit barrier spread

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/scholar/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/whitemage/

I do not want to play SCH having no AoE damage.
I would not want to play whm where i need 8/5 (making it impossible) to have all my tools I used to have as needs, let alone be able to play with the new abilities, this also leaves out the useless cleric stance. You do not need to play to know these alone are bad choices.

The removal of sustain is probably the biggest mystery for me. Especially since there doesn't seem to have been anything added or altered to compensate. Egis will die faster and not and will take no less time to recast. If I've missed something, someone please explain it to me. -_-

Yep with the potency loss I might as well heal without the fairy when she dies.

I HAVE TO PICK SWIFTCAST as a SCH because of the fariy summoning and SCH is the weakest raw healing already.

[Sinrai]

I would not want to play whm where i need 8/5 (making it impossible) to have all my tools I used to have as needs, let alone be able to play with the new abilities, this also leaves out the useless cleric stance. You do not need to play to know these alone are bad choices.

You're not the only ones losing abilities, though.

Also, you guys seem to not have watched the Youtube-Videos showing new abilities. For example, Stone gets a T4 upgrade with 260 potency, not just 210. You also get an ability that reduces MP cost of all spells to 0 for 12 seconds, a 60 second recast that gives a 15% Max HP barrier and lots of other spells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CheU...ZPtBU&index=14

edith: Nevermind, it's all written down in the job guides. Then why only complain about what you lost, instead of looking at what you get? You have no clue how it will actually work out yet.