Quote Originally Posted by Yallaid View Post
SMN seems to be a great example of this, beyond the numerical nerfs and changes, the way the Aetherflow interacts with the Dreadwyrm trance changed so much that the class is far far more punishing to mistakes. And players have a much more limited set of skills available to them when they are, say, between pulls in a 4-man dungeon.
.... Are you a SMN? Because I can assure you, as a SMN main, the changes they made to Aethertrail stacks not having a count down has been nothing but a blessing. I no longer have to worry about stacks dropping between mobs or while dodging boss mechanics. It's annoying that I can't refresh aetherflow while in dreadwyrm trance (I used to in order to shave off a few extra seconds of cooldown time)... Or more specifically, it's annoying that you can still refresh it, but all it does is put Aetherflow into cooldown without giving you anything for it. XP But the fact is, that is something I will eventually train myself to avoid doing.

All of my damage got nerfed, but it's a lot more sustained than it used to be, cooldowns are shorter, I don't lose a sh*t ton of damage if I mess up and time Painflare poorly, or if the tank isn't speedrunning... Honestly I think you picked one of the worst classes for an example, there are very few SMNs I know that're dissatisfied with the changes. Our biggest complaint is the loss of Sustain for Titan-egi in solo content lol.