Quote Originally Posted by syntaxlies View Post
honestly i wouldn't mind either way. It needs to be balanced. DD needs to be able to do more damage, and pug needs something to make them more useful(perhaps a ranged attack that stuns)

pre 1.20 my riot blade hit ifrit for 450, now it hits for 125. 2 of the glad combos are real easy since they are from the front. The one that increases defense requires you to strike to the rear.

and the reason i say now one can execute combos 100% of the time is 2 reasons 1, user error, 2 if you have hate and are required to attack from the side unless, you successfully stun the enemy some how there is a high chance of failure.
User error is something that is always there, and is beside the point.

I regularly do all my combos when solo on any class - front, rear, side. They are all very much possible. It simply requires that you are not locked on to your enemy, simply have them targeted. You can then easily dash to either of their sides or dash right through them to get to their rear and quickly hit the next WS before they have time to react. Timing it between their auto attacks and skills helps, as they stand still during those times.

The problem is during hectic content, like the Moogle, and the restrictive content like the NMs before the Moogle being among those sensitive trees. In one, the mob is unpredictable and difficult to maneuver around, and in the other you aren't even allowed to move when your weapon is out or you get an apple to the head for 9999.

It wouldn't be so much of an issue if there didn't exist a class that gets to do combos without positioning requirements for the same DPS ceiling, but considering giving ARC combos positioning requirements would be very counter-productive to the nature of the class what's left is to preferably remove the positioning requirement for combos and leave them as simply bonuses. Just for TP efficiency. A lot of the close-range DoW have bonuses like increased damage, or increased crit rate for combo AND position bonuses - so there will still be very good reason to be doing combos in position every single time you can. It will just prevent ARCs from becoming the DD that gets stacked in every content where positioning is made difficult.

Besides, like I said the DPS ceilings of all the classes are quite balanced right now. I rather they didn't mess with damage output values of the classes any further and risk screwing that up again.