The Unofficial "Why is this still a thing" Thread

[Nora_of_Mira]

Protect. It just takes up cross role space. I'm certain they could have done some math and edited damage taken so protect would no longer be necessary.

Yoshi P answered this once, too lazy to find it. He basically said protect is too iconic of a skill to remove, even though they did in fact consider removing it. I agree, I think it needs to be made more useful but I dont know how and I dont think Yoshi P knows how.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Yoshi P answered this once, too lazy to find it. He basically said protect is too iconic of a skill to remove, even though they did in fact consider removing it. I agree, I think it needs to be made more useful but I dont know how and I dont think Yoshi P knows how.

Actually, Yoshida wanted to remove it. Other members of the dev team convinced him it's too iconic. Which is dumb, considering it's a cast and forget ability.

[Deceptus]

Actually, Yoshida wanted to remove it. Other members of the dev team convinced him it's too iconic. Which is dumb, considering it's a cast and forget ability.

And then you see in PVP how it works like a short Def CD and you think, This would be a PERFECT cross role ability.

[Ameela]

And then you see in PVP how it works like a short Def CD and you think, This would be a PERFECT cross role ability.

Not really, it'd just be the healer version of Rampart where it's so good there's no reason not to take it, so why even make it an option in the first place.

Speaking of, my answer to the question is Rampart as a cross-role skill.

[Mahrze]

Actually, Yoshida wanted to remove it. Other members of the dev team convinced him it's too iconic. Which is dumb, considering it's a cast and forget ability.

Actually, Yoshida saved it. the dev team wanted to remove it http://twinfinite.net/2017/06/ffxiv-interview-e3-2017/

Twinfinite: For all of the actions that were removed, the development team clearly believed it was for the better that they were gone. However is there a job action that you will miss or something that you maybe tried to save from being removed but were overruled?

Yoshida: The opposite was true [he successfully saved one]. The Protect spell, there were talks within the dev team that “oh we don’t want this anymore” and he (Yoshida-san) felt that as Final Fantasy you have got to have that spell [Protect]. It would be weird if we didn’t have it.

But otherwise, each of the decisions we made were very deliberate. There weren’t [situations] where Mr. Yoshida’s ideas were opposed by the development team.