Official Job Guides and Community Job Guides

[Vaer]

The only thing they really use to nudge you in the right direction are the job gauges and the information on them. I feel like it would just lead to drama anyways. "Btw dev says this, they're obviously right since they make the game, etc."

I remember when Ninja was first released, they had to nerf it because the players came up with a way of playing different than the dev's and did more damage than they were anticipating.

They probably don't want to endorse certain playstyles (it's a touchy subject for healers especially) so them staying out it just leads them to be neutral which seems to be the safer route if you want to avoid drama.

[AppleJinx]

Since jobs gets adjusted almost every major and sometimes minor patch an official guide isn’t gonna be viable on SE’s part. They also did release a official guide along with 4.0’s release and the suggested rotations and openers in said guide is actuallly pretty terrible so I wouldn’t bother with anymore official ones at all

[Ultima]

Since jobs gets adjusted almost every major and sometimes minor patch an official guide isn’t gonna be viable on SE’s part. They also did release a official guide along with 4.0’s release and the suggested rotations and openers in said guide is actuallly pretty terrible so I wouldn’t bother with anymore official ones at all

You do realize that SE has to test said changes before they put them out, right? As in... SE has already tested the new rotation and opener? The entire reason DRK didn't get more of an overhaul is because they have to test their new ideas and then check it against Savage and the like to be sure it's balanced against WAR and PLD. Also, their 4.0 "Job Guides" don't even have a suggested rotation or opener, it just tells you tooltips and combo paths.

[AppleJinx]

I am obviously talking about this guide: https://store.na.square-enix-games.c...de-import-book.

They released something similar back in HW launch as well. If you look at the bard page in the previews the suggested opener is very obviously suboptimal even for back in 4.0 due to how late battle voice was pressed. And I don't know what you are on about with the test and changes since they literally adjust job balance every major patch so I don't know why you seem to think one book is good enough to last throughout the expansion.

[Ultima]

I am obviously talking about this guide: https://store.na.square-enix-games.c...de-import-book.

They released something similar back in HW launch as well. If you look at the bard page in the previews the suggested opener is very obviously suboptimal even for back in 4.0 due to how late battle voice was pressed. And I don't know what you are on about with the test and changes since they literally adjust job balance every major patch so I don't know why you seem to think one book is good enough to last throughout the expansion.

What the heck is that garbage? Is that a strategy guidebook in 201X? I'm talking about an actual online guide, that would last us through the entire expansion because you would UPDATE it with each patch to keep it current. Every time they adjust job balance they have to test those changes before they go through to the live server. You're putting words in my mouth and missing the point of this.

With a proper Job Guide every time they make an update that alters a job's skills, they would update the Job Guide to reflect this change, this is the point of having it be done in-game or on an official FFXIV/SE website.