Devs, can Casters please have 6 role skills like the other roles?

[Zyneste]

As casters we only have four role skills. It was an obvious place for cuts as Break is irrelevant with Lucid on a 60 second time, Drain having a dead potency/heal on SB arrival, Diversion is irrelevant because of the new Emnity focused stance, and Manashift as useful as it was, will have no real place with Lucid on a 60 second timer. This leaves Erase and Apocatastasis.

Erase, although weak provides a quirky dot cleanse with a small heal on the OGCD! A HEAL FOR CASTERS ON THE OGCD. AAAHHH. It's my favorite underdog of a skill. Even if its weak I still prefer it be accessible than to have just deleted it. In this way, when I see someone at an uncomfortable level of health with an AOE incoming, I can toss it onto them to give them a much better chance of living than if I had done nothing. When I get to cleanse a dot I'm like wooooo! I did the thingggg.

Apocatastasis is my second addle! I loooove popping it just before a magic tank buster on the tank or if I see a DPS with a vuln stack or in questionable health for an upcoming aoe. Its been a solid skill, really encompassing the defensive utility side of caster since it was just a BLM only skill!

Having the ability to raise is great for progression, but hitting that raise button never feels good for anyone. It really is much more satisfying to see a player survive something from your influence as a caster than to just raise them after they die.


I know not everyone jumps for joy when they think about these skills, but I really do. I am so bummed that they are going away without any sort of replacement. I don't need any modifications to the skills, but I'd take them so long as their original purpose stays in tact. I would love you forever SE. p-p <3

------------------------------ Role skills ------------------------------

Tanks (7):

Healers (6):

Melee (6):

Ranged (6):

Casters (4):

[Reimmi]

Apocatastasis and palisade going away are the 2 role actions i'll miss the most i hope they change their mind about them

[Kurando]

I still don't understand why ranged got to keep Peloton, think it's literally the only role action left over that doesn't do anything during combat. Some could say it's iconic, well Protect just got removed so I think anything goes at this stage. Bloodbath (magic variant) could have been nice as.a Caster action as well seeing as Drain no longer exists....

[DrWho2010]

i'm fine with it. never really used Apo and Erase could never use on yourself.

[Jandor]

I used Erase now and again, was kind of niche but a neat skill nonetheless. I didn't use Apo but then again I never raided on Caster either so that's probably why, does seem useful.

On the flip side, not sure why tanks still need shirk. Tank swapping is just the tanks flipping their stance switches and the OT provoking.

[Singularity]

Seconding this. I've saved lives with both of these skills and I'd very much like the role of DPS to not be constrained to just doing damage in the same way that tanks don't only mitigate and healers don't only heal.

[SaitoHikari]

I still don't understand why ranged got to keep Peloton, think it's literally the only role action left over that doesn't do anything during combat. Some could say it's iconic, well Protect just got removed so I think anything goes at this stage. Bloodbath (magic variant) could have been nice as.a Caster action as well seeing as Drain no longer exists....

If you take my Peloton I will shank you.

>:C

[Fredco191]

Wait, what the hell? Ranged Physical is losing Refresh?
What the fuc—

[Kuroka]

Apocatastasis is just stupid, it was ogcd and we could take quite the heavy lifting with it. I cant count the times i saved an weakened tank or resses dps with it...

[Jeeqbit]

I agree. For all the role actions I didn't even put on my hotbar, Erase and Apocatastasis have been. A lot of people may not use them, but you can tell the good players when they do. It shows their commitment to trying to contribute everything they can to a fight, including weaving in utility when someone has a DoT and is nearly dead, or when a tank can use some extra mitigation. Erase helps me feel just a bit like I can heal in L50 content on RDM and later just complements the ability to heal.

It's nitpicking though really.