Not impressed with the skill changes

[Darkstride]

All I see is people complaining yet being lvl 71. I won't say there isn't a reason to be unhappy, but at least wait until you've done everything your job has to offer to make your point. Right now your job might feel weird of "bad" while doing Heavensward and Stormblood synced content, but that's not what you'll be doing for the majority of your time on Shadowbringers anyways.

I haven't passed judgement yet as far as being "bad", but with some jobs the amount of abilities that were culled is jarring. I have a hard time even completely filling my Machinist Cross Hotbar with skills when it was packed before. I don't mind the simplification of things in some regards, but in others I feel like they stripped so much that we are traveling the path of "everything just does the same thing with different animations". It's next-level homogenization.

[Krotoan]

I haven't passed judgement yet as far as being "bad", but with some jobs the amount of abilities that were culled is jarring. I have a hard time even completely filling my Machinist Cross Hotbar with skills when it was packed before. I don't mind the simplification of things in some regards, but in others I feel like they stripped so much that we are traveling the path of "everything just does the same thing with different animations". It's next-level homogenization.

Honestly I felt like this when we went from 60-70, then i got to 70 and I had plenty of buttons to push and buffs to manage.

[DevilsDontFly]

I haven't passed judgement yet as far as being "bad", but with some jobs the amount of abilities that were culled is jarring. I have a hard time even completely filling my Machinist Cross Hotbar with skills when it was packed before. I don't mind the simplification of things in some regards, but in others I feel like they stripped so much that we are traveling the path of "everything just does the same thing with different animations". It's next-level homogenization.

That is kinda how I felt leveling up Red Mage. It feels completely unfinished and sometimes even boring. Then you get your full rotation and your finishes at 70 and it's all glory from there.