Quote Originally Posted by Darkstride View Post
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.