Quote Originally Posted by SaberMaxwell View Post
It's honestly fine just because the ceiling (BLM and MNK*) stayed the same. They pulled the floor up closer to the ceiling, and that's one of the two things that needed to happen.
I agree to a certain extent (and I hope you're right). But the overall concern is this:
"Did they pull the floor up high enough?"

I hope they did, but... RDM is competing with SMN and BLM. And SMN also got some meaningful changes, and BLM was a literal monster lol.

Either way I suppose we'll see on Monday. I'm pessimistic but hopeful.

Quote Originally Posted by ForteNightshade View Post
Dragoon was buffed for a single reason: they don't want to nerf Monk.

Both Samurai and Ninja have increased potencies baked into their respective changes. Thus, if they did nothing to Dragoon, it would linger behind. The buffs aren't even that substantial; netting roughly a 1% increase give or take. It'll basically keep Dragoon fighting with Ninja.
Yeah.

OT here, but It's funny... In some of the DRG groups I'm in, players are mad they didn't get more buffs (I've seen some literally saying DRG was nerfed lol) because now they're afraid they'll be behind everyone else. On the other hand, I've seen SAM players really upset we got buffs. Meanwhile I'm just sad we didn't get Stardiver animation-lock adjustments lol.

Imo it's just a sign that people aren't really sure how melee will shake out.