Where are all the skills going?

[Canadane]

Flash was made redundant (though I miss blinding mobs) as all skills will have an enmity modifier with Shield Oath (which no longer reduces damage).
Total Eclipse still has a combo move, Prominence. Learned at level 40.

Yes complexity is being reduced, they've outright admitted as such trying to streamline the game. They aren't keeping this a secret, it's been in multiple interviews.

[TwelveSevven]

Flash was made redundant (though I miss blinding mobs) as all skills will have an enmity modifier with Shield Oath (which no longer reduces damage).
Total Eclipse still has a combo move, Prominence. Learned at level 40.

Yes complexity is being reduced, they've outright admitted as such trying to streamline the game. They aren't keeping this a secret, it's been in multiple interviews.

Ah, I see. That's a shame. Oh well, thank you for the quick response!

[Brightamethyst]

Yes complexity is being reduced, they've outright admitted as such trying to streamline the game.

That's only sort of true. It's less about reducing complexity and more about reducing ability bloat. Even as far back as HW people were complaining about there being too many buttons and running out of hotbar space (e.g. on DRG the main combos alone take up almost an entire hotbar.) It's easy to talk about skill removal as SE trying to 'dumb down the game', but there's a middle ground between pressing 1,2,3, repeat, and needing 20 different buttons on every fight.