Thread: 5.3 COMPLETE patch notes

I can’t believe they added attack indicators to Councounter’s attacks in AV. Wow. Making it easier I guess.

MCH being untouched bugs me but I guess that’s what expansions are for

AST changes are worrying as usual, and BRD potency buff isn’t enough tbh

Originally Posted by Rilifane

PLD would be what RdM was before the buffs and still is for many parties: training wheels.
Once prog time is over, WAR/ DRK would be standard. Why bring a tank with stellar defense or self heal if it's overkill and doesn't save your healers GCDs?

RDM is no such thing, and it never has been. RDM is a legitimate part of the party in its own right. You can argue that the caster role has balancing issues because SMN brings mostly the same utility RDM does as well as more DPS, but reducing my job to "training wheels for prog" really pisses me off. People like you who push this meme are the worst. >:|

Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

RDM is no such thing, and it never has been. RDM is a legitimate part of the party in its own right. You can argue that the caster role has balancing issues because SMN brings mostly the same utility RDM does as well as more DPS, but reducing my job to "training wheels for prog" really pisses me off. People like you who push this meme are the worst. >:|

I literally RDM until a fight is basically smooth and then BLM after, or at least did last tier before I swapped to healing.

It isn't just training wheels for the party (for the raise) but also for me. I learn when the movement heavy parts of a fight are on a job that's nice and forgiving then I can adjust BLM to fit. This usually results in much less of a curve in my BLM parses too, since I'm starting on it with a baseline of where I need movement tools in mind.

RDM doesn't need to be a training wheels job for you but being mad at other people for using it as one is nonsense, it's a perfect fit.

Originally Posted by Amnmaat

What Warrior really needs is to do the most damage of any tanks, but not by a little bit, it should be significant.
WAR, the most damage
PLD, the most defense
DRK, The option to use their shadow energy for a lot of defense or to do a lot damage
GNB, Medium damage. Option for high self healing or high defense

Yawn, Warriors demanding that their job be the best in the game again, how boring. Warrior belongs in the trash bin. In FFXIV, nothing matters more than damage. What you are saying is you want warrior to be the undisputed king of tanks again and to that I say no thank you.

Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

Yawn, Warriors demanding that their job be the best in the game again, how boring. Warrior belongs in the trash bin. In FFXIV, nothing matters more than damage. What you are saying is you want warrior to be the undisputed king of tanks again and to that I say no thank you.

I understand your point. Eventually we're gonna have to ask Square-Enix to have 2 categories for jobs: PVE and PVS/PVU (savage/ultimate). PVE would allow for very creative job balance and mechanics. While PVS/PVU would allow for very complex fights where all the roles are balanced to do similar damage/defense/healing, just in different ways.

Square-Enix could be pioneers by doing this. Showing other mmorpgs why they're the best mmorpg in the market.

Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

but reducing my job to "training wheels for prog" really pisses me off. People like you who push this meme are the worst. >:|

Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

Warrior belongs in the trash bin.

Whoa... easy on the double standards there.

Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

RDM is no such thing, and it never has been. RDM is a legitimate part of the party in its own right. You can argue that the caster role has balancing issues because SMN brings mostly the same utility RDM does as well as more DPS, but reducing my job to "training wheels for prog" really pisses me off. People like you who push this meme are the worst. >:|

See, you had me...

Originally Posted by Katie_Kitty

Yawn, Warriors demanding that their job be the best in the game again, how boring. Warrior belongs in the trash bin. In FFXIV, nothing matters more than damage. What you are saying is you want warrior to be the undisputed king of tanks again and to that I say no thank you.

... And you lost me. In only two consecutive posts, too. Gotta be a record.