Feels boring...

[Karshan]

Ive played this games since its launch in ARR. I made it through each and every expansion at my own leisure. And enjoyed every fight. But I'm sure this has been said before, I feel like SE destroyed class/job abilities. They feel boring now. As a tank, you pop your tank ability and go to town. Pop an occasional buff or some invincibility. Healers feel like they've had the least amount of change.... Is what I would like to say. But they got stripped of their unique qualities. Physical DPS got their combos stripped down to the bare minimum. And casters..... Let's just say they have the least amount of change that I have seen. Except SMN. I'm personally upset that titan can't tank anymore. Was 1 of the best things about smn especially in lower dungeons when the tank gets booted cause they can't do squat. But no. Now titan is a weak dps. It just all feels so..... Lame, for a lack of a better word. Is it just me or are there people who see it too?

I very much agree with your statement.
To be frank there are some spells of tanks and heals that I don't know the name of, cause it's just "oh that's the Medica" or "oh that's the Circle of Fate" And I put it on the same spot in the bar. There is flavor in the visuals and thematics of the spells, but gameplay wise they feel really close. Well, closer to each other than DPS are for sure.

As for DPS, I concur they were streamlined a lot indeed, I have in mind NIN (but it was welcome 5.0 design was flawed), MCH.
And Monk is going even further in that direction (on the + side it will be a smooth rotation, on the - side well...same gameplay for 7 years.)

We have to acknowledge they were given SO. MUCH. SHIT. in the past (myself included) on tank balance in the past. In their defense they tried to correct that, but they took the "easy" way (with very similar gameplay, it's hard to lack balance so...). I heard they were only 4 on job design for 17 jobs (new skills) + new jobs : Hire up Square ! What are you waiting for ?

Job gameplay is something heavily scrutinized, a definite point of attention for experienced MMO players that can make or break a game rep ! Look how many people outside of FF ticked at the 2.5 sec GCD and you have to tell them it's faster in endgame all the f time ; that's how you see gameplay is essential to attractiveness / unattractiveness from an outsider viewpoint. And Job design plays a big part in gameplay.