Quote Originally Posted by Bhearil View Post
Blame on that the obsession that Yoshi-P has that pressing a combo in the correct order adds "depth" and shows "skill"
And yet he'd never force that trash on his own job...

Though, admittedly, he did let BLM be saddled with Xenoglossy in a game where you'd pretty much never take focus damage on a single target over at least 56% greater total damage; until such time as focus damage is actually a meaningful and pervasive mechanic over total, that's just bloat in that the capacity and flair/flavor could have as easily been done by a trait to change Flare's damage and appearance when no other enemies are in range. (Despair, at a mere ~10% damage loss at 2 targets relative to Flare is at least the most understandable of the lot, but still begs the question of why XIV bothers with AoE/ST choice distinction if their content so rarely ever makes it pertinent.)

To be fair, I'd rather the focus damage be made pertinent than lose the choices, but as it stands any difficulty of that sort seems completely out of vision for (or, the design philosophy of) 99+% of XIV's combat.