Skipping Healer Slide Again?

[Sebazy]

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I did a bit of homework on job design team a few years ago which seemingly still stands true today - https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/391471

A quick check of IMDB lists the following credits for the battle system team aka job designers:

Kei Sato - battle director

Tsuyoshi Yokozawa - lead battle system designer
Takashi Kawamoto - battle system designer
Hikaru Tamaki - battle system designer

Hironori Isami is likely still there in an assistant role and IMDB just doesn't have them listed.

Toshiaki Suzuki - lead battle system designer is also listed on IMDB but this is a mistake, he is a lead for the quest design team which is confirmed in the Shadowbringers opening cinematic credits as the WOL gets taunted by a Gremlin.

From my post linked above 2 years ago:

Kei Sato, Takashi Kawamoto, Hikaru Tamaki, Tsuyoshi Yokozawa

Basically, very little has changed. It appears that Sato has been promoted to more overarching role and Isami has been drafted in to bring the core job team back up to 4.

We've got more jobs, more abilities per job, significantly higher standards of play and insight within the player base but the design team has never really been increased to keep up with the extra load. IMHO it's a case of shortage of fresh ideas and man-hours with healers taking the brunt in particular.

[Mortex]

I did a bit of homework on job design team a few years ago which seemingly still stands true today - https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/391471

A quick check of IMDB lists the following credits for the battle system team aka job designers:

Kei Sato - battle director

Tsuyoshi Yokozawa - lead battle system designer
Takashi Kawamoto - battle system designer
Hikaru Tamaki - battle system designer

Hironori Isami is likely still there in an assistant role and IMDB just doesn't have them listed.

Toshiaki Suzuki - lead battle system designer is also listed on IMDB but this is a mistake, he is a lead for the quest design team which is confirmed in the Shadowbringers opening cinematic credits as the WOL gets taunted by a Gremlin.

From my post linked above 2 years ago:

Kei Sato, Takashi Kawamoto, Hikaru Tamaki, Tsuyoshi Yokozawa

Basically, very little has changed. It appears that Sato has been promoted to more overarching role and Isami has been drafted in to bring the core job team back up to 4.

We've got more jobs, more abilities per job, significantly higher standards of play and insight within the player base but the design team has never really been increased to keep up with the extra load. IMHO it's a case of shortage of fresh ideas and man-hours with healers taking the brunt in particular.

I really have no clue why they don’t get some new peps for the battle system team. Game makes them so much cash you assume they would make the most important thing in game (aka battle system) good for all roles in game.

[EaMett]

I'm going to hold judgment for now. But the general trend has been alarming. Here's to hoping the homogenization we got in ShB was to better rebound in EW. They did say that they needed to balance everything and then they would expand.. A few more days before we get to see if that was true or just empty words.

[SpiralMask]

well we've got... 44 hours to wait and see at least.