Quote Originally Posted by AFuzzyMu11in View Post
That’s so disgustingly boring/long to learn no wonder I didn’t play sch back then Jesus. So much button bloat
To be honest, I agree this was a lot of DPS actions back in the day, but here's the thing: you were always free to completely ignore them. If you weren't doing any hard content, you could just smash that broil&subscribe button like we have now and it wouldn't matter. Just spread the dots with bane and save MP or something.

Now, it's just broil, and now, it's just boring for everybody involved.

While I think HW went a bit too far in the number of DPS actions available, personally, I think SB was a pretty good middleground. ShB, unfortunately, broke the fairy management and gutted the DPS to the bare minimum. I think it's a real shame, because we finally got Recitation with this expansion.