Mixed feelings about tank dps nerf in EW

[LitheSuxman]

I know the devs have discussed a while to bring down tanks' overall dps. Now looking at the numbers from the official updated job guide, I sort of understand the reason but I have to raise a question, wouldn't that make tank jobs questing a lot more tedious?

Sure, you gather all mobs and aoe compared to dps one at a time, but I would rather do the latter then spamming aoe over and over and over again, especially now the potency is nerf by half...

Updated at 2:56am. Thanks for the explanations from many of you! This will be my "first expansion" with ffxiv! Good luck and have fun in queue

[Vrankyl]

I know the devs have discussed a while to bring down tanks' overall dps. Now looking at the numbers from the official updated job guide, I sort of understand the reason but I have to raise a question, wouldn't that make tank jobs questing a lot more tedious?

Sure, you gather all mobs and aoe compared to dps one at a time, but I would rather do the latter then spamming aoe over and over and over again, especially now the potency is nerf by half...

It wasn't just tanks that had their potencies nerfed, everyone did. It was an across the board damage nerf so tanks will be fine. They might do a little less percentage wise compared to dps, but considering how much the DPS potencies were reduced I don't think it's by much.

[Vahlnir]

In order to accommodate the stat squish (I'm assuming at least), every job across every role had a potency nerf. Tanks are fine.

[Raven2014]

wouldn't that make tank jobs questing a lot more tedious?

If tanks feel tedious about that, what do you think healers feel?

[Allegor]

If tanks feel tedious about that, what do you think healers feel?

I know it's petty and an exaggeration, but when I saw they nerfed Dia's instant damage from 120 to 60, my first thought was "welp, that's one step closer to them just removing our dots now!" because you know, apparently less dps means more time for healing *long, defeated sigh*

[KageTokage]

They already mentioned that we shouldn't make a big deal about the potency changes because changes to both gear stats and damage calculations would leave our effective damage output similar to what it was originally.

[van_arn]

Keep in mind the damage calculations changed for physical vs magcal damage potencies. Each point of potency should be similar between physical and magical now, whereas each individual point of magical potency used to be "worth" more.

This makes jobs that mainly do physical damage appear to be nerfed, though they'll be doing comparable damage (adjusted to stat squish) to what they were doing before the changes.

[Rezer]

Keep in mind the damage calculations changed for physical vs magcal damage potencies. Each point of potency should be similar between physical and magical now, whereas each individual point of magical potency used to be "worth" more.

This makes jobs that mainly do physical damage appear to be nerfed, though they'll be doing comparable damage (adjusted to stat squish) to what they were doing before the changes.

Perhaps, but I've noticed a lot of physical dps across the board had their aoe damage reduced much more than their single target abilities, and in some cases the single target abilities even had their potency increased. Additionally certain mechanics, like the way bard songs proc, have been significantly nerfed in cases where you're dealing with more than one enemy. I'm really hoping they're not trying to nerf wall to wall dungeon pulls, cause that's the easily the most entertaining way of doing dungeons.

Oh, and one of the more baffling trends I'm noticing is an increase in non-combo potency while combo potency of the same ability is reduced. Are there people out there just hitting buttons randomly who needed a dps boost? What's the story there I wonder.

[LittleImp]

Oh, and one of the more baffling trends I'm noticing is an increase in non-combo potency while combo potency of the same ability is reduced. Are there people out there just hitting buttons randomly who needed a dps boost? What's the story there I wonder.

Yes.

There are actually a surprising amount of players who essentially play this game by pressing random buttons. I've even seen people who struggle to complete combos attempting to pug TEA (i wish i was joking).

I guess SE is trying to diminish the frustrating impact of having one of those players in your party somewhat? idk still seems weird.

[Larirawiel]

I like the idea to nerf the tanks dps. Because if i play a tank then i do not want to get a crippled dps job.

Cheers