Physical vs Magical, implementation in this game.

[Lunalepsy]

Wouldn't be surprised if damage is just damage in the future. This was before my time in FF14 but I heard that there were elemental resistances ala early WoW but was dropped.

I'm not sure HOW major of a deal it is but there's currently little difference between the damage types as far as I can tell.

WoW had vague elemental resistances, but it doesn't compare to Ragnarok Online's or FFXI's elemental system. People keep mixing them! Resisting an element is not the same as taking either twice (x2) the damage, half the damage (x 0.5) or zero damage from a specific element. I wish FFXIV would reincorporate such features, but apparently it's too stressful.

[RitsukoSonoda]

WoW had vague elemental resistances, but it doesn't compare to Ragnarok Online's or FFXI's elemental system. People keep mixing them! Resisting an element is not the same as taking either twice (x2) the damage, half the damage (x 0.5) or zero damage from a specific element. I wish FFXIV would reincorporate such features, but apparently it's too stressful.

Not really stressful. Initially I'd say it was culling to appease non RPG players in the belief they wouldn't be able to handle such mechanics. At this point they wouldnt be able to implement elemental resistances like that without doing a complete ground up rebuild of a number of jobs already in game.

[kejakalope]

Not really stressful. Initially I'd say it was culling to appease non RPG players in the belief they wouldn't be able to handle such mechanics. At this point they wouldnt be able to implement elemental resistances like that without doing a complete ground up rebuild of a number of jobs already in game.

It's none of those things. It's to promote universal job viability and desirability across all content. If a fight badly needs ice damage, then your only options are BLM and RDM.