Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[VeyaAkemi]

While I don't have nearly as many issues with the combat system as other people, and I actually enjoy the relatively simplistic job piloting aspect, I completely loathe random procs in this game, not crits, crits are fine, but rather things like RDM's 50% Verproc chance and DNC's 50% Fan Dance chance, DNC feels amazing during your burst after Technical Step, or when the stars align and you get perfect procs for like a full uninterrupted minute, but that happens so sparsely...

[ty_taurus]

While I don't have nearly as many issues with the combat system as other people, and I actually enjoy the relatively simplistic job piloting aspect, I completely loathe random procs in this game, not crits, crits are fine, but rather things like RDM's 50% Verproc chance and DNC's 50% Fan Dance chance, DNC feels amazing during your burst after Technical Step, or when the stars align and you get perfect procs for like a full uninterrupted minute, but that happens so sparsely...

Meanwhile I love chance and RNG elements. One of my favorite things in RPGs is when you have an ability that casts random magic or things like that. But it's a good thing that there are jobs that have RNG and ones that don't rather than all of them having RNG mechanics like that, or none at all.

[doGehT]

The notion that Healers should focus on damaging GCDs and healing oGCDs is cringe and toxic when teaching newer healers or when content is already in it's .x5 patch and most players are BiS in PF. No one cares about your funny coloured numbers and no one ever will, they care about the content being cleared and tanks not dying to Boss DoTs/Auto Attacks cause the "optimized" healers neglected to use 1 or 2 GCDs to heal them after a buster.

As an aside to this, I want every fight in each raid tier from now on to have "At content" Almagest levels of Raid damage so we can get healers healing once again.

[Niadissa]

1. As it stands right now, Healing is brain dead easy.
2. Dungeons aren't fun, you can just about fall asleep during them.
3. having the same formula every expansion / patch cycle and slapping a new skin on it isn't exciting. try new things please.

[StarRosie]

I don't care how good its personal dps is, DRK is the worst tank. Might as well let the DRG do it

(had a chain of bad DRKs all night, let me vent lol)

I mean, if you look at the four tanks, DRK and GNB are just very lackluster as TANKS, not DPS sticks that hold aggro, but TANKS. Their party support/mitigation kit is super basic in comparison to PLD and WAR. Their support is also designed in a way where it is more beneficial for them to hold and use it selfishly for themselves than actually use it to support and protect the party.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I'd rather jobs stay simple and fights get more complex. I don't need to worsen my carpal tunnel trying to keep up with a dozen CDs, but bosses could have more interesting mechanics than orange puddle, tankbuster, and half-room or donut cleave.

[Nizzi]

DPS mains opinions do not matter, especially in regards to high end content and job design

[Soge01]

Garlemad should be rebuilt. Much like how Doma's captial was where we helped donate stuff for the effort.

[EliaStormblade]

Garlemad should be rebuilt. Much like how Doma's captial was where we helped donate stuff for the effort.

I don't think that one is as much as a hot take as it is a hope/expectation of many. x)

But yeah, agreed. Good way to distribute that Garlean glam people have been asking for, too, and involve Gaius, Cid and Nero again.

[Ravenblade1979]

Not sure a hot take but there are far too many venues. from moment im on till i go off thats all i see in pf under other. then come night it just explodes and cities get spammed with ads.

of all the ones i been too i can say very few are unique. mostly all are just the cookie cutter ones. both in the sfw and the nsfw department. im not talking design because each venue thankfully has their own style design but i mean overall setup of services. also lord forbid you have in game bards...its like a death sentence to venues. everyone rather a twitch dj these days.

feel like they should rename the game to Final Venue XIV at this point.