Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Raoabolic]

Gonna necro this thread to offer my own take:

Job design was by and larger superior in HW, and Bard was at its absolute peak during that expansion.

A lot of jobs were pure kino during HW. Here is my hot take, the modern MMO fanbase will stifle this MMO until their rot becomes so bad they move on to the hot new thing their favorite "content creator" puts out for a video. The cycle will repeat and we will be having the exact same discussion on a different message board, lol.

[Ameela]

Gonna necro this thread to offer my own take:

Job design was by and larger superior in HW, and Bard was at its absolute peak during that expansion.

Is this really that hot of a take? Feels like most people agree with it outside of the BRD thing (and PLD mains)

[Vahlnir]

Gonna necro this thread to offer my own take:

Job design was by and larger superior in HW, and Bard was at its absolute peak during that expansion.

Bow mage was awful, in my opinion.

[TheMightyMollusk]

The game has way too much emphasis on giant flashy glowing effects and particle storms for everything. If anything it makes it less impressive because the flash hides whatever's actually happening.

[ameliaw]

The game has way too much emphasis on giant flashy glowing effects and particle storms for everything. If anything it makes it less impressive because the flash hides whatever's actually happening.

I agree, I wish they would take it down a bit (a lot). I find it impossible to play with my party's effects on.

[flowerfairy]

Is this really that hot of a take? Feels like most people agree with it outside of the BRD thing (and PLD mains)

HW had jobs that actually felt unique to themselves, something this expansion sorely lacks.

I don't want Bowmage per se, but Powerful Shot and Blast Charge from pvp feel really satisfying. I think casting while slow-moving is something that fits p.ranged good.

The game has way too much emphasis on giant flashy glowing effects and particle storms for everything. If anything it makes it less impressive because the flash hides whatever's actually happening.

SMN is the biggest offender, the giant beams get tiring very fast.

[ameliaw]

ARR zones are the prettiest.

[SassyAssassin]

The crafting system in this game isn't fun.

Would rather have traditional MMO crafting where you afk process materials then one click craft.

Second that. Still haven’t leveled up my crafters.

[Avidria]

The game has way too much emphasis on giant flashy glowing effects and particle storms for everything. If anything it makes it less impressive because the flash hides whatever's actually happening.

Hard agree
I had to shut all effects off because it was so bright and obnoxious and distracting I couldn't tell what was going on
...and the tradeoff is that my character looks like she's flailing about like an idiot in combat now

[SylvAlternate]

I am perfectly OK with how healers currently operate