Quote Originally Posted by Aco505 View Post
This does not mean that there are not things that cannot be polished, perfected or even reworked, but they cannot be done in a vacuum, as otherwise we'll end up with a job stripped of its identity.

I am being very careful with which abilities I recommend change. And no, the skills I am suggesting change are not just “it does damage”. If that were the case I’d ask for Mirage Dive to be removed which I’m not. Yes it provides filling the gauge for life of the dragon, but I say when it comes to that to not because of the way players currently use it to hold and get 2 LOTD in certain windows. I am actually one of those saying to be very careful when touching mirage dive. Wyrmwind Thrust specifically has very little interaction with other abilities other than Raiden Thrust so why not make it a buffed Raiden Thrust? And Dragonfire Dive is basically an AOE version of Spineshatter with one less charge, and do you know what other skill is that? Stardiver.

No, I am not making my suggestions in a bubble. Im doing it from experience of raiding on both of the maiming jobs and of having a similar issue with two casters last expansion around the same time. Last expansion Summoner was extremely over bloated, had too many weaves and nowhere to put Addle, and didn’t do as much damage as Red Mage compared to amount of effort done back at around the same time as now. It’s not exactly the same, but it’s very similar in its issues. Reaper is doing far more damage with far less effort, it allows you to weave feint a lot easier which is something necessary for a raid scenario, and had less issues with certain mechanics (which if they reduce the animation lock significantly and not just minorly will actually be fixed in the upcoming patch.)

I am not asking for changes in a bubble, I am not trying to remove the identity of the job and being very careful about which I ask for, and all of this is from experience from a previous expansion and what happened then and what is likely happening now in terms of people swapping off to the easier job because it’s just easier to get good damage on. Do I want a significant change to happen? No.. just a few tiny changes here or there to free up weave windows. And hell, that’s not even my biggest problem with Dragoon. My biggest problem is how Chaotic Spring doesn’t carry to the next one without serious SKS which causes far more weaving issues and that’s annoying. I don’t like watching my dot drop for long periods without re-applying but that’s me.