Quote Originally Posted by Yhisa View Post
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Button bloat is nowhere near the problem people think it is. A lot of controller players don't know about the W bar setting which really at this point should be default to on.

And no, a lot of people really did love the heavensward kits because each job was unique and for the most part fun with their own strengths and weaknesses unlike nowadays where everything is the same bland overpowered design.
Heavensward as a base would be fantastic for a lot of jobs, but could it be improved? absolutely. Not every job needs a gauge for example, drk was at its best in hw, the moment it got a gauge in sb it went downhill and its only just got its invul to be usable by itself after 7 years.

The main problems with job design across the board is SE not communicating, SE not having anyone who mains tanks or healers, and actively dumbing down and homogenising the game to the point where as you say this is more like babywalker.
Over the years healers especially have suffered, we've had years of good reasonable feedback and SE ignored every last element of it until this patch where they made lilies dps neutral at last.