Quote Originally Posted by xAFROx View Post
Literally no one. The devs decided to do this as a sort of futureproofing the job for later revisions going forward. Presumably for the next expansion, but this is too soon and too sudden and too awful in the present. And if this is really the direction they intend to go moving forward, I think we at least deserve a proper explanation as to their intended reasons when the change has literally killed entire party comps right before stuff like ultimate.

I am not a high end player, so technically, I am not heavily impacted. But I am greatly dissatisfied with the only dps job I leveled to cap. I either need to go level something else for fun or prioritize tanking as GNB full time because I hardly play enough to power level other jobs

That's what I've been told, too - that the Kaiten removal has something to do with making future changes easier.

This makes me more nervous than I was - so it isn't just about button bloat, but a general direction. For that reason, among others, I think it's really important to keep at this, because it is reminding me unfavorably of other mmos I've played (I started ff in '16, so before that) - when the direction went from choice & talent trees with meaningful choices there, too, to an exceptionally bland, easy-for-all blob. Personally, I'd prefer MORE choices in my classes. I think the class I've liked best in any mmo was the old Burglar in LOTRO - it was feeble and slow but I had to make a choice with every hit, and I loved that. I'm not expecting that, or asking for it, but I surely do not want this game to go in the other direction, so that a lovely flowing class like the Samurai *was* becomes dull and boring.