Quote Originally Posted by Wolwosh View Post
What I find weird is that they lower the numbers in general in EW and then when a job is clearly overperforming increase the numbers across the board again instead of lowering that one job.
So next expansion we're prob hitting the same numbers again as in ShB
They had to be extremely specific about the numbers being lowered in general though. They sat there and "eased" everyone into it by explaining time and time again "Everything is going down." Both players AND NPCs, and they're generally going down "the same."

Nerfing a new job at the launch of an expansion is dangerous. People don't have anything to compare that job to, so if you nerf it it's just going to feel worse for the people who are playing it. There's no upside to it at all.

Bringing everything up to the level makes everyone feel better though because they're getting buffs. Everyone is happy to see "You're going to be doing more damage!" even if it's not more relative to all the other jobs. Given the fact that NPCs aren't changing, your character is getting stronger. Period.