Quote Originally Posted by Theodric_Thorne View Post
I'll admit to being one of those bad players who never uses Feint because I don't know when it's most useful, but True North actually feels the least awkward to use on SAM because of how it's nearly synchronized with Meikyo Shisui. I can never remember which positional ability is the flank and which is the rear, so I just stay in rear and use TN/MS together when they're off CD.
The amount of times I play in regular casual content, dungeons and even extreme's where players prioritize RP macro's and Emotes to only die to the most simple mechanics cause reasons, is mindboggling... compared to what they should actually be worried more about like what buttons they should be paying attention to outside of emotes and RP macro's during PvE combat...

This is the erm... reason I find it so questionable from Square when they decided to use " Button Bloat " as an excuse to remove Kaiten. Although not limited to Kaiten, for what other abilities they removed or will remove and not limited to that excuse alone, it just stood out that badly. I had to deal with so much more in PvP focused MMO's, it felt like I had no space on my hotbar for that little thing that mattered so much in crucial moments.

Compare to that FFXIV? and we have Dungeons where Bots do all the work. I just use Enpi and have Thancred man handle it all /pet emote Y'shtola to show her who's really mommy while I Netflix. Or I read the forums on the 2nd screen where people complain about Bloat as I look back at my Scions just... auto clearing the Dungeon for me on the main screen. I for funzies " Hakaze Spam " through large portions of the MSQ's with just Hakaze because I can... it doesnt' feel like a lot of what we have that is considered bloat? is actually even essential to clear content.

So when we enjoy an ounce of skill-expression, be it Raiding or making Dungeons and Fate farming go fast, where every button will be used... only to have it be taken away cause its considered bloat to fix... practically nothing is like... and not just Kaiten btw name any skill that ever existed that was fun to use and is gone cause reasons.

What reasons exactly? who knows.