Thread: 6.28 Patch Notes

We really don't know how impactful these changes are going to be so generally this is more speculation.

Phys Ranged:
It doesn't look like enough to me but it's something I guess, We will see later down the line how certain jobs perform
"when reviewing the balance of dancer in relation to other physical ranged DPS jobs, we decided it would not require such adjustments."
Seems like they consider dancer the bar for damage output they want phys ranged which if you ask me dancer doesn't even do enough total damage, compared to the melee dps, I don't think dancer nor phys ranged should be on par with melee but they shouldn't be far off, Bards and machinists changes look very lacking to me... I really dont think Dancers damage is the bar for phys ranged.

For casters:
Smn/rdm always very different to discuss compared to other jobs, hopefully they're ahead a bit, although I kinda want Red mage to be ahead of smn just because RDM generally struggles with less mobility, then again I don't know yet. BLM Hopefully now at least competes with melee dps damage, I generally think casters got ok changes.

Warrior(Tank):
I guess they're waiting on PLD's general changes in 6.3, shame as I feel like they could have done with a little boost but makes sense, I really hope they make PLD's general kit just better right now theirs no reason to bring a PLD because DRK/GNB outshine it in tanking ability and damage output, that ontop of being clunky and complex with no reward kinda stings (although its rotation is actually very fun so I'm worried about any changes), Warrior likely needs more then what it's been given, I don't really want it ahead of PLD... guess we will see. I don't know In general about warrior changes, but I believe they're good, Personally I think they need to generally change tanks overall in 7.0 the current tank job design is somewhat of a mess.

Can't say I'm too happy with the changes but they're good changes, my problem is they don't look to be enough.

Originally Posted by Rithy255

We really don't know how impactful these changes are going to be so generally this is more speculation.

Current estimations from Balance are as followed:

Warrior: 1.25%
Reaper: 2.3%
Sage: 1.4%
Bard: 0.7-1%
Machinist: 3%
Red Mage: 1.8-2%
Summoner: 1.7%
Black Mage: 1.5%

Overall, they will have very little impact on the current landscape. Not to say they aren't good buffs but they won't shake anything up. Reaper being the sole exception. It's buffs are actually fairly substantial, and may allow it to crack into the Melee meta again. As for the remaining jobs, this doesn't move the needle. Red Mage will be noticeably behind, Warrior may pull ahead of Paladin but both will be outclassed by Dark Knight and Summoner, the Prange are all still very weak as is Sage.