It's been half a year.

[Palladiamors]

Range tax has been wack since 2019

It never justified itself, even before melee uptime changes.

I'm not sure why Shadowbringers gets a free pass here when it is the origin of a lot of the design issues in the game currently.

I think it was just easier to ignore because the range tax wasn't touching casters and DPS checks weren't as high

I called Shadowbringers on a lot of its crap at the time but people were so wrapped up in the hype that no one wanted to listen. Its the same thing with Endwalker which, in my opinion, was an even bigger step down in terms of both gameplay AND storytelling. The games on a gradual decline at this point but since its the current golden child no one wants to talk about it. Well that and you have a rabid fanbase that tends to react very harshly to anyone with a negative opinion on it.