Why is everyone anxious about a PLD Rework?

[Gserpent]

with that mentality why do you play an mmo instead of a moba? job identity and individually is much more than "what buttons you press". DRK identity is being an edgy emolord, warrior identity is being a raging berserker, samurai identity is doing anime poses, etc

didn't the devs themselves say this is a "ff game first and mmo second" (i heard it from someone but i'm not sure if it's true)

If they said that, it must've been several years ago. I think you could argue that was true in ARR and HW, but I think after Gordias they got so scared of repeating that disaster that they swapped it to "MMO first, FF after."

That, or they're assuming that MSQ is literally the only thing that matters. But idk if I'd even call it an "FF game" from that standpoint, either... most FF's aren't just glorified visual novels. You know? They were never the hardest or most nuanced games, absent self-imposed challenge runs, but the MSQ is now so safe and steamrolled that it really is basically just a visual novel with extra steps.

[Marxam]

If they said that, it must've been several years ago. I think you could argue that was true in ARR and HW, but I think after Gordias they got so scared of repeating that disaster that they swapped it to "MMO first, FF after."

iirc it happened again in 6.2 when WAR and PLD where nowhere near as good in the dmg as DRK and GNB in p8s. Why there is such a large dmg discrepancy in the first place is befuddling, but regardless it shows the cracks in their 2 min meta. WAR fits nicely into it but still couldn't keep up and PLD was just a mess. It shows how their extremely safe design process has hindered some jobs and 100% crit DH will be the least of our worries. Though I wouldn't be surprised if PLD got 100% crit DH.