Quote Originally Posted by Payadopa View Post
PLD not withstanding (I like most of the changes), I agree. XIV is amazing in presentation and feel and I'm into the lore and such so I don't see myself quitting completely (been here since pre 1.0 after all), but holy Hell are many changes an absolute detriment to the overal fun of jobs. One redeeming quality for me are the added movement abilities over the years. I recall only DRG being very manoeuvrable back then (could be wrong) and now almost all jobs got something (love Icarus on SGE) and it's a nice verity. But the rest is one downgrade after another. I wouldn't be surprised if MP were to go next. lol It's kinda sad to see. No elements, no TP, almost no stats, no meaningful gear, less and less job interplay (in a multiplayer game), jobs of the same role mainly differ in particle effects etc.

I got to be honest, if it weren't for me raiding and seeing the nuances in jobs shine there I'd take a break like so many others and come back before the next expac.

What's funny to me is the fact that other games who also have a DPS or bust mentality do it way more elegantly than XIV. The most recent example for me would be Xenoblade Chronicles 3 that absolutely nails healer and tank veriety.
For me, Endwalker has been a weird mix of the best that the "content" has ever been, but the worst the combat system has ever been. I give them a pass on how badly the 2-minute change has played out because I don't think it's possible to really predict that ahead of time, but all of the other issues? Nah, man, that's on them.

I have never been less excited to engage in battle system content. I'm hoping BLU Eden will revive interest, but as I mentioned in a post I made some weeks ago, I'm concerned about the direction BLU is heading if they're just going to keep cramming more overpowered Primal spells into the book. I want BLU to go back a step to where it was more about informal spell combos and spell interactions, not just vomiting all of your primal spells into the moon flute window and laughing as the boss loses half its health over the next minute.

At least Bozja is still fun...