Thread: Your Opinion on the Current State of Job Identity/Balance in 6.4?

Only play healer since ARR but I think they really need to spice some things up it has been getting more boring/dull as time went by (and no it doesn't get better in ultimate type content) because the root problem is the way healers are build.

I Am still not sure why they decided to split healers back to regen/shield types they removed the split in tanks so people of that role could just bring the class they liked but for some weird reason with healers they went nope... your not allowed...
I have always hoped for healers to have both regen or schield modes especially after AST was introduced seemed like a good start but they just went backwards again..

for WHM after The Lost City of Amdapor (Hard) was released in HW with the Kuribu boss(that one switches and had healing spells that switch to dps spells when she enters a "reverse" mode that one could have been interesting for WHMs as a system (think kind of a cleric stance but more then just swap of potency but have your actual healing spells convert instead)

The Lilly job system dint even get expanded in this expansion. The Lilly spells not being full OGCD like tetra to make it at least flow a little bit better in combat is still jarring to me even after 6 years..

guess my 2 cents

PvP kits are just miles ahead in term of fun and engaging gameplay. Each got their own unique playstyle and feel rather than being pigeonholed into their 2 minutes buff window. Also EVERYONE gets to use their limit break button.

Originally Posted by Yushees

PvP kits are just miles ahead in term of fun and engaging gameplay. Each got their own unique playstyle and feel rather than being pigeonholed into their 2 minutes buff window. Also EVERYONE gets to use their limit break button.

Also combos that go into 1 button, truly a blessing.

The.
2min.
Meta.
Must.
Die.

I keep trying to think about dozens of ways to improve the complexity of my favorite jobs while still making them accessible, but there's very little to think in the way of player skill expression if everything needs to fit in a collective burst window.

The challenge is not putting your brains to think. XIV just, quoting Zenos, wants to give a "test of your reflexes" - and your memory, at that, to press your keys at the right time, or else? You guessed it - won't fit in the next 2min burst window, possibly for the rest of the encounter. No wonder why many people regard PVP as a good form of skill expression, because in fact, it is the main thing over there, even though we have 1/4 of the number of actions available in pve.

The more I think about this, the more I keep getting frustrated at the way XIV structures combat.

Originally Posted by Raikai

The.
2min.
Meta.
Must.
Die.

I keep trying to think about dozens of ways to improve the complexity of my favorite jobs while still making them accessible, but there's very little to think in the way of player skill expression if everything needs to fit in a collective burst window.

The challenge is not putting your brains to think. XIV just, quoting Zenos, wants to give a "test of your reflexes" - and your memory, at that, to press your keys at the right time, or else? You guessed it - won't fit in the next 2min burst window, possibly for the rest of the encounter. No wonder why many people regard PVP as a good form of skill expression, because in fact, it is the main thing over there, even though we have 1/4 of the number of actions available in pve.

The more I think about this, the more I keep getting frustrated at the way XIV structures combat.

It wouldn't at all surprise me if SE took it the extra mile and went to a 90 second meta or 1min meta in 7.0

Originally Posted by Remish

It wouldn't at all surprise me if SE took it the extra mile and went to a 90 second meta or 1min meta in 7.0

Honestly had they put half of the raid buffs on 1 minute and the other half of two minutes most people, myself largely included, wouldn't have THAT much of a problem. Less than ideal mind you but still. I had a ninja in my asphodelos static and none of us minded the raid buff situation because we had to line up with trick every minute. As soon as that changed in 6.1 is when people started having a problem with the 2 min meta.

Originally Posted by SargeTheSeagull

Honestly had they put half of the raid buffs on 1 minute and the other half of two minutes most people, myself largely included, wouldn't have THAT much of a problem. Less than ideal mind you but still. I had a ninja in my asphodelos static and none of us minded the raid buff situation because we had to line up with trick every minute. As soon as that changed in 6.1 is when people started having a problem with the 2 min meta.

I would still have a problem with it, because it barely changes anything. Most jobs are already designed to do their burst every 1 minute, they just have a slightly bigger burst every 2 minutes. So changing some party buffs to be 1 minute would still result in you playing the exact same way you do now, the damage spikes just get a bit lower.