Does the combat system need to be reworked?

[strawberrycake]

This far in to XIVs life span? No. Wide, sweeping changes of that nature aren't usually well received by stable fanbase and it would represent a large risk with no promise of any real gain.

Refined, enhanced, expanded on? Maybe. For my buck I'd like to see them add new specifications to existing jobs to allow for a wider variety of play styles and letting people differentiate themselves a bit more than they do now.

As for new mechanics and such, I'm the wrong guy to ask for those specific questions.

Nah that only happens when the changes are half assed and not tested properly. This is why XIV needs to allow public testing since iirc, even CBU3 has a hard time testing their own products since they don't have enough people to test half the time.