Does the combat system need to be reworked?

[strawberrycake]

Genuine question, can you name one time an MMO made sweeping changes to a combat system that was well received by the community? I've been playing MMOs for about 22 years now and I can't think of any BUT I also haven't played every MMO out there.

In my experience even relatively inoffensive changes usually lead to a lot of community push back if it's not a highly requested feature. I'm not saying I don't believe you, mind, just that I have seen many a community react... vehemently in the wake of combat being changed

I'm gonna use the dread word here so bear with me. And my definition of sweeping changes could be different from yours. But I'll say WoW and the massive changes made coming out of shadowlands. DFs changes so far have felt fun, it's a step away from borrowed power and it's ofc a work in progress as well. It's beginning of a new system that will be iterated upon rather then replaced, as it is the replacement itself to years of making the wheel over again that blizzard is known for. I've raided each tier and nothing has felt too underpowerd for long. It feels good actually having classes bestrong on their own and funtional without a gimmick or Set of items built in for there to be function, a return to what WoW had been prior to expansions like Legion and closer to at the very least Wrath/Cataclysm