Please reconsider 7.0 BLM changes

[Eraden]

Mao wishings Sleeps would has more usefullness. Mao missings fights where tactical plannings needed.

[Keichi]

The problem with sleep is, that it becomes meaningless, after you learn fire 2.

Its nice for early game to have cc, because in the story fights would the enemie make to much dmg, if you dont take them 1 at 1.
But, with aoe attack becomes it much faster to simply attack them at once, instant of only 1 at time (not sure, if there are later fights, where sleep is better, because i did rarely solo story fights with blm -it looks very often to hard, with no healing power-).

The only way, sleep could become usefull again would be, to have solo fights, where its needed more to take the enemies 1 at 1 as all at ones with aoe.
Or, remove the part, that sleep is instantly canceled, if the enemie is hit (and make it practicly the mages stun skill). Butbthat would mean, that the duration would probably be shorter.

[Valence]

The problem with sleep is, that it becomes meaningless, after you learn fire 2.

Its nice for early game to have cc, because in the story fights would the enemie make to much dmg, if you dont take them 1 at 1.
But, with aoe attack becomes it much faster to simply attack them at once, instant of only 1 at time (not sure, if there are later fights, where sleep is better, because i did rarely solo story fights with blm -it looks very often to hard, with no healing power-).

The only way, sleep could become usefull again would be, to have solo fights, where its needed more to take the enemies 1 at 1 as all at ones with aoe.
Or, remove the part, that sleep is instantly canceled, if the enemie is hit (and make it practicly the mages stun skill). Butbthat would mean, that the duration would probably be shorter.

It's not a problem with sleep, it's a problem with the way every dungeon is designed.

Sleep has uses in eureka, deep dungeons, etc for example.

[DarkZeroUnit]

i like sleep when get those wait here missions and two or more mobs spawn put them all to sleep then dps one then the other usually i can get two before the third wakes up

[Sjol]

CC in other games is frequently used against patrols or adds which FFXIV ditches by having virtually no patrols, and no patrols of consequence that I'm aware of.

I've used CC to great effect, to save a party in other games, but the need is created by the content designers. Since most of the dungeons are also linear corridors with no options, no patrols, no real choices you're not going to need emergency tools since we have such perfect control over exactly how many mobs we engage. Even in the overworld it's virtually impossible to get into trouble outside some of the earliest ARR zones because mob density is so low that they rubber band back to home positions if you try and pull too many.

[MagiusNecros]

I think 7.0 killed the job. Not sure how to feel about the changes implemented.

[Tamaerl]

I think 7.0 killed the job. Not sure how to feel about the changes implemented.

I feel the same. PCT is looking pretty attractive right now with the skills being revealed.

[Galvuu]

I think 7.0 killed the job. Not sure how to feel about the changes implemented.

It got butchered so badly that if I was shown this info 2 months ago, I'd laugh it off as the stupidest hoax of all time.
I've never felt the urge to drop this game this badly, esp when I see SMN and RDM are somehow literally the same.
I guess it's Picto or bust lol Too bad I'm not into the Relm aesthetic. If only this game provided varied, rich playstyles with different aesthetics/lore.

[Voidmage]

I expected bad things after the first infos but this here managed to top even that.
Killing nonstandard? I am annoyed but ok, would have accepted it.
For the rest I could find words that would ban me twice.

I was already underwhelmed by our lv 100 ability (all jobs tbh) but man... removing thundercloud-thinking and sharpcast?
I don't have enough glue to sniff in dungeons for this.

Guess I will drop it for pictomancer or whatever. Battle content is not worth it anymore and if the story also dissapoints me as much as 6.1-6.5 I guess that will be my last expansion.
Everything I liked in this game is getting removed (Miqo'te ear holes in gear, fantasy setting gear, Stb DRK, first benchmark eyes, Fights that are not just DDR).
BLM was one of the few things left for me. I could cry...

[MagiusNecros]

Mentioned it in a couple topics but I think many Casters will flock to Pictomancer EN MASSE.