Ability Points, Skill Trees & Talents being considered to replace leveling. Thoughts?

[Dzian]

adding such a system if it is done correctly you will reach to 2 points:

- there is a job synergy if there is a warrior there should also scholar and monk for example
- some jobs will suffer in some fights

This would be fine if the content was diversified. If raids were like alliance raids for example. It would balance it self out if let say a blm was weak against boss 1 because it resisted fire.
But excel at boss 2 because it was weak to fire. May then be somewhat neutral on boss 3 which has no affinity to either of those elements..

It's only a problem when all content is essentially 1 boss and done. Content design is the biggest problem.

[Tunda]

This would be fine if the content was diversified. If raids were like alliance raids for example. It would balance it self out if let say a blm was weak against boss 1 because it resisted fire.
But excel at boss 2 because it was weak to fire. May then be somewhat neutral on boss 3 which has no affinity to either of those elements..

It's only a problem when all content is essentially 1 boss and done. Content design is the biggest problem.

The most interesting design boss I have seen in FFXIV is garuda&ifrit level 80 shadowbringers raid.. man this fight gives me chill even when i watch it again the idea that we have 2 boss that we have to maintain as a team.. AOE abilities have to shine again in raids.

I like to see 4 Raids split into 4 type of bosses:
- boss that is very generic
- boss that split into 2+ bosses that we have to maintain.
- boss focus more into mechanic with less care about dps
- boss have mix of 3 and extra gemics

in this way we can have every play style possible to be shine