On the Removal of Positionals

[HikariKurosawa]

WHY should they go, though? You personally disliking them isn't a sufficient reason. (And if you read my previous post, I went into detail, as a top-10 Endwalker Reaper in Abyssos on content, about why Reaper's positionals literally don't matter and you can ignore almost all of them. Please look into that regarding Reaper.)

There are lots of reasons for them to stay, but other than "I don't like them," I've never seen anyone provide a SOLID reason for them to go. They aren't barriers to entry, they don't heavily impact other players if you aren't doing them, and they don't even heavily impact YOU if you aren't doing them. What is the reason?

Why? because they're not for everyone. If you like positionals, play the melee job designed around them. I don't care if viper or even monk were the positional based melee jobs, it makes most sense for them thematically. It doesn't make sense for the rest. Nin should only have rear positionals, dragoon shouldn't have positionals, samurai shouldn't have positionals.

The reason is that people strive to be optimal. Just because positionals can be ignored and are likely ignored by the vast majority, doesn't mean that someone like me ignores them. I do them to try to be optimal because I feel like I am not playing correct if I don't do them since they exist. It bothers me that they exist, it bothers me that I feel like I am doing it wrong if I ignore them.

I am sure that there are many other people like me that begrudgingly force themselves to do them. I do not and have never found it engaging, I find it annoying and that it takes away my enjoyment and focus from the actual boss fight and combat rotations.

If you don't think that's a solid reason, you're just a mean spirited person who wants everything to cater to you.

edit: Let's think of a hypothetical, where true north is reworked to be a toggle ability that just disables positionals for no loss or gain and has infinite duration. Would you still use positionals or would you toggle true north?