On the Removal of Positionals

[W00by]

I agree with everything you're saying, but you're not gonna get a better answer out of positional detractors- it boils up to a combination of "I don't like this mechanic", "I don't like this allows for people to play better than me" and "it will, somehow, lead to better jobs/encounters".

Yeah, it's tragic, but I understand that feeling and perception are king when it comes to game design, and no amount of evidence-based argument can convince someone who does not like positionals to like them. But it's my hope that by at least pushing back enough that detractors realize their argument is entirely perception-based and holds no actual water from a design standpoint that they will realize it's okay to dislike something that's objectively well-designed, and that they can just play another job (or accept that they're playing melee suboptimally) if they subjectively dislike it. There are a dozen-and-change jobs that don't have to worry about melee positioning at all, and even melees that barely care about their positionals at all, so it's not as if they have no where to go. My hope is that they realize it's not okay to try and shape everything in the game to your liking without ending up in a homogenous shlock. We'll see if anyone listens, but at least I can demonstrate to others.

Why? because they're not for everyone.

After all, it's okay for something to not be for everyone. I'm a high-end ultimate raider, but I don't even have a single crafter at 70. I've also never done BLU raids because I don't like the spell collection. And, despite raiding on every other role, I've never played healer because I just don't gel with it.

But that's okay.

It doesn't have to be for everyone. As long as it's there for someone and there's a reason it exists, and it isn't HURTING anyone, it's fine.