We cannot achieve balance while DPS jobs have utilities

[Connor]

I'm asking from a real position of "i don't understand". What's wrong with SMN and RDM being able to rez? I've been a SMN main since...omg since 2.0 and I always

For some bizarre reason people think if Summoner has Raise deleted it’s suddenly going to get its personal dps skyrocketed into the stratosphere lol. Same with ranged phys support, people think if they just delete all the support abilities they can get SAM/BLM top-tier personal dps (lol)

[Connor]

The problem is developers thinks that overpowered and for that reason they nerfed SMN damage below any caster or melee dps job by a margin

Pretty sure that’s because it’s universally considered the easiest job in the game lol. Summoner would be the bottom tier dps even without Raise

[PercibelTheren]

Pretty sure that’s because it’s universally considered the easiest job in the game lol. Summoner would be the bottom tier dps even without Raise

I still think this way of balancing things is stupid. Complex jobs should draw people to play them because they are fun and satisfying to play, not because they have bigger numbers.

[Tunda]

Pretty sure that’s because it’s universally considered the easiest job in the game lol. Summoner would be the bottom tier dps even without Raise

I believe picto is as easy as summoner and red mage

Developer intended to keep summoner and red mage in bottom for 2 reasons: 1 utility / 2 raise

[Connor]

I still think this way of balancing things is stupid. Complex jobs should draw people to play them because they are fun and satisfying to play, not because they have bigger numbers.

I mean, I absolutely agree. Difficulty is always going to subjective to trying to balance jobs around ‘difficulty’ is hilariously misguided. Bard is one of the easiest jobs in the game to me by absolutely miles (literally just GCD-proc-GCD-proc), but that’s because I’ve been playing it since 1.0, not because of some inherent ‘ease’ the class has.

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I believe picto is as easy as summoner and red mage

Developer intended to keep summoner and red mage in bottom for 2 reasons: 1 utility / 2 raise

As for saying “Pictomancer is just easy as Summoner and Red Mage” , that’s certainly…a take. Somehow I doubt you’ll find many who agree though, since again Summoner is universally considered the ‘de-facto beginner dps’. The point I’m making is that even in the complete absence of both raise and utility Summoner (and Red Mage) are still going to be at the absolute bottom barely above Bard and Summoner. Because to the developers, these are both ‘easy jobs’ and their dps is balanced as such (devs openly admitted they balance dps output based on ‘ease of operations’). The only jobs that get to sit at the top are melee and sometimes Black Mage/Pictomancer

[Tunda]

I hate to say it but Dancer and bard is so limited right now

they both got finisher after the previous finisher

I don't think that we need more finishers for 8.0

DNC and BRD can be fit in support role with extra supportive abilities

I believe Astrologian too fit more into Supportive with card system but maybe no I don't know

[Masekase_Hurricane]

I used to believe that a support slot would be good, but now if you further butcher classes and remove support abilities they're going to become very bare. Now adding more support/buffs and debuffs to healer would fix the healer problem.

[Connor]

I believe Astrologian too fit more into Supportive with card system but maybe no I don't know

When Astrologian first came out it was literally being sold as ‘an FFXIV buffer/support job’. They then immediately made it their mission to simplify, minimise and reduce the impact of Astrologian cards/support in every way possible with each successive expansion. I.E removing buff manipulation skills like Time Dilation or Royal Road, removing varied card effects, removing rng and rng manipulation, etc.

As for Dancer and Bard, personally I think they should be as close to a ‘pure support class’ as FFXIV can get, but again that a pretty wildly unpopular opinion that I don’t see anyone agreeing with (because I tried up until Stormblood, literally even the devs disagreed with me lol)

[Tunda]

When Astrologian first came out it was literally being sold as ‘an FFXIV buffer/support job’. They then immediately made it their mission to simplify, minimise and reduce the impact of Astrologian cards/support in every way possible with each successive expansion. I.E removing buff manipulation skills like Time Dilation or Royal Road, removing varied card effects, removing rng and rng manipulation, etc.

As for Dancer and Bard, personally I think they should be as close to a ‘pure support class’ as FFXIV can get, but again that a pretty wildly unpopular opinion that I don’t see anyone agreeing with (because I tried up until Stormblood, literally even the devs disagreed with me lol)

Moving Astrologian more into healing was a big mistake..
Now we are suffering of nerfing and buffing dps and healers when we can have simple to balance DPS jobs and supports

Astro have 5% of their kit as support when it should be 50%

[Payadopa]

How about no?