Thread: 7.35 Highlights the Inadequacy of this Update Structure

I'm a nerf SCH super supporter....

if they are not ready for ranked, they shouldn't have ranked.
they doing less balancing, mario party type of modes (literally what theres no modes in pvp that put kill / eliminate enemy as priority), very odd bullshit changes - All of this are recipe for disaster, if you want competition like ranked then they should act like one.
Do what MMO do best, not copying mode from other games like Overwatch, now we have overwatch GOAT problem (3 tanks 2 healers), Copy what good from blizzard not what makes them fail

I can't say a whole lot since I'm relatively green compared to other veterans, but after playing CC for a few years I've been picking up on the complaints from others and the pattern SE goes with this game mode and yes, I do have to say there needs to be changes on how they go about this. There should be tests or observations on how particular classes are working in a balance period and not solely rely on winrates to make these necessary adjustments. Most of the balances they make just make little no sense--even when they add a reasoning behind it, they just follow up with a completely asinine buff/nerf that has nothing to do with what was discussed. As previously mentioned, there should be no reason why most support jobs should have incredible offensive and defensive utility in tandem with whatever damage they bring. It just makes the game mode very oppressive and frustrating to deal with given the very random nature of your team composition that they do. It would be funny if the devs would just simply face this current meta of DRK/SCH w/ a sprinkle of a PLD + 2 extra and see how it feels to try to deal with these comps. Of course it's not a guaranteed stomp, but it is a large hill to trek over with even DRK/SCH at the moment. Changes need to be made quickly and having players deal with potentially oppressive meta for over a month is crazy considering the quick feedback.

On that note, I believe SE is hesitant to make large changes to jobs over these patches are mainly because of their patch cadence. They know they leave us in the wild for practically 4 months with each new update, so they make very minute changes in hopes that they don't completely shake up the playerbase, but in the even that they do, they do not readily make hotfixes to situations that can be frustrating unless absolutely dire. They need to understand that PvP is not like PvE and have a dedicated PvP team that analyzes the situation accordingly and actually push out proper updates for these situations.

I do enjoy playing PvP a lot, but seeing the problems that have been prevalent for years is rather tedious to deal with at times.

I dont get why every job has form of AOE that has obnoxious CC in it or just huge damage, tell me how many times you got clipped by aoe that is not intended to you or just because someone running at you ?
Why everything has to be AOE ? what happen to single target ?
Why always "accessibility" instead of balancing ? does players incentivized to barely pvp and mostly just objective?
Where is the skill floor where you have to manage the gauge or burst instead of "just press one button hehe i do damage hehehe im a good player" ?
Your PvP modes and changes punishes good players for understanding how to play the jobs in various way but enabling a braindead one-way gameplay that "everyone can do it"
This no competition, Ranked rank gives reward its no competition it just slop where the most person who can endure "having fun" of this slop "wins"
Ranked should be less RNG, more strategize, not just "que and see what you got, play for 10000 or maybe 10 match to get the rank you want"
In what world randomized jobs is okay in ranked scene ?
To add, its tab targetting, everyone can tab target to ANYONE that within their reach, why the heck pushing "payload" / Crystals is a "PVP" for tab-targetting ?

I wish they would prioritize fun first, job identity second, balance third. All three are important, but when I see aspects of the game that players of all skill levels are not enjoying that remain unchanged from Endwalker, but we get patch after patch of... 1k potency adjustment, 2% decreases, etc., I feel their priorities are misaligned.

Silence, bind, bind, stun, fear, bind bind silence
Freaking great design, very smart from devs

Originally Posted by Aiheart

Atreus might be right, they might just put AI into this and call it "experiment"

Haha we might actually see some proper changes if they used AI to do the balancing. Surely, it couldn't be any worse than what the devs pull out of their asses.