Thread: RDM 7.4 changes and job identity

Originally Posted by Underscore

It's crazy how backwards the developers' priorities are when it comes to encounter vs job design.

They make a Savage fight where Red Mages can't get in range to do their melee combo during one of the 2 minute windows... and their response to that little dilemma isn't to simply adjust the raid mechanic like any sensible person would, but instead to remove the 2-minute melee combo from the job itself.

What are we doing here? Why are we removing core features of the jobs and taking away their identity across the entire game for the sake of uptime during a single raid mechanic in an individual fight? Fights should be designed around the jobs, not the other way around.

Taking this direction, I have a feeling they might just remove positionals from melees altogether, since there are some recent raids where positionals are ignored anyway.