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  1. #1
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    Valence's Avatar
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    Sunie Dakwhil
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    Twintania
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    Machinist Lv 100

    Winrate blind balancing will continue until moral improves

    Is there anything else to say about it really?
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    Last edited by Valence; 03-03-2026 at 09:19 PM.

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    Atreus Auditore
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    Faerie
    Main Class
    Paladin Lv 100
    These changes aren't even that bad and align with more than just ranked winrate. The issue is that it's just powercreep at this point. PCT and others needed to be shot, not others brought up in an arms race against it.

    EDIT: Dancer mains on watch though, that job needs a rework at this point.
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    Player
    Valence's Avatar
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    Sunie Dakwhil
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    Twintania
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    Machinist Lv 100
    Meanwhile get even more guard piercing, and guard cracks are still in the game.
    Meanwhile we keep doubling down on saying that MCH damage is not a problem, but the defense is, so they need to buff the damage.
    Meanwhile AST gets a gratuitous gravity buff AND heal buff just because why not, and we get to swallow the pill just because they reduced its HP slightly — I wish my job also "required a delicate touch" so they'd keep buffing it for no reason.
    DNC LB still unplayable.

    We also got full circle, most of those DPS jobs back to their EW potencies. There is no direction nor clear pattern behind. It's just based on winrate balancing.
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    Last edited by Valence; 03-04-2026 at 02:42 AM.
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    Mayu Amakura
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    Alpha
    Main Class
    Ninja Lv 100
    Monk buff - not needed but its a job that cannot go bad by Square enix standard. It must be strong.
    Dragoon buff - not needed, just not.
    Ninja buff - good one although the aoe got nerfed.
    Samurai buff - does this class really need these amount of buffs for no particular reason? Already a busted tank job and now you give them free healing and increased healing potency if they are stunned.
    Machinist buff - again a blunder but hey people cry on these forums that machinist is just bad.
    Astro buff - have no idea why
    WHM buff - remove MP potency but now add 20% more damage taken.. yeah.
    DNC buff - pain class and we all hate it
    Reaper buff - again heals
    Black mage buff - yeah of course BLM gets buffed. Its not like it is overpowered or anything nah...
    Viper buff

    Just a bad patch overall. All buffs and no nerfs. Where's GNB or any tank nerfs? Where scholar nerfs? Why Samurai can now get instant HP back. Insane what devs are doing.
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    Buzam Aidorouge
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    Excalibur
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    Ninja Lv 100
    Just makes me glad I'm done with the current Series and don't have to deal with any of this right now.
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    Dear Boy
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    Ragnarok
    Main Class
    Fisher Lv 100
    I was not expecting any monk changes at all, but here we are..!
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    Akam Mizuna
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    Leviathan
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    Warrior Lv 100
    >Nobody play SGE
    >The few that actually play it keep the winrate high enough that they don't deserve any buff from SE
    Man...
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    Player
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    Sunie Dakwhil
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    Now not everything is bad at all, some changes were needed and appreciated (notably on melees), but you'll also notice how a lot of DPS skill potencies are back to where they started in 7.1? Like Drill? And if one looks at earlier patches, it's the same pattern for a lot of jobs.
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    Secretly had a crush on Mao

  9. #9
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    NevaehQuest's Avatar
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    after being banned I am now a new person, I love the dev I love FFXIV, perfect game 10 out of 10.
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    Nev Noe
    World
    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Botanist Lv 100
    They are kinda changing mnk to the old rat job now, gota rat those new players right, while they are running around confusingly, and we will never see them again.
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