Quote Originally Posted by Priya View Post
Good read. One thing to consider though is whether or not anyone else has access to those abilities. Using RDM from XI again as an example, nothing else could really reach that level of enfeebling-- it made it very easy to stuff it into the magic niche, and gear swaps made it hard for it to do everything at once.

Guild Wars 2 is comprised entirely of hybrids. It will be interesting to see how the world responds to that.
Very true, RDM in XI was a victim of very bad circumstances lol. It just so happened to have something it was better at than any other class. I'm currently playing GW2 so im excited to see it all shapes up.


Quote Originally Posted by stanleyyoung View Post
i also have to agree that was a good post. you are 100% right that ppl will play a hybrid to their liking(aka whats their favorite aspect) when the class/job whatever you want to call it can do this,that or the other. Yeah you will have some ppl play the hybrid to a defined role from the community standard but thats still wont stop ppl from doing what they see fit.

just like you pointed out with bard currently. a brd has to dps, heal, buff if they decide to just dps and forget the rest then you are better of having them as archer instead since its a pure dps. same goes if they decide to heal and stoneskin the party is better off with a whm or cnj for that matter. and finally if they decide to buff only they really arent too much of a benefit besides the songs, some would rather you going whm.

this is a perfect example what will happen with rdm. it can heal,nuke,buff,debuff, dd. if a player decides to only do one role/duty then its better off having a class/job thats a pure whatever that thier trying to mimic, since rdm is a hybrid it will always be SECOND to the pure class/job.( because if not then whats the point of using a pure class/job)

adding onto that rdm would probably be the hardest class/job to actually play, since they do this,that, and the other. many ppl will be drawn to the class/job since they see if can do all this stuff, but when they go in the field and use it they will have another thing coming. most ppl will then realize shit! i have to heal, nuke, buff, debuff and dd when ever a situation calls for it, and just to make a flat out statement most ppl will not have the skill and thought process to actually use rdm accordding to its design.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I completely agree in that RDM will be very difficult in FFXIV. Just as you said a lot of ppl are going to get in over their head lol. Its a looot to process when you have so many options, and I know on Bard I sometimes feel overwhelmed by stuff I have to do rofl. I remember I was doing Hamlet and decided to Swiftsong the DOL's as part of my rotation. Was going well until I looked down and noticed I had no mp. Oh shit, mages need ballad. Needless to say I had to recover first. But balancing all that crap is really hard. I'm afraid that RDM wont be like it was in XI and have something its better at than any other class. Because if that happens, it just wont flat-out be wanted at all