If I remember correctly, wasn't there an interview or post by YoshiP where he mentioned changing the original plan to give jobs their unique identity back—or at least starting that work in 7.1 and beyond? I just can’t seem to grasp their balancing philosophy.
First, we got a post about the balance of Pictomancer and how it's clearly outperforming jobs like Black Mage (which is in a really sad state right now). Then YoshiP again promised adjustments, saying that other jobs would be balanced around Pictomancer so they'd be on a similar power level. But then the 7.1 patch dropped with the most minimal changes ever. Don't get me wrong, the Dark Knight changes were nice and needed, but aside from that, it was just a few minor tweaks. And what was that Dragoon change? The Nastrond adjustment was something no one asked for. If anything, we've been asking to remove the second stack from Life Surge to make it easier on the hands. Also, why remove Nastrond stacks if we could just ignore Mirage Dive altogether? Since the expansion changes, it's just a weak oGCD that no one cares about.
I really hate the approach they've taken for the past two expansions, which just seems to oversimplify things. I understand that healers will be happy with the Esuna change, but healers who didn’t use it before the patch aren’t going to start using it now. The Ninja change to TCJ also removes the need for planning. I don’t know what’s going on with the balancing team, but it’s like they don’t know what they’re doing half the time.
Sorry if this reads like a total rant, but I’m just getting really frustrated with their approach, which seems to cater to “beginner/sprout” players and avoids nerfing anything so players won’t be disappointed. It doesn’t work. I know there are 21 jobs now, and maybe it’s starting to overwhelm them—or at least that’s how it seems to me. But we need more frequent balancing patches between big updates. It baffles me that they had four months for 7.1, only for the balance patch to be the most minimal ever.
Just my thoughts. I’m curious if anyone else feels the same way.
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First, we got a post about the balance of Pictomancer and how it's clearly outperforming jobs like Black Mage (which is in a really sad state right now). Then YoshiP again promised adjustments, saying that other jobs would be balanced around Pictomancer so they'd be on a similar power level. But then the 7.1 patch dropped with the most minimal changes ever. Don't get me wrong, the Dark Knight changes were nice and needed, but aside from that, it was just a few minor tweaks. And what was that Dragoon change? The Nastrond adjustment was something no one asked for. If anything, we've been asking to remove the second stack from Life Surge to make it easier on the hands. Also, why remove Nastrond stacks if we could just ignore Mirage Dive altogether? Since the expansion changes, it's just a weak oGCD that no one cares about.
I really hate the approach they've taken for the past two expansions, which just seems to oversimplify things. I understand that healers will be happy with the Esuna change, but healers who didn’t use it before the patch aren’t going to start using it now. The Ninja change to TCJ also removes the need for planning. I don’t know what’s going on with the balancing team, but it’s like they don’t know what they’re doing half the time.
Sorry if this reads like a total rant, but I’m just getting really frustrated with their approach, which seems to cater to “beginner/sprout” players and avoids nerfing anything so players won’t be disappointed. It doesn’t work. I know there are 21 jobs now, and maybe it’s starting to overwhelm them—or at least that’s how it seems to me. But we need more frequent balancing patches between big updates. It baffles me that they had four months for 7.1, only for the balance patch to be the most minimal ever.
Just my thoughts. I’m curious if anyone else feels the same way.
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