Frankly, I don't want to post here. But it's one of the only ways I have to give feedback, so here we are. The changes we saw to black mage in the last live letter are saddening to me and many other black mage players I've talked to. The job had a unique identity and optimization that was enjoyable and unlike any other job in the game. Removing the timer on enochian means that there is no incentive to plan out skills, there is no limit to how many times you can use xenoglossy in a fire phase, there is no reason to make an effort to minimize movement when downtime will never result in losing a fire spell. Even worse, the reduced cast times on spells means that there is no feeling of mastery from learning when to best use swiftcast or triplecast. There is a difference between using those abilities in ice where the cast times do not go longer than the recast, or in fire where you could gain time and thus damage from making your fire spells instant. Now those tools have no meaning besides movement, and the job has nothing to make it unique.
I do not understand who these changes are meant to target, because there are many other jobs already for players who did not like black mage, but only one job like black mage left in the game. I only state this to be perfectly clear--these changes will make me leave the game and unsubscribe. It is the other way I can give my feedback, and so that is what I will do. If the changes shown in the live letter gameplay are reverted, I will likely return, but until that point it is up to the game designers to understand that their recent decisions are the reason that people are fleeing from the job. I encourage other people who feel the same way to add their voice or better yet make additional threads to ensure that this gets visibility in a place where there is a chance that the developers see it.
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I do not understand who these changes are meant to target, because there are many other jobs already for players who did not like black mage, but only one job like black mage left in the game. I only state this to be perfectly clear--these changes will make me leave the game and unsubscribe. It is the other way I can give my feedback, and so that is what I will do. If the changes shown in the live letter gameplay are reverted, I will likely return, but until that point it is up to the game designers to understand that their recent decisions are the reason that people are fleeing from the job. I encourage other people who feel the same way to add their voice or better yet make additional threads to ensure that this gets visibility in a place where there is a chance that the developers see it.
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