I understand people in DT doing the new fights saying new black mage feels appropriate for new fight design. Ok fine.
...but did they have to break the job for every level below 100 the accomplish this?
the job demanding finesse from the player was a huge part of the draw for me (and it seems many others), and the game could become so exhilarating because of, not in spite of, the resource management and the existence of failure states. we already had summoner and red mage for more approachable and beginner friendly playstyles for magical dps (or heck even healers are good for this), I don't understand why everything needs to be this approachable and beginner friendly.
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