With 8.0 around the corner I've been engaged in losts of wild discussions on the future of jobs and gameplay and from tons of civilized and heated discussions on the forums I'm at a loss for what I should want from 8.0.
I've been playing since early stormblood/last weeks of heavensward and I've watched the game's jobs and encounter design go thru a significant shift in direction. Some things i miss like healers having more than 2 damage gcd's to use outside the burst window, dragoon having a gauge, and much more. I've grown to accept these changes because I still really like this game despite the changes. Some changes like giving all tanks gap closers are a case where homegenization wasn't a bad thing to me but something that just made sense.
That being said I'm not sure how to feel about job identity being a focus for 8.0 because what I want would probably force half the community to quit and if they give that half what they want the other half is gone. We have wildly different desires for this game we all love and I'm worried the devs will try to please everybody and fail like with the 2 minute meta.
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I've been playing since early stormblood/last weeks of heavensward and I've watched the game's jobs and encounter design go thru a significant shift in direction. Some things i miss like healers having more than 2 damage gcd's to use outside the burst window, dragoon having a gauge, and much more. I've grown to accept these changes because I still really like this game despite the changes. Some changes like giving all tanks gap closers are a case where homegenization wasn't a bad thing to me but something that just made sense.
That being said I'm not sure how to feel about job identity being a focus for 8.0 because what I want would probably force half the community to quit and if they give that half what they want the other half is gone. We have wildly different desires for this game we all love and I'm worried the devs will try to please everybody and fail like with the 2 minute meta.
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