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When Stormblood came out, the very first thing I wrote about was Samurai. New jobs excite me more than anything else, and both SAM and Red Mage have changed FFXIV for the better. It’s been about four months now, and with 4.1 — the first major content patch — coming out on October 10th, I thought now would be a good time to check in with the new additions now the dust has settled and people have (mostly) figured out how jobs are going to play from here on out.
Comments
First: How is the ability pruning? Did they do a good combination of reducing skill bloat, but also keeping enough interesting abilities to still have a good rotation and unique feel to the classes? Or do you feel like they snipped too many abilities?
Second: For those of you playing a Dark Knight. Is the class doing well in the expansion, or is it a less preferred tank over the other tanks? Did they reduce this classes skill bloat well in your opinion? Or do you feel like you lost something with this expansion? This was my main in heavensward so I'll most likely play it again when I come back. Just hoping to hear some first hand experience about the class.
They removed some of the laborious parts of building your hotbar, but in terms of reducing bloat they've just brought it back to where it was by slowing down the pace at which you get certain abilities or collapsing one into another.
The overall amount of buttons has not changed, the goal post simply moved.
It will be interesting to see what they do with future expansions, but I have a feeling the can will just continue to be kicked/goal posts moved.
I'm also very interested in the SAM. Even though I always seem to pick the class that brings nothing but DPS to group content, I also always seem to pick the classes that require the extra effort to play well. Maybe something a little easier will lower the pressure and help me stick around a bit longer.
I picked Dragoon as my main at the relaunch of the game, with the class changes during Stormblood I really don't like how tedious they are.
I'm a MUDder. I play MUDs.
Current: Dragonrealms