xenosflame3458: I don’t think people are complaining because positionals might be removed, I think it’s more people are complaining that they might be taking away the overall busyness and fastness of the job as a whole.
RoniDraws: i still do positionals on MNK abilities that dont have them anymore lol
rhno091: The GNB dash is hella awkward. And the cool down you can't use your AOE when you land anyways
Tobeh: Bosses spin and turn around enough these days that positional are just kinda nice when you can plan to land them. Thinking about how all the bosses will reappear in the middle of the arena facing the wrong way, finish a 1.5s cast and then turn to face the tank before turning to face another DPS or healer to attack, then turn and throw an aoe at another dps.

Positionals made sense when the bosses were far less active than they are now.
denixboi8004: No DRK adjustments is crazy they really do love the idea of dark nights beeing severe edgelords huh, cuz im gonna kill myself if they keep this shit up
kabutoex2: Yes you summed up the gap closer perfectly having to wait after it is sadness
hkoizumi3134: Pictomancer reminded me of why I picked and love BLM back in 2.0. They were not easy to play but was very rewarding for playing decently good. Now, BLM is just as unapproachable as ever with the only reward you get for playing decently is maybe you dish out similarly with other braindead DPS.
SeventyVelle: Excellent reading, My Liege.
ZeroXIV: New tank gap closers are shit, give us back the old ones with 0 potency. The new ones are too sluggish and clip GCDs super badly basically making them pointless.
NewWave3313: Picto is so fun right now and I am sad when they inevitably kill its damage lol
aphilli97: All these changes yet cant give drk lifesteal so its not so shit
tbarben193: I like positionals currently. Whether I had played with them in Heavensward or not is irrelevant. I do more damage when I hit them and it keeps the fight more interesting IMO. Is it devastating when I miss them? No, and I'm happy that it is not.
CidLufaine: The problem with removing positional attacks is they aren't replacing the business with anything else. They are just removing something without replacing it while ALSO making jobs feel more boring and same to play in my opinion. So all that happens is jobs become simpler while also giving players less business to think about, so it becomes a 1 2 3 spam outside of burst windows, and you FEEL the extra time of just standing there instead of getting ready to move for positional attacks. In harder content sure, positional attacks aren't at all important compared to dodging mechanics, there is enough to keep you busy already.

The reason Xeno doesn't understand that is because Unga bunga warrior brain stand in one spot the entire fight anyway.
garrettg7962: It always surprises me on how easy the game is to understand yet so many people have bad takes on changes lol.

Viper be going crazy right now hoping for a good drk buff
amethonys2798: The dashes on tanks also need a reduction on the end lag after using them. Your character dashes in and has to wait like a full second before you can even hit an AoE ability despite having the GCD available. It's like you dash in and your brain just blue screens for a second before they go oh yeah I should swing in a circle.
Talcor: Seeing people call viper too weak or low dps is hilarious when even on an rdps chart its in the top when it has no party buffs at all and the only adps with a higher cap than it is samurai which has like 4 abilities that are 900 potency lol
jg2096: Here's and idea, just give plunge back. Problem solved. Before it felt like I was a threat leaping into battle, smacking the hell out of someone, and drawing enemy attention. Now it out just feels like sliding into their DMs waiting for a response.
Jedda678: Xeno is wrong about enmity issues and while it isnt hard to get it back its annoying to have a dps beating on a mob after 1 AoE gcd as a GNB who has zero damage on my gap closer now. I use lightning round to pull and treat my dash as a way to avoid knockback mechanics rather than a part of my initial engage.
majinbobbyhill828: The MNK disrespect is insane. They dont care enough to ever release it with even a functional rotation! Bare minimum stuff. Either it was so confusing that SE couldnt even understand how to pilot it, or they genuinely hate the class ALMOST as.much as they do BLM
TenebrisGladius: GNB/DRK/DRG gap closer has a weird delay both before and after using them - but what baffles me is that they worried about AGGRO MANAGEMENT on tanks?????? ffs, as a DRK i'm struggling here with all these parse healers around and their swiftcast res "my bad" combo instead of healing me properly....we have problems, and AGGRO MANAGEMENT isn't one, pull properly.
Memyx: VPR is perfect, if you ask me. The positionals are whatever, I'm not gonna lose any sleep if they remove them. I will, however, be pissed if they slow down the job.
ToaChronix: I thought making jobs easy and boring was bad? Sure positionals sucked in Heavensward but we aren't in that expansion anymore, you don't lose your combo when you miss a positional in Dawntrail. Trying to land positionals around the mechanics is fun and adds a bit of extra skill expression to melee.
kyrxon277: "viper dps is set low" maaaaaan viper is like 2nd best dps in the game, its basically tradition in every game that when a new class or character is released its OP
tobiasisaac6996: make provoke aoe
biocajun86: Totally agree on the Viper speed (amazing) and Twitter brain rot lol.

But I really do like the CURRENT positionals. I have to actually think about my actions and where I am. I’m not saying removing positionals is bad, but it would make things more boring
muovikallo: Okay, take away the positionals from Viper but decrease the twinblade gcd.

Jul 10 2024

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