Oh man, monetizing the wedding system, including the mount. At this point I am expecting Gold Saucer to run on a freemium system. Buy 1000 tokens for just 9.99! And for another 4.99 you can get a common booster pack for Triple Triad!
The skill/spell speed answer made me laugh, they essentially admitted it's an intentionally bad stat for now just to give illusion of choice.
Hilarious. What an awful way to itemize things.
Also RIP Bard healer limit break. You will be missed.
Dragoon dmg wasn't really the main issue in the first place though, it's that they literally cannot survive multiple mechanics in final coil without a blm helping them out because their magic defense is terrible. Their dmg was honestly fine if you count what they do for bards(and you are going to have a bard), it's just that their extra health doesn't make up for their magic defense and without being geared out the ass, they will blow up.
Isn't it just t13 that it can't survive compared to other classes? There's nothing else I can think of that isn't avoidable or doesn't require same level of preparation as some of the other squishies. The damage was definitely another major issue, a MNK + BRD was still better dps than a DRG + BRD, even with the piercing debuff. There was just no good reason to bring a DRG for most groups, and that's not a good situation to be in.
The buffs mentioned sound insane though; MNK style positionals, reduced cooldowns, and increasing DoT damage? That's going a lot farther than I was expecting. They have been fairly good about balancing on the whole, I hope they don't go overboard with these buffs or on the flip side the nerfs to NIN.
