Upper Class

So guys, you wanna know something I find annoying about XIV? You don't? Too bad. My blog, remember?

There are two things I'm going to cover because I'm pooping right now and #2 means poop. It's funny, okay? Trust me.

First: I hate. And I mean H8 the strict tank-DPS-healer class system.

I was just running Brayflox on my paladin, and they healer said "fuck this" and left at the start. So it was me, a ninja,  and an arcanist, which isn't bad. Everyone knows an arcanist can heal decently. We made it to the last boss before we died so much we had to call in a healer. Not because of me. I was amazing.

But the arcanist said something that made my brain think.  He said "most people think arcanist is just a DPS, but it's actually very flexible". First thing I thought of was a sexy gymnast because boner.

Then I got to wondering... Do we really need labels? XI had none of that shit,  and everything was cool. We didn't have a specific slot you were forced to fill. If you were a warrior, you didn't have to tank.  If you were a red mage that wanted to main heal, go for it, but don't suck. So why do we need them in XIV?

If I don't want to tank as a warrior,  don't force me to tank. If an arcanist can heal,  don't force them into the DPS slot just because the symbol by their head is red. Same with samurai coming out.  Everyone is like "why is it DPS?" Well... yeah, why is it DPS? Why not just make a job and let people do what they want with it?

Which brings me to the second thing I hate: the fucking armor. Even the armor in XIV is strict. DPS armor gets DPS stats.  Healer armor gets healer stats. There's no variety for branching out. Everything in this game locks you into a set job you have to do. In XI, a bunch of different classes could wear different armor so you could pick and choose how you wanted to play each class.

Want a tanky red mage? Throw some vit on that shit. Want a thief that could heal? Ok... that's kinda retarded, but sure.  Want a black mage that could tank and heal and wield a scythe for DPS? Ok, fuck you.  Stop it.

You get my point.

There's no variety.  It's all just getting BiS armor, which ends up being one or two endgame pieces.  There's no extra stats that enhance abilities.  No reason to keep older armor except for glamour. It's all just an endless grind to get that one piece of gear for this one specific job you're tying to fill.

They're just going to keep adding new jobs and everyone is going to be pissed because it isn't the class they want. So why not just get rid of the class system and throw a bunch of new armor out there for everyone to do with what they will? At least it will make them shut up.

I hate people who bitch about things.  Especially when they make entire blogs dedicate to it.