There’s no rest for the weary.
Only two days after the launch of Final Fantasy XIV’s newest major expansion, Dawntrail, Director Naoki Yoshida, aka Yoshi-P, addressed player concerns and feedback regarding several jobs. In his Lodestone update, Yoshi-P described changes impacting jobs in all roles, including Viper and Pictomancer, the latest jobs introduced in Dawntrail. According to Yoshi-P, the Final Fantasy XIV development team is working hard to rectify these balancing issues and players can expect these changes to arrive as early as Patch 7.01 or in Patch 7.05.
Before diving into the meat of his message, it’s important to note that his short update is not all-encompassing. Other player concerns and job issues will be addressed in future updates. These are the glaring balancing issues they believe are presently impacting the player experience the most based on feedback.
Monk
The team wants to correct the “inadequate performance” of the monk due to changes made to its “core abilities.” These changes will go toward improving the job’s area-of-effect attacks.
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Correct action potencies (Patch 7.01)
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Correct an error regarding the requirements to apply stacks of Fury (Patch 7.01)
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Minor adjustments to the job HUD (Patch 7.01)
Astrologian
These changes address player feedback regarding the job’s difficult damage burst phase.
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Light Speed recast time will be adjusted and will be turned into a charged action (Patch 7.01)
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Shorten the recast time of draw actions (Patch 7.01)
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Adjust the potency of Macrocosmos (Patch 7.01)
Viper
These changes address player feedback regarding the “busyness” of the skill rotation.
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Ease direction requirements, or positionals (Patch 7.05)
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Change the effects of several actions (Patch 7.05)
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Small adjustments to the range of some abilities (Patch 7.01)
Black Mage
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Address difficulties with MP recovery before learning Umbral Soul (Patch 7.01)
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Adjust the potency of some actions (Patch 7.05)
Samurai
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Reduce the recast timer of Tendo Setsugekka and Tendo Kaeshi Setsugekka (Patch not specified)
Red Mage
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Extend the effect duration of Manafication (Patch not specified)
Pictomancer
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Address an issue where players can manually disable the effects of Subtractive Palette, Aetherhues, and Aetherhues II (Patch 7.01)
All Tanks
These changes address player reports that tanks are having a difficult time maintaining enmity due to the high-damage attacks of other jobs.
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Increased enmity for tank area-of-effect attacks and movement abilities (Patch 7.01)
