Moth

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@Glitchpuppi maybe it's just white mage but i really didn't see an engaging healing rotation à la wow where you need to manage ressources, stacks, be aware of talent interactions, synergyze different healing tools we're losing so many healing buttons on ast if we're stuck to 16 buttons

@MothKira They also mentioned its specifically to make their primary job heal, rather than deal damage like they currently do

Limiting every job to 16 buttons is the most unnecesary thing. I dont know how SE convinced people button bloat is a problem. You have 48 binds on controller with WXHB bars. "We broke the 2m meta" you created that problem though it was fine before EW.

@bryan_25252 @Glitchpuppi yea it's soul ppl who only heal in ff cannot fathom. i wish wow had controller support and ff simpler raiding logistics and it'd be peak

@MothKira @Glitchpuppi don't worry, I 100% agree haha. WoW healing is just way more interactive than FF's because of consistent raid damage, bleeds, and things that must be cleansed which adds way more reactionary gameplay and keeps me on my toes 99% of the time

@bryan_25252 @Glitchpuppi Wow healers being ranked on HPS vs DPS in ff says it all

@bryan_25252 @Glitchpuppi i have asked them to triple the cadence of damage the bosses do in endgame for years and make healers have to actually heal most gcds. but they listen to timmy first mmo on WHM and like maybe that's the correct financial decision for the corporation, but i'm still gonna ask

@Glitchpuppi Also i play rdruid i have 40 binds in wow and theyre all used in m+ lmao

@Glitchpuppi I play wow, its such a different game i dont think its relevant. We are stuck with 2.5 gcd prison on this side if the fence. Wow healing makes ff's look like a kid game but in ff we act like healing is the hardest thing ever and whm got made easier again, its just so different.

People complaining about button bloat cause they have 1 bar and half of skills and then 6 bars of emotes and random shit like a pretty mount or like last tiers food binded

@RengeKurusu @ArborusVitae yea i checked the tether change was a DT change so not related to the evolved jobs, i'm keeping hopium on keeping some damage cards (hopefully à la SB)

@MothKira @ArborusVitae Not entirely sure tbh but they still had the crit buff, and now they are losing battle litany and not getting the tether back removing any sort of feeling the job had for teamwork. You just focus on your own personal damage and pray everyone else pulls their own weight

What if....evolved astro removed regens from your healing buttons, and like...gave them shields instead?

@RengeKurusu @ArborusVitae that was a DT change tho right

@MothKira @ArborusVitae I mean, drg is completely buffless now and didnt get their tether back so theres a chance they are all gone

@itsacirclepun pushing through savage and ultimate raid with other people created some of the best friendships and memories i've had people are so missing out

@MothKira Oh 100%! It's a huge part of why endgame content has such a low completion rate is just because people are afraid of trying / conflict avoidant. I genuinely believe *if they want to* you can get any player to clear any ultimate / encounter, but so few people want to(is fine)

@fallgachafall You don't really need macros in this game too, i feel a lot of people complaining about bloat just have a bunch of GCDs on macros and stuff like that which is terrible. You maybe need 1-2 text macros for mechanic reminders but macros don't need to be binded

@MothKira Oh I'm not about the unused button debate I'm just here for L2 > R2 slander For SAM specfically, 40 buttons is the bare minimum option since everything they have + sprint + lb + pot is 34 buttons. So like 6 free slots, 5 if you include mount. Thankfully we need like 0 macros.

@itsacirclepun I think a lot of people see any challenge as friction that needs to be removed, it's just not much deeper than that to me. but everything becomes bland and meaningless without friction

@MothKira I have 8 macros on my scholar hotbar most for pet management on one of the "button bloat" jobs. If I can handle that then people are being babies or too lazy to experiment with keybinds that work for them *baring physical disabilities.

@itsacirclepun Yea, i'd be willing to give up 4-6 buttons, there's MANY ways to approach reducing overall button count that isn't "let's literally shave 50%+ of the buttons on every job". But i hate this idea that it was some kind of huge issue and that controller suffered from it.

@MothKira Button bloat is a problem*** but it's not so bad it needed a nuclear bomb thrown at it. I think changes like what they did to the tank skills are super smart, and are a really clever way to fix button bloat. 1 button rotations...less so

@fallgachafall i've always done it with full bar swaps on ast it's fine 40 buttons is like more than enough for everything too i have like 12 "unused" slots on my WXHB bar that i fill with mounts and macros.

@MothKira Anyone who genuinely uses R2 first>L2 and L2 first>R2 practices sociopathic behavior. You have them both on the same hotbar option so it functions like a R2+L2 with 40 binds instead.

@NaviLana You have no idea how much i have wanted back buttons as an option on default cheaper controllers and not just overpriced "pro" so devs could use actually them in default controle schemes yeah.

@MothKira Controller could be more amazing if the PS5 pro controller back buttons could be their own unique buttons instread of remaps.

@Fast_Iain Unfortunately if you take the game any seriously at all you will be forced into the optimal one and if that's evolved it's all an illusion of choice.

@MothKira For right now Evolved is optional which isn't gonna sit well with pf. But there's no force with playing with the missing buttons. Play to however you wanna play!

@Fast_Iain I'd be ok with 4-6 buttons trimmed, i can give them synastry and have a few buttons consolidated but 16 buttons is diabolical to me

@MothKira I believe the clunkiness from me comes from my experience with the WXHB. I've had misinputs where I was hitting that instead of the regular HB. No issues with XHB but like I said some jobs are just getting a lot of buttons more than myself personally are not comfortable with.

@ninponighthawk @CMDR_Astrea This is a healer job. Addle is a caster button.

@MothKira @CMDR_Astrea 32 buttons is 3 hotbars on MnK. And no addle?

@ninponighthawk @CMDR_Astrea so much room i'm not actually using on third bar. its been a complete nonissue.

@CMDR_Astrea @MothKira Im gana need to see your hotbars. I have 3 hotbars on every job and a 4th for astro.

@Arrozozo "We intend to make whm easier" functionally comes down to the same thing this is semantical

@MothKira They never said whm was too hard lmao, they even admitted its the easiest healer to play same for pld on the tank side (easy to play "kinda" hard to master)