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(06-04-2015, 10:07 PM)Naunet Wrote: Before I quit, I was clearing Coil turns with the best of them (and honestly not all that impressed). Needing to play "harder instances" was not the issue. ;p
An interesting class can do a lot to save otherwise uninteresting game content. That said, I've known a great deal of people through my time raiding in this and in other MMOs who really just like one, maybe two classes in the game. It's not unusual. Saying people like that are unhealthy is plain rude.
(06-04-2015, 10:18 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Eh...I think I must be narrowminded, too, since I have always been bored with DPS and tanking rotations. Â In every MMO I've ever played.
I only ever play healers because they're the only ones who really entertain me.
(06-04-2015, 10:57 PM)BroodingFicus Wrote: Count me in with the narrow minded people too I guess. I honestly have zero fun on a large percentage of the FFXIV classes. I like Warrior and I fell in love with Ninja later but my favorite roles in an MMO have always been support/healer. Unfortunately I find playing the existing healers about as much fun as watching paint dry. Astrologian and their cards/support stance sound like a dream come true but I'll have to level a crap healer I don't want to get there. I'm sure there are people who feel the same way about the existing tanks/dps as well.
Will I? Yes but only because I have been with the game since launch and a friend of mine is here to suffer along with me and offer rp when I feel like killing the next person who sends me on a crap errand for the MSQ. Will returning players be willing to invest that much time in order to get the classes they want? Maybe. Will new players? Maybe. But why does it have to be maybe?
Well, I really don't know what to tell you, because I manage to entertain myself playing pretty much all of the classes (besides Paladin for very obvious reasons). I really do think that lots of folks confuse not liking the core combat with not liking a particular class. Odds are very high that you simply do not like the combat system itself if every single available class bores you. It's not like class mechanics change up the gameplay that much (though roles, on the other hand, obviously do).
But this conversation really goes nowhere if no one actually mentions exactly what it is that they dislike about playing X class versus playing Y class versus playing another video game entirely. What do you actually like? What does the game fail at? How would another class fix those failures and/or pander more towards your particular sensibilities?