Ranged attacks will no longer break your combos. The next change involves your weaponskill combos. The hope is adding these will reward technical play and the proper use of your cooldowns. Instead, your cooldowns will have additional benefits. Yoshida stresses that this won’t mean you’ll need to observe tight timing, similar to fighting game mechanics like parries or “Just Guard”. With that tiny disclaimer out of the way, let’s look at all the new bells and whistles we have on the frontlines.įirst up, the FFXIV team is reworking every Tank so that defensive cooldowns will give you additional benefits when used at the right time. It’s worth noting that these tweaks and new actions are subject to change in the road up to launch. Here’s a glimpse at how Paladin, Warrior, Dark Knight, and Gunbreaker will play in the new expansion. In this evening’s “Live Letter from the Producer”, FFXIV director and executive producer Naoki Yoshida and community manager Toshio Murouchi highlighted the changes coming to each Job and the Tank role overall. No matter what changes, the tank stands at the front of any part in Final Fantasy XIV.
