Respect and inclusion of others who didn't pick the "right" jobs will come out of nerfing black mages. Demand for higher cooperativity will come. Higher tactics with more thought and more diversity will result. Better balance, simply put. It is NOT that black mages hold the **** together in this game as much as the more proud would like to believe. It's that people REFUSE to adapt when you can simply throw tarus at the problem. They will refuse to adapt until throwing tarus is not an option, and when it ceases to be an option, the game will improve for it. Not because it will get harder. Because we will adapt and fill the hole that stuck up black mages filled. We'll fill it with things other than privileged black mages.
It's exactly the same as rangers. Black mage mentality has infected every challenging situation in the game. Ouryu was a joke. Complete sissy, and we didn't freeze him once. But you NEEEEEEEDDDDD blms. The game is full of that. You NEEEEDDDD blms for Kindred seal wins. You NEEEDDDDD blms to destroy dynamis bastok. You nEEEDDDDD them.
No, you really don't. Heck, I know you don't because blms are often too busy playing with each other to play with the rest of us. And the rest of us do just fine. Am I jealous? No, you don't see me leveling black mage to make use of imbalance. You see me scrapping with the other castaways in pickup parties. Being an untouchable is just fine by me.
So nerf them. While I'm not tired of being second class, others are. And even if they aren't, it's more than simply being included. The developers admit it--this isn't how they want the game played. It's not right. The rest of us aren't weak. Right now we just get excluded because someone's got too much power to ignore. At this poing nerfing is the only way to prove that black mages are not your saviors. They're just your allies. It's the only way because people just can't handle imbalance without abusing it.
I'm just a thief. I've heard that how many times now? Thirty? Fifty? It's not that I'm useless--far from it. When they're off in their selective parties, I'm busting balls in pickup parties for great xp without their help. You can't get 7500 xp an hour with a thf and drg in the pt...that's what they tell me. THEY tell ME that a thief can't do that, when I just told them I did. It's brainwashing, plain and simple. People are completely dependent on the imbalanced for no reason.
I do just fine, thanks. We all do just fine without black mages holding our hands. If it takes nerfing of the most powerful job to prove that the rest of us do just fine, then so be it. 6 blms do greatEST? Gee, doesn't really matter when we do great too...we just win 2 minutes after they do. When did 2 minutes become "need"? I'll tell you when...when anal retentives run the game and "best" is all they think about. I'm not jealous, because I won't warp my standards. "Good" is just that...I'll take good. I don't need optimal, because I'm competent enough with good.
If you need the "best" to succeed in this game you're an incompetent fool. Kids need 5 rangers to get good xp. Morons need 4 blms. If you want to gerber your way to success in this game, maybe it's about time someone weened you off it. Because an 18 year old still eating baby food is sad. Why do you think people laugh at those who won DM with black mages? Ditch the gerber and play like a man, pansies. If you don't WANT to, sooner or later someone is going to MAKE you for your own good.
