Given the flagging win rates of melee DPS jobs in ranked matches, we have mainly focused our adjustments on facilitating ease of combat when confronting ranged jobs.

Monk

To better capitalize on monk's mobility and combo damage when debilitating an enemy team's rear guard, we have removed the ranged attack Flint's Reply in favor of increasing the potency of a variety of melee actions and shortening the recast times for Rising Phoenix and Thunderclap. Furthermore, Fire's Reply can now be executed directly, without the prerequisite of Rising Phoenix.

Dragoon

We have increased the potency of Chaotic Spring in order to improve dragoon's combat performance and staying power in close quarters.

Ninja

Ninja is a job valued highly for its party support. With the hopes of improving ninja's solo performance, we have made adjustments to Bunshin's offensive capabilities and enhanced the increased movement speed of Huton, while decreasing Dokumori's effect duration.

Samurai

We have added HP restoration effects to Tendo Setsugekka and Tendo Kaeshi Setsugekka to help samurai better hold the front line, as they lack any ranged actions. Furthermore, Meikyo Shisui now enhances HP recovered via healing actions and has a duration of three seconds, reverting the change made in Patch 7.31. We hope that these adjustments allow for easier use of other actions' healing and barrier effects.

Reaper

We have added HP absorption effects to Void Reaping and Cross Reaping, allowing reaper to pursue foes more relentlessly while under the effects of their powerful limit break, Tenebrae Lemurum.

Viper

To improve viper's combat performance and staying power when engaging an enemy team's rear guard, we have shortened the recast time for Bloodcoil, which has an additional effect of absorbing HP.

Machinist

While machinist boasts high damage output, they often struggle in close-quarter combat. To further emphasize this defining job characteristic, we have increased the potency of Drill.

Dancer

To improve dancer's durability in close combat, we have increased the cure potency of Curing Waltz and increased the duration of Fan Dance's damage reduction effect.

Black Mage

Black mage's win rates are struggling in ranked matches across all tiers, so we have made adjustments to improve black mage's offensive performance. We have increased the potency of their fire-aspected spells, thereby enhancing spells requiring time to cast. As a trade-off, however, we have reduced black mage's maximum HP. Additionally, we have increased the potency of Frost Star. This should offer a more meaningful choice between this spell and its complement, Flare Star, after executing the limit break Soul Resonance.

White Mage

We have removed Miracle of Nature's MP reduction effect and replaced it with a damage increase effect to improve its usability when white mage engages in close combat.

Astrologian

While astrologian benefits from a host of individually strong actions, its playstyle requires a delicate touch. To enhance this unique job characteristic, we have adjusted Gravity II and Aspected Benefic to improve both offensive and defensive abilities when Double Cast is strategically executed. In exchange, we have also reduced astrologian's maximum HP.

Adjustments made to the MP cost of Recuperate and Purify since Patch 7.31 have created an ideal environment for all team members to focus on a single target until they are eliminated. As a result, we have noticed that actions that diminish the defensive bonus of Guard, such as paladin's Shield Smite, and actions that reduce recovery, such as dark knight's Plunge, impact matches greatly. For this reason, we have adjusted actions with similar effects across the board, thereby allowing greater strategic freedom when deciding a team's job composition.

Adjustments to job balance were made largely according to usage and win rates in ranked matches, and special attention was paid to jobs with particularly high win rates and jobs that are currently struggling.

Furthermore, we have reassessed the ability of supportive area of effect actions, such as pictomancer's Tempera Grassa, to extend past field obstructions. Additional changes in this area may occur depending on the results of job balance adjustments.

Paladin

We found that Shield Smite was too effective against Guard, so we have made adjustments to ensure that targets under the effect of Guard cannot accrue status ailments that increase damage taken.

Dark Knight

We have adjusted the healing reduction of Sole Survivor, a status inflicted by dark knight's Plunge. When the target is suffering from multiple instances of the same ailment, we have ensured their ability to heal is not overly hampered. Additionally, we have reduced the amount of HP and MP gained upon the KO of an afflicted target, so as to curtail any excessive advantage after an already beneficial victory.

Furthermore, while Salted Earth is one of dark knight's signature moves, we found its abilities to be somewhat overpowered, so we partially reduced the damage and HP restoration that was increased in Patch 7.31.

Gunbreaker

Compared to other tank jobs, we found gunbreaker to be somewhat lacking in offensive capabilities, so we increased the damage dealt by each hit of the limit break Relentless Rush.

Dragoon

In order to increase dragoon's efficacy during damage burst phases, we have increased the potencies of Geirskogul and Nastrond.

Ninja

We increased the potencies of Hyosho Ranryu and Goka Mekkyaku to allow for a more aggressive use of Three Mudra.

Samurai

To facilitate ease of battle on the front line, we increased the barrier absorption of Ogi Namikiri and Kaeshi: Namikiri.

Viper

In order to increase viper's efficacy during damage burst phases, we have increased the potency of the limit break World-swallower.

Dancer

While Honing Ovation can deal great damage, we decided to increase the potency of each hit dealt by Honing Dance in order to increase its efficacy in the steps leading up to its finishing move.

Pictomancer

We have adjusted the healing reduction of Clawed Muse, and ensured that the target's ability to heal is not overly hampered when suffering from multiple instances of the same status ailment. Furthermore, we reevaluated Tempera Grassa and Star Prism's areas of effect, allowing their support to extend past field obstructions.

Healer

As Haelan is not used as much as other role actions, we have decided to reduce its MP cost to 2,000 to match adjustments made to Recuperate in Patch 7.31.

White Mage

To bolster white mage's performance across all tiers, we have reverted reductions made to Protect in Patch 7.25. Furthermore, we have reduced the recast time of Aquaveil to strengthen white mage's ability to swiftly deliver aid, in this case, by nullifying status afflictions and erecting a strong protective barrier.

Scholar

We reevaluated Accession's area of effect, allowing its support to extend past field obstructions. Additionally, we found that Chain Stratagem was too effective against Guard, so we have made adjustments to ensure that targets under the effect of Guard cannot accrue status ailments that increase damage taken. Lastly, we have adjusted the healing reduction of Biolysis and ensured that the target's ability to heal is not overly hampered when suffering from multiple instances of the same status ailment.