SliceSabre
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AST changes make them a better buffer/support and reduce RNG but not a better healer.
Disappointing.
Disappointing.
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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward |OT| The Midas Touch
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EndcatOmega
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I don't apologise for anything Galen.
I going to queue for A3S in DF. Wish me luck!
EndcatOmega
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All day everyday.
{fat cat}{Fire}{I must take my leave now.}
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
Is it Papaya.
I was fine with raid buffs. It was the teleport tyranny that I tried to combat
ive learned to love to hate it
tiggerkiddo
Member
Hmmm, would have liked them to reduce the tp cost for a few more actions for Ninja...or increase our damage just a tad...oh well
Edit: Congrats Rai
Aside from some TP cost reductions, MCH buffs seem to be Gauss Round and the big one:
Which I suspect is going to make physical Hypercharge OP as hell. +10% physical damage with about 22% uptime. Even Magic Hypercharge is semi respectable now.
I await somebody mathing this out, but I'm pretty sure this is a big goddamned deal.
Aside from some TP cost reductions, MCH buffs seem to be Gauss Round and the big one:
Which I suspect is going to make physical Hypercharge OP as hell. +10% physical damage with about 22% uptime. Even Magic Hypercharge is semi respectable now.
I await somebody mathing this out, but I'm pretty sure this is a big goddamned deal.
I decided to switch to MCH before it was confirmed cool
Napkin math seems to suggest that 28-30 seconds of phys buff every 2 minutes is possibly a better option even with one caster but not sure how it plays out with tank damage reduced.
They're at least around even now, I'm sure.
Napkin math seems to suggest that 28-30 seconds of phys buff every 2 minutes is possibly a better option even with one caster but not sure how it plays out with tank damage reduced.
They're at least around even now, I'm sure.
Also completely invalidated out the gate: All relics day one,
Rule of thumb before was one caster and a bard getting two full bars of Foe Req in an encounter was going to pull ahead of phys Hypercharge. A 100% potency increase and a 33% duration increase should be enough to counteract any realistic tank damage hits and still pull decently ahead I think. Plus, in progression, we don't have to sacrifice Hypercharge time for basic regen since Hypercharge doesn't use resources.
Edit: lol
So the UAT equivalent is in easy. Lolol.
Oh. And the triumphant return of crafting mats to dungeons. Time to sell all your red scrip mats 'cause that market gonna collapse.
Time to hold on to them because Eikon Cloth (220) gear will surely require them for crafting.
Looks that way. Hypercharge 2 stronk who needs Ninja.
Be sure Glick sees that we may actually get that Gana minion.
It's not a mount, but it's close.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK.
Odd things of note:
Only Legs in Alexander Midas Savage Turn 3 The Reckoning.
Belts and Accessories in Savage 1, at least. Head/Feet/Hands all in Turn 2. Odd.
Pretty much all of the itemization is stuff we kind of expected for a while? 245 weapons from Savage are definitely nice, but I dunno. It still looks like Gobdip is from A8S which is like... why? Am I reading that wrong? I don't know why they wouldn't just shove Gobdip in 3 for the final fight into 4.
I guess we just have to wait for Warring Triad the second to poverty carry us with their holy 235 weaponry.
Glendemonium
Member
Wow, surprised to see MNK get some love on those notes. Howling fist Potency increases from 170 to 210 isn't something to sneeze at. Demolish Dot gets an increase too!
Loving the adjustments to Machinist, at least we wont run out of TP as fast but it feels like it takes forever to get shots off when under Gauss Barrel. Maybe they should just treat it like Bard so we don't have to reload and just focus on just firing. It's a fantasy game for crying out loud.
Loving the adjustments to Machinist, at least we wont run out of TP as fast but it feels like it takes forever to get shots off when under Gauss Barrel. Maybe they should just treat it like Bard so we don't have to reload and just focus on just firing. It's a fantasy game for crying out loud.
Why not? Drives prices down, gives battle class only people revenue source.
As long as they do it like the later items, where you get both gear and item drop, should be good.
Dear god no. That would be so boring.
Yeah, if the DPS requirement took the hit it sounds like it did getting the kill before upgraded weapons should be manageable. Plus with the raid and tome weapon iLevel gap restored, they can make gobdip widely available in 3.35 giving everyone pretty steady weapon progression in catchup waves, which they do so enjoy.
Alternate option: git gud, Galen
Wouldn't it be more hipster to stay bard?
xxczx
Member
Literally best part about the patchdat nero minion tho
The ilevel gap being restored does make gobdip being in AS8 a bit weird though. Getting upgrade item in same place as where you get better weapon already?
No no, the hipsters are the "I was mch before it was cool" people. The people going MCH now are just straight bandwagoners/FOTM.
It's different!
See my previous retort, you chump.
On a serious note, I don't think it's a smart decision enjoyment wise to lock high level weapons all before A8S. If you can clear that shit with 230 weapons why do you even need 240 weapons let alone 245? If they did it just for the eventual upgrade for non-raiders why don't they put the dip in A7 at the very least like they did with I dunno... Second and Final Coil? You had weapons at 100 that upgraded to 110 with HA at 115 and likewise with 120-130-135 and yet we're going to be at a stage where you're gonna get 230 weapons, kill A8S and then you get a 240 weapon and a 245 weapon. Such a waste of a weapon slot just to eventually make it poverty gear. I hope I'm wrong and they toss dip into A7S, like they should.
EXACTLY.
That not Titan minion.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
PLD changes are zzzzz.
I hope that's not all their changing.
I hope that's not all their changing.
I agree, but it does also mean the DPS check for the final fight will have to be tuned around not having an i240 weapon, which should mean your first clear actually increases your future ease of farming by a significant margin. I imagine we'll get peasant dips from void ark part 2 this time too, which will mean in practice it won't matter too much for most people.
The entire gear cycle is kind of jacked, but it makes sense to the extent that it still guarantees you a weapon upgrade every week even if you get Monk fists and two Astrometers in your first three clears with no MNK/AST. As it stands, I think Alena, Bookey and I are the only ones who got main weapon drops in the first eight clears. Qhon couldn't even buy his daggers until week 9 because he needed chest and weapon and neither dropped until then. Dip in the final floor guarantees you still get stronger week-to-week while accumulating pages or waiting for favorable drop RNG.
The crafted change sort of highlights how silly gear progression in the game is becoming overall, given that the only reason to get best anything this point is ego-stroking/afking on the Idyllshire brag ledge. By the time content it's useful in comes out, it'll be replaced with superior crafted/primal stuff.
(Excluding glamour, which the Gordian weapons are good for, and is the true endgame.)
I should get started on my 2-star crafting lessons so I can cover all specialists on Tuesday morning.
Same ilvl but remember one of those options has multiple materia slots.
Same ilvl but remember one of those options has multiple materia slots.
Also new potions incoming. Here's hoping 3x per craft.
I need to learn everything. I have no good gear, will only have ARM/BSM/ALC/CUL at 60 by Tuesday and have no idea how to craft. Wat do.
I need to learn everything. I have no good gear, will only have ARM/BSM/ALC/CUL at 60 by Tuesday and have no idea how to craft. Wat do.
Not even the generic level 60 crafting gear?
Yeah but I mean...you get that with it being in AS7 like how SCOB/FCOB did it? And you actually get real use out of them rather than just placeholder/slightly easier time for fight you already beat.
The best anything being afk loot has always been the case though. The only thing you've ever gotten out of it is unique looking gear or a small boost for when next tier comes about.
Sign me up too. I'm sure it'll be cheap and easy to craft, won't require millions of gil per piece or hours of grinding for mats or anything.
Oh that I have. Left and right side totally unmelded, the 59 offhands, 60 MH. Trying to work out a meld plan to first farm blue scrips for the Master 3 books then try to get at least a week of red crafted scrips in before the patch.
I waited way too long to start doing this, RIP.
Don't they both do this time?
Can't pentameld the raid gear, only 2 meldable slots.
Meld those things! Most of it will still be viable for 2-star crafting. The only 2-star gear I have for crafting are the crafted MH/OH and body pieces for everything except ALC and CUL. Every other slot still melded generic set. I've been waiting for an increased supply of grade V crafting materia to make those other pieces.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
How was oath potency reduced? I'm seeing the damage penalty reduced, but that's it.
It's not damage received, it's the penalty on the damage you're inflicting. This is a buff to your damage while tanking in Shield Oath.
edit: I should probably have refreshed.