Perhaps a shoutout to the Ravana enemy in Vagrant Story (lots of VS/FFXII staff on XIV).
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Perhaps a shoutout to the Ravana enemy in Vagrant Story (lots of VS/FFXII staff on XIV).
So, how do we expect Dark Knight tanking to work? Vampiric Self Heal Tank? I mean, I kinda figured that since WAR already did this, they'd go for something else....
....but maybe they'll just, dial it up to eleven? Give Dark Knight a metric ton of Vampiric Self Heal abilities? I mean, so long as their HP is high enough to avoid one shots, that, SHOULD work.
....but maybe they'll just, dial it up to eleven? Give Dark Knight a metric ton of Vampiric Self Heal abilities? I mean, so long as their HP is high enough to avoid one shots, that, SHOULD work.
It's not a secret if everyone knows!
Don't know if you are watching but they are showing cosplay now
http://www.twitch.tv/finalfantasyxiv
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Secret healing
its ok we've all had one of those
Edit: so is chibi moon related to scything moon? :O
Swiftcast, not procced
Self heal tanks are a pain in the ass to balance and we may end up with WAR 2.0, they probably want to avoid that situation. I'm sure there will be some self heals but I hope they don't base the class's tanking ability entirely around it. I played Blood DK for awhile in WoW and it was a constant rollarcoaster of being underpowered or overpowered.
Someone said they mentioned it being a parry/magic tank, right? (I don't know, I didn't watch the stream) Maybe a sizeable boost to parry chance, and perhaps an on-demand cooldown parry. Magic effects that absorb damage (like ald). Then there are the entire line of absorb skills they could work in, to keep it balanced they'd probably only effect the DRK, but you could say absorb a % of a bosses attack - lowering their damage to you alone but increasing yours. This would actually be a decent way to balance them depending on fight if they added a mechanic like that to the self heals, so you'd be getting massive self heals on a Nael-like fight to keep you alive but you'd have much lower heals on a Dark Helmet you find out in the wild.
These things seem to be related.
I purchased it last weekend and I'm dumbfounded that I'd have to pay again for it today. No way I'm giving them a total of 40$ for what is essentially promotion of their game.
20$ was totally worth it last weekend, please take my money S-E
Agreed, even if I can't understand what they are saying. New info is new info and trailers.
Mambo de Chocobo with huas! Or bust.
I just play WAR because it's more fun. If PLD is needed I'll swap to it instead, like OT on Levi EX or... uhh... I guess OT on T5? Other than that, WAR all the way.
FFXI fans just need to go back to playing XI.
Have to say the upcoming expansion reveals and 2.4 are pretty enticing, but not having played since pre 2.1 I was wondering is there any kind of story summary floating around as I need some context for my grind and cant remember what the fuck was going on
Okay, 2.1.
The story in that patch basically comes down to, "there are a lot more masked villain guys running around."
Also: Minfillia's mom, I guess. The post end game story doesn't really pick up until you get to the 2.2 stuff.
Why not play both?
That's fine, just need them to stop wanting XIV to be XI HD then.
Agreed. Both are fun in their own way.
Also: unless it's Chemist, I don't think a gun using healer class would really work.
Chemist as a class would work, but I also think it'd be a bit of a hybrid job. Specifically, between healer and support-DPS. If so, it'd probably be a really, uh, active job.
Again though, Chemist is really the only gun using job I can think of, that also functioned as a healer. So if it were anything else it'd be, weird.
Also, on the subject of 11 fans.
They seem to know that 11s days are numbered, and that it won't be getting any more serious expansions, let alone updates that would put it on par with 14, visually. I've encountered many, who are quite open that they want 14 to become a prettier version of 11, and all their complaints and suggestions are centered around this goal.
Honestly, I think the attitude is both unrealistic, and kinda silly.
Besides, between Hunts and the Relic weapons, I think 14 has done a much as can be reasonably be expected to scratch that itch.
Chemist as a class would work, but I also think it'd be a bit of a hybrid job. Specifically, between healer and support-DPS. If so, it'd probably be a really, uh, active job.
Again though, Chemist is really the only gun using job I can think of, that also functioned as a healer. So if it were anything else it'd be, weird.
Also, on the subject of 11 fans.
They seem to know that 11s days are numbered, and that it won't be getting any more serious expansions, let alone updates that would put it on par with 14, visually. I've encountered many, who are quite open that they want 14 to become a prettier version of 11, and all their complaints and suggestions are centered around this goal.
Honestly, I think the attitude is both unrealistic, and kinda silly.
Besides, between Hunts and the Relic weapons, I think 14 has done a much as can be reasonably be expected to scratch that itch.
I'm going to just take a moment to say I TOLD YOU SO.
Of COURSE the new jobs weren't going to have base classes. There was absolutely no way they were going to introduce a system where base classes share multiple weapons that also happen to be job-specific. It'd just be too weird.
Anyway, yeah. DRK being a tank is a real curveball. Wasn't expecting that at all.
Of COURSE the new jobs weren't going to have base classes. There was absolutely no way they were going to introduce a system where base classes share multiple weapons that also happen to be job-specific. It'd just be too weird.
Anyway, yeah. DRK being a tank is a real curveball. Wasn't expecting that at all.
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I wish they would do a ffxi graphics update or dat co op now gen consoles remake. Online mp rebalanced for sp with gambits or 1 - 5 buddies. I'd hang every other game up. I will have won gaming.
FFXII HD will have to do until then. Still so awesome. Needs a camera zoom out mod badly.
I gave up on FFXIV classes being as awesome as the ffxi versions. I fear how thief would have turned out, beastmaster and dancer also. Global cooldown gameplay alone would make them quite different
I "main" PLD simply because my group needed a PLD, outside of coil I usually use WAR. Just go with whatever you enjoy more or the group needs more, no real science to it.
There will be a ton of people playing it at first, but like with any other healer/tank the people playing it will drop when the "new shiny" feel wears off and they realize they'd rather pew pew than tank. Remember the influx of WAR following the buffs? Or to go back further the army of arcanist at launch due to it being added in late. I'd be really surprised if this seriously affects the amount of tanks at cap doing content much.
You can't get people to do a role like tanking or healing just from making the class look cool, if the player doesn't like that kind of gameplay they likely never will.
Don't think they are going to do a real hybrid class. And Agent in FFTA could heal, used a gun, and given the hints Yoshida dropped it may be Agent.
Tuesday.
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I can't even imagine the bombs they are saving for Tokyo now. I hope they will have all their translators and stuff for Tokyo's Fan Fest cause I wanna buy that stream.
tiggerkiddo
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Japan FanFest will be good just because it's in JAPAN.
Proximity to expansion + patch 2.5 + JP only.
That costume contest.
unlikely, I'd say they learned their lesson. Maybe they'll be more debuff-focused or have more ranged attacks. I'm personally expecting it to have a unique mechanic but otherwise play fairly similarly to the existing tanks.
At any rate adding a darknedgy (like my soul) two handed sword tank class didn't exactly work out well for WoW. I remember the death knight stigma got so bad at one point I had people dropping from my groups just because I was playing a tank death knight...and I can't say I blame them after having played with other DKs. Didn't fix queue times either, assuming those are still bad in FF14.
tiggerkiddo
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It will be four days, packed with so much info you won't be able to leave your seat once and Koji will sing the entire concert by himself. MAXIMUM AWESOME
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