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Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood |OT| Y'all Need to Calm Down
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A Sentient Keyboard
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Can't wait to log in tomorrow and start the new expansion I got access to...
Heavensward!
Heavensward!
No EU server was listed as Congested, they're all listed as Standard. EU servers were actually relatively balanced in terms of population in the last census compared to the other regions.
See here:
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/1a497643f336b60163223305ae23e07acb3d22f6
PshycoNinja
Member
I'll just start on Friday night after work. Still need to gear up for the last dungeon in 3.5 anyways.
Unless they nerf balance you basically want to AoE a balance for 8 mans and extend a balance on your best DPS for 4 mans
^ - This is probably the best answer in general.
And until we see recipes and learn the restrictions on the items that go into the new food/pots (which probably won't happen until yellow scrips go live), it's hard to say what's worthwhile. The HW potion market was so jacked up X-pots survived until Creator, somehow.
I'd guess the glamour weapon crafting game is a good place to be in right now, since RDM and SAM will get crafted primal weapons.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Excogitation Is such a cool spell I cant wait to apply it in raids
It's supposed to be at 7pm Pacific tonight.
The server status list is up and kind of hilarious.
Congested worlds:
JP:
　× Bahamut
　× Carbuncle
　× Chocobo
　× Mandragora
　× Shinryu
NA:
　× Balmung
　× Gilgamesh
EU:
(not found)
Preferred Worlds:
JP:
○ Durandal
　○ Kujata
　○ Ridill
　○ Typhon
　○ Valefor
　○ Yojimbo
　○ Zeromus
NA:
　○ Coeurl
　○ Goblin
　○ Mateus
　○ Valera
EU:
(not found)
New Worlds:
JP:
(not found)
NA:
(not found)
EU:
　○ Omega
Everyone else is standard. I kind of expected... more motivation to move, I guess? I can't see them getting people to leave Gilgamesh or Balmung for Mateus, etc.
Congested worlds:
JP:
　× Bahamut
　× Carbuncle
　× Chocobo
　× Mandragora
　× Shinryu
NA:
　× Balmung
　× Gilgamesh
EU:
(not found)
Preferred Worlds:
JP:
○ Durandal
　○ Kujata
　○ Ridill
　○ Typhon
　○ Valefor
　○ Yojimbo
　○ Zeromus
NA:
　○ Coeurl
　○ Goblin
　○ Mateus
　○ Valera
EU:
(not found)
New Worlds:
JP:
(not found)
NA:
(not found)
EU:
　○ Omega
Everyone else is standard. I kind of expected... more motivation to move, I guess? I can't see them getting people to leave Gilgamesh or Balmung for Mateus, etc.
Stone Ocean
Member
Old relic will not skip a step in the next, oh lordy
What does this mean?
E_Darkness
Member
It's like nearly 11pm and I still haven't had my early access preorder code from Amazon UK. The hell? Like if I don't get it in the next hour I'm just gonna buy the digital version.
For heavensward, having the old relic skipped a step in the new quest.
Hope you enjoy Eureka.
Mine unlocked 2 nights ago. It's cute.
AuthenticM
Member
cool, thanks
Dreamwriter
Member
7pm Pacific
Stone Ocean
Member
The good thing about this is that I was too lazy to finish animas beyond the first so I feel kinda vindicated.
the_sun_king
Member
I never even finished my one Anima lol.
Snapshot King
Member
People were saying in here that DRK got nerfed? Why? What got changed? Or is it just in relation to Paladin?
I got to umbrite and gave up.
Scourge removed. Stun no longer does damage (or procs on parries). Reprisal no longer does damage. Can't use Blood Price outside of Grit. PLD got every single one of their potencies buffed IIRC?
Stone Ocean
Member
That and all tanks losing damage because they only scale with STR again and can't equip Slaying accessories anymore
They told me it would be at some point tomorrow. They couldn't even commit to 'before 10am'. I already jumped ship 'cause that's bullsh*t.
Oh I missed that.
Had this issue before and I think this was the solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/3x27sq/unable_to_complete_version_check/
A kind soul on Reddit has confirmed that ranged grownup weapon damage from the Media Tour appears to have made it live; ranged are real DPS now!
I totally don't get how tanks are going to scale threat over the course of the expansion. If the DPS get more mainstat from their right side, and tanks don't, DPS will outpace tanks pretty quickly unless Tenacity is insanely OP. It doesn't really help that none of the tanks want to do threat combos anymore, and tank stance itself seems less appealing than ever.
I totally don't get how tanks are going to scale threat over the course of the expansion. If the DPS get more mainstat from their right side, and tanks don't, DPS will outpace tanks pretty quickly unless Tenacity is insanely OP. It doesn't really help that none of the tanks want to do threat combos anymore, and tank stance itself seems less appealing than ever.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
They depend on the new stat for that now right?
That fixed it. Thanks. Going to bookmark that for future use. I'm sure I'll need it again.
Tenacity probably scales poorly like Det does, but maybe not.
Tenacity is only on tank gear.
Lol, same here. I've very slowly working through 2.x MSQ and I'm like one step away from HW.
Stone Ocean
Member
I dunno, maybe they expect tanks to rely on the new Shadewalker cross role skill? Plus Tenacity is a thing and Det got buffed, who knows
I don't really expect Tenacity to carry their damage
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
It's restricted to tank gear only
Yeah I don't think it will on it's own, but with no more accuracy stat I could see a mix of that, the reworked det and crit all adding up to make up for the change.
Direct Hit is only on DPS gear, but healers can meld it per Yoshida. With Tenacity, to be worthwhile for tanks it has to be crazy OP, and to be crazy OP it can't just only appear on tank gear, it also can't be meldable on non-tank-gear. They'd have to hard-cap tenacity on all non-tank-loot at 0, as opposed to just not having any on it, which is what's happening with Direct Hit.
Tenacity can't just be parry, it needs special restrictions that currently do not exist on secondaries in the game in order to be powerful enough to scale tanks properly.
the_sun_king
Member
They're just jealous of all the Fell Cleaves.
Snapshot King
Member
So what, it's the double paladin show now? Or pally with drk and war fighting for scraps?
yea, tenacity.
if LB building is still the same, then this shouldnt happen.
Matt Attack
Member
a lightning strike just knocked the internet out for us and they're not sending anybody to fix it until tomorrow night ha ha ha
The new plan is to go have an SB leveling LAN party at a friend's place so at least I should still be able to play when maint ends.
Stone Ocean
Member
I seem to recall Yoshi saying that threat generation would get some changes. Wonder if that's still the case.
Yeah, chances are it'll be the same as acc and healer gear. You can meld it but it'll never show up on any piece of armor naturally.