After my post-Job Ability pause and some time playing FFXI-SNAP, I think I'm ready to undertake another specific project. That being, Job Traits!
Fortunately for me, there are fewer job traits than job abilities and they're generally simpler to describe because they're all passive. Still, similar to my thread here, I will keep the OP updated (and shamelessly bumped) as I add questions. If anyone sees me writing something wrong, knows an original source, etc. I'd love to have it. If you feel like updating the pages yourself, look at the formatting on the pages I've done (starting from A) and have at it. Less work for me!
Three overarching questions will be:
1) How do we know that ____ job gets ____ trait at ____ level?
2) What level does ___ job get ____ trait at, post-75?
3) ___ Job trait appears to only have one level, but may many sub-levels that we don't even know about. Examples: Zanshin, Blood Boon, Killer traits
If it lets you adjust your level freely, I'd imagine the test server makes discovering the answers to these things trivially easy in some cases, but it doesn't really help with problem 3. As such, I'd like to invite wild speculation about potential trait levels.
Job Specific Questions:
BLU:
* Where is the Auto-Refresh testing?
* Can BLU get Beast Killer II?
BST:
* Where is the Beast Healer testing?
* I need to test Seiryu's Sword's Plantoid Killer potency.
* I need to test Exorcist's Hose's Undead Killer potency.
BLM:
* Where is the Elemental Celerity testing, if it exists? If not, what % does Elemental Celerity decrease cast time by? Could someone test as a 50 BLM and see if there are trait tiers?
DRG:
* Do Wyverns actually have Dragon Killer?
* It would be nice to have a solid level for Dragon Killer II, but it may never happen.
* Empathy perhaps warrants some kind of subtemplate.
MNK:
* Kick Attacks I, what is the proc rate?
* All of those "Kick Damage +X" boots. Where is the testing?
NIN:
* Ninja Tool Expertise proc rate for Koga Hands/+1, Gosha Sash, and Oirandori. Where is the testing?
RNG:
* Rapid Shot testing, tiers, proc rates, etc.?
* Rapid shot gear testing?
* Recycle gear testing?
* Snapshot gear needs some serious love considering how important it could be.
SAM:
* Do SAMs get Demon Killer II?
THF:
* Where is the testing that shows Aura Steal increases by 20% per merit level? I've heard accounts of people failing to steal buffs with it at 5/5.
* Has there ever been any testing related to Gilfinder? Are there Gilfinder tiers? What exactly does Gilfinder do?
WHM:
* What does Yagrush 80/85/90 do to Divine Benison?
General Trait questions:
Conserve TP - Where is the testing from Alla?
Critical Defense Bonus - Does anyone know what this does? Based on the description and comparison to Crit Attack Bonus, I'd expect it to reduce enemy critical hit damage instead of enemy critical hit rate.
Max MP Boost - Can BLU get level 2 Max MP Boost trait on the test servers?
Max HP Boost - How solid are the max HP boost numbers, and how would we test them? Also, what level does MNK get the traits?
Snapshot - We are missing a lot of information about this ability. Does it affect ammo (reloading) delay? What are the values on all the gear for it?
Shield Defense Bonus - What does it do, what are the tiers, etc.?
Shield Mastery - You can see the verification tag. What did the original author mean? En-stun maybe? Is there another tier between 75 and 95?
Tranquil Heart - Need better tiers.
Wide Scan - What is a good way to quantify Wide Scan range, and what are the ranges?
Current Progress: Down to four major traits (Subtle Blow, Treasure Hunter, Magic Defense Bonus, and Auto Refresh)
Skipped:
* Auto-Refresh
* MDB
* Subtle Blow
* Treasure Hunter