Additions and Adjustments Galore! (12/06/2010)

[Karbuncle]

Its listed under Playonline, So bare with me:

*The Following Addition and adjustments will be made to Trial of the Magians
- New Trials will be added
- Quotas for certain trials involving mythics and relics will be reduced (All adjustments will be reflected even for trials in progress)

*the Following additions to Walk of Echos:
- When the Battlefield reaches 51% Completion or Higher, No further entry will be permmited.
- Drop rates for coins will be adjusted
- Treasure coffers that appear upon battlefield completion will occasionally yield "Frayed pouches"

*In Dynamis, Drop rate for Equipment including relic armor and accessories will be adjusted
*In Einherjar, Acquisition rates for Einherjar wing I/II/III will be adjusted
*The Following Adjustments will be made to Abyssea Areas
- A new Synthetic atma will be added for WoTG mission completion.
- Repop delays for NM's will be shortened.
- Trigger conditions for certain NMs will be eased
- Monsters who appear at boosted levels will vanish and appear at their regular levels if not engaged (Guessing this means mobs won't always be up IT++)
- Abyssites gained from defeating NMs will be granted to alliance members,
- "Atma Fabricant" NPCs will be added to Vision areas.
- Quests in Abys-Konsc offered by Ayame will be available to adventurers regardless of fame
- The rate of Empyrean Armor from Sturdy Pyxides in Scars areas will be increased
- In bastion, Martellos, Clone wards, and and Resistance NPC's will receive a boost.



---- There, Couldn't copy>Paste. Its under Playonline Viewer atm. Couldn't find it up on Playonline.com yet. Either way, Nice additions snuck in at last moment. Increase to Dynamis/Einherjar drop rates too.

[NynJa]

no mention of VNM abyssite upgrades though? >.>


Relic upgrade count will be irrelevant if the weapons are still rendered obsolete as they are now. Fully buffed SA Mercystroke is eclipsed by a naked rdm's evisceration in abyssea (which is where 99% of the game content lies now)...Jishnu's Radiance does 6-8x as much as Namas.

[Khalil]

Here's hoping the reduction of quotas of relics will be significant.

[Gokulo]

*In Einherjar, Acquisition rates for Einherjar wing I/II/III will be adjusted

As in what? You can expect better drops than mats? ^^;

[Nightfyre]

- Quotas for certain trials involving mythics and relics will be reduced (All adjustments will be reflected even for trials in progress)

About fucking time.

[drwaffles]

WoE change is disappointing, but not like anyone really expected a complete overhaul of the system since it seemed like their whole concept for the event was to encourage "cooperation" (read: leeching) between anyone who wanted to "join in" (read: leech). Still, relic trial quota reduction is nice, assuming it's significant.

[Vincento]

New dev team is doing it right.

[Karbuncle]

As in what? You can expect better drops than mats? ^^;

The "teaser" wording said something along the lines up "Even Dynamis and Einherjar will receive updates to drop rates to make them much more rewarding!"

So seems like an increase.

[Destinye]

Hopefully they adjust the Empyrean weapon quotas too, because while not hard perse (mythic and relic trials weren't either) the number needed for the last 2 (3 now?) stages are just..retarded, specially considering how some of the mobs you need to pop take 720 NM key items.

[Isiolia]

The "teaser" wording said something along the lines up "Even Dynamis and Einherjar will receive updates to drop rates to make them much more rewarding!"

So seems like an increase.

Well, drop rate is one thing. Dropping things people want is another. Unless the full patch notes/magian details/etc know something we don't.

[Karbuncle]

Well, drop rate is one thing. Dropping things people want is another. Unless the full patch notes/magian details/etc know something we don't.

I'll dig em up:

"Along with the wealth of other new features previewed in this space, the soon-to-be-released version update will usher in a host of additions and adjustments to existing content such as Trial of the Magians, Walk of Echos, and Abyssea areas. Even old favorites like Dynamis and Einherjar will see drop rate adjusments and other refinements designed to make them more rewarding then ever!"

"

[Gunitsoldier]

The rate of Empyrean Armor from Sturdy Pyxides in Scars areas will be increased

[S N K]

I'm happy about this in terms for WoE because getting cockblocked by terrible coin drop rates is awful enough as it is without people trying to leech. I'm curious about Dynamis now seeing as there are a few pieces of gear left I'd never been able to obtain.

[Scary]

They need to adjust the number of kills needed for magian staves, shit is annoying. Having to do 2-3 as much work compared to melee with 1-2 weapons is kinda cheesy.

[NynJa]

Hopefully they adjust the Empyrean weapon quotas too, because while not hard perse (mythic and relic trials weren't either) the number needed for the last 2 (3 now?) stages are just..retarded, specially considering how some of the mobs you need to pop take 720 NM key items.

Yeah, the speedy influx of Empryan weapons in a short as hell timespan really denotes how "retarded" and "difficult" and "such a timesink" they are to upgrade. It took us about 40 hours in abyssea to do Sumiko's lv 85 Scythe, in a 1 week period, ...couldnt exactly "run" the area since our playtimes would hit JP time who zerg the fuck out of areas, as well as weekends, but if we didnt have to worry about douchebag MNK+WHM duo's claiming amun and spending an hour fighting it without even procing red!! we could have finished sooner. I dont have a timeline on the 80 scythe since we loaded on pop items while doing Uubu's GA, but since we could cleave the shit out of everything to load on pop items, I doubt it took THAT long.

But no, Empyrians are pathetically easy to finish...sorry they're easy to finish, I threw in the word pathetically because its pathetic how fucking easy they are to upgrade for how fucking strong they are.

[Neisan]

They need to adjust the number of kills needed for magian staves, shit is annoying. Having to do 2-3 as much work compared to melee with 1-2 weapons is kinda cheesy.

Mainly for anyone other than Blms who can just aga the shit out of the mobs.

[AzazaelFenrir]

the only problem with Emp weapons is the retarded Timed NMs.

[Yabby]

Wow they are fixing 90% of what people have been bitching about. God i wounder what this game would of been like if this dev team was here at the start.

[Amok]

Didn't WoE final chests already have a chance at giving frayed pouches?

Website article says: In Einherjar, acquisition rates for abjurations obtained via Wings I/II/III will be adjusted. So it is 'just' the abjurations, which I'm happy about.

[CubsWoo]

the only problem with Emp weapons is the retarded Timed NMs.

Yeah, which is why I'm hoping this

- Abyssite obtained from defeating NMs will be granted to all alliance members.

Also extends to key items. Isn't it just Vision zones where some of the abyssites only drop to the puller anyway?