New Weapon Skills to Wield! (06/04/2010)

[Priran]

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics.../5508/5508.jpg
With the much-awaited level cap increase rapidly approaching, the development team is putting the finishing touches on a new set of weapon skills that promise to be formidable additions to players' arsenals of abilities.

Today, we're pleased to be able to offer a video sneak preview of the fourteen visually striking new skills that will be joining the fray with the upcoming version update.

http://dl.square-enix.co.jp/ffxi/US/WS_US0601.wmv

[Kimiko]

Not up on the US side of things. EU site?

[Hyan]

Fuck my work's internet browsing limitations.

[Sages]

Managed to snatch it off their crappy server hosting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H27GdItTWAQ

[Kimiko]

H2H - Tornado Kick (2 Hit it looks like)
Katana - Blade: Yu (water-based)
Dagger - Aeolian Edge (2 hit, maybe wind)
Marksmanship - Numbing Shot (2 hit, possibly close range only (whack with the gun then shoot em, lol)
Sword - Sanguine Blade (Single hit w/ some sort of drain/absorb like effect)
Axe - Bora Axe (ice based)
Great Sword - Herculean Slash (Ice based)
Staff - Cataclysm (darkness based)
Scythe - Infernal Scythe (2 hit? possibly dark based)
G. Katana - Tachi: Aghea (light based?)
Polearm - Sonic Thrust (???, looked like it had a range to it)
Club - Flash Nova
Archery - Refulgent Arrow
Great Axe - Fell Cleave (wind based)

[Nevex]

Yeah let's make PLD even easier to play in the hands of an idiot by giving it a HP Drain WS! Great job SE!

Those animations look pretty unimpressive to be honest, except the Ice ws's and Tornado Kick.

[transmit]

A lot of these look like elemental WS's...

[test123]

shitty elemental WSs :D well maybe they won't be as shitty as those we already have

[Hyan]

shitty elemental WSs :D well maybe they won't be as shitty as those we already have

Pre-nerf strength elemental ws's would be cool indeed.

[Darkmagi]

God dammit such a tease. I want these now.

[Priran]

Thoughts:

Tornado Kick: Thanks for the reskinned Dragon Kick. Hopefully it's capable of hanging with 2hander WS like YGK, Penta, Raging Rush, etc.

Blade: Yu: lol elemental WS.

Aeolian Edge: Who knows.

Numbing Shot: Another melee RNG WS? Better be good.

Sanguine Blade: Obvious drain effect like Catastrophe, but unless it's a very strong WS I don't see it outperforming the consistency of Atonement unless solo or lowman.

Bora Axe: lol ranged elemental WS

Herculean Slash: lol greatsword elemental WS

Cataclysm: lol staff WS

Infernal Scythe: Possibly ranged?

Tachi: Ageha: Probably another YGK, looking like Slow added effect

Sonic Thrust: Possibly ranged?

Flash Nova: Probably useless unless its modifiers are absolutely absurd.

Refulgent Arrow: Noticeably not melee like the Marksman WS.

Fell Cleave: Steel Cyclone reskin

In general: lol at the beta animations, sentient floating weapons galore

[Kimiko]

Is it just me, or does Bora Axe and Sonic thrust look like their being done from outside melee range?

[Tomino]

Love Numbing Shot... And the Axe throwing WS too.

[Priran]

Bora Axe is a reskin of Mistral Axe, meaning it very likely is slightly ranged.

[Arximiro]

Gaxe one looks epic, and I doubt they will make another water based Katana ws, we already have Teki, and we have an ice one. It does look elemental though so who knows. I'm happy to see something good in the update notes though. ^^

[Miroku_Asura]

Is it just me, or does Bora Axe and Sonic thrust look like their being done from outside melee range?

Na- not just you. Sanguine Blade could be interesting if its a direct damage -> HP restored effect like Mystic Boon does for MP. Numbing Shot looks like it could be nifty for Cor if it has an interesting mod/additional effect.

[Priran]

Mystic Boon is not Damage->HP, it's Damage->MP, like Spirit Taker.

[Darkmagi]

Yeah a lot of these seem ranged. Could be interesting

[Priran]

Cataclysm (the staff WS) is reskinned Retribution, which means it's probably also deceptively not ranged, either.

[Miroku_Asura]

Mystic Boon is not Damage->HP, it's Damage->MP, like Spirit Taker.

I know that >_> I said 'like' as in implying a direct transference of damage to the players pool. Edited for clarity.