Dev Tracker

[Yukari]

I think they meant a 5 hit 2-3 critical rampage... Why are we supposed to choose between a level 60 WS that we get naturally and a WS that takes 100 merits to get...

[Karbuncle]

Que Tanaka "Balance" Pictures -

Not saved on this computer.

But really, The more i think about it the more i just can't understand their logic. it escapes me.

[Gynin]

Exactly, shouldn't it be, naturally gained WS < Merit WS < Empy/Relic/Mythic WS? That's standard goddamn logic.

Edit: With the emp/relic/mythic weapons obviously.

[Septimus]

Good news everyone!

There are no plans on removing the moon phase requirements for Fenrir's blood pacts at this time. These blood pact should be used when the moon phase is at that ripe timing when the effect is its highest. For the times when the desired effect cannot be utilized, it would be better to use another avatar’s blood pact or apply some technique for selection.

In regards to Pavor Nocturnus, we are looking into adjusting its accuracy. We are also looking into adding an effect in the case that the blood pact's main effect misses, however, it will not be direct damage.

"We want Fenrir's new Blood Pact to be useful between 1:00 and 2:30 on 100% Full Moon and a complete waste of a job ability the rest of the time." Why waste development time on this?

Since it is possible to do a large amount of damage and elicit various effects when you stop your melee attacks and cast magic, if we were to allow melee attacks to continue throughout spell-casting, the resulting damage output would be significantly higher than that of melee jobs. Furthermore, the balance of long casting times for powerful magic spells would fall apart. Due to these reasons, we will not be changing this.

Who gives a crap about RDM melee anyway?

[Neisan]

I don't know who gives a serious crap about it but if they really wanted SE to do something about it it would help to not ask for retarded crap like that.

[Gynin]

Who gives a crap about RDM melee anyway?

Or the current development structure for DRK for that matter.

[Nameless]

same here, when I read that I thought it was talking about drk since alot of us have suggested non-interrupted casting.

[arus2001]

Attack rounds lost to casting is an issue PLDs, DRKs, RDMs, and BLUs all face. Maybe not so much BLU since their spells tend to be relatively quick and/or carry a utility worth using (Stun), but it's kind of laughable to imply an occasional Drain and some Absorbs would push DRK grossly past WAR in letting them keep the swings they would've lost. I'd also see Entropy being a bit more handy as a result.

[Gynin]

But that would mean that there's actual method to their madness. When at this point we all can agree, is not the case.

[Greatguardian]

Have the game become the biggest flop of its time?

Good luck getting FFXI to flop harder than XIV.

I have no idea if it's possible to go over Ito/Tanaka's heads, but if it was it wouldn't be something a non-JP speaker could do that's for sure. The worst part is that the JP boards are just as up in arms about this bullshit as we are - moreso really, since most of the anger posts in the English forums get 10-15 likes, while anger posts in the JP forums are getting 100+.

[Apelila]

So..... Wait. 100 Merits to cap a WS out, and it still doesn't beat one we learned 200 skill levels before? Are they afraid to let Rampage go? We're now on to side-grading new content. Yup par for the course for Tanaka. It's obvious the new/old hivemind behind the game had no idea the level cap was raised with hopes of, oh I don't know, improving our characters beyond level 75 content.

Oh but they said that specifically in that developer interview with elmer.
Paraphrased: "We saw all the bad things that came with increasing the player strength".

What I read: "Someone didn't like the change, change bad! Back to old content for everyone! HULK SMASH!"

[Colenzo]

I CANT WAIT TO SPEND HOURS IN ABYSSEA EXPING TO MERIT WORTHLESS WEAPONSKILLS! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO TEAM VENTURE!

[Trigun]

#OccupyFFXITwitters

If their twitters are connected to their phones, wouldn't it blow up if everyone posted? (I don't have one that's why I'm asking.)

They're probly private/blocked but its worth a shot.

It's not like they are listening to the official forums.

[Colenzo]

The dev team's reaction to the new weaponskills:
http://i42.tinypic.com/migtuh.gif

[Trigun]

I see your dev reaction,
and raise you player reaction...

[Motenten]

The way I saw these WS's at first, was that they were probably on par/maybe a little weaker/stronger than non-relic/empy choices at 1 merit, and just a plain stronger choice than non-empy/relic ws's. (Even if the WS's became slightly stronger, it doesn't matter since the new ws lacks any kind of aftermath bonus)

For Shijin Spiral:

1 merit = ~ Ascetic's Fury outside Abyssea
2 merits = meh
3 merits = Asuran Fists
4 merits = upgrade over Asuran
5 merits = Victory Smite


Personally, I'd prefer a 40/55/70/85/100 WSC progression instead of 20/40/60/80/100, so that you can at least reach a level roughly on par with standard weaponskills with just a couple merits.

[Colenzo]

I see your dev reaction,
and raise you player reaction...

WE NEED TO GIVE THESE FUCKERS THE PEOPLE'S ELBOW!

Devs: What do you guys think about the new weaponskills?
Players: I think they're great and they loo-
Devs: IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEW WEAPONSKILLS!

[Lordender]

Good luck getting FFXI to flop harder than XIV.

I have no idea if it's possible to go over Ito/Tanaka's heads, but if it was it wouldn't be something a non-JP speaker could do that's for sure. The worst part is that the JP boards are just as up in arms about this bullshit as we are - moreso really, since most of the anger posts in the English forums get 10-15 likes, while anger posts in the JP forums are getting 100+.

Theres no need to "go over there heads" just stop paying them, cancel and play something else, eventually they'll get the fucking point that they're doing a piss poor job. It always baffles me that people are like abused wives in this game, get shitted on with bad content, put up really stupid changes that make no sense to anyone who actively plays the game yet still shells out 15-30+ $ a month to them.

I didn't like the direction of the game, so I quit giving them money, if everyone did the same then they would have to start changing their tune and actually having to put some effort into design choices. You can always keep in touch with your friends through vent/skype or the 25 other chat programs on the net without having to pay monthly for a game where you think their choices are dumb and the content is lackluster etc.

[Pharaun]

Theres no need to "go over there heads" just stop paying them, cancel and play something else, eventually they'll get the fucking point that they're doing a piss poor job. It always baffles me that people are like abused wives in this game, get shitted on with bad content, put up really stupid changes that make no sense to anyone who actively plays the game yet still shells out 15-30+ $ a month to them.

I didn't like the direction of the game, so I quit giving them money, if everyone did the same then they would have to start changing their tune and actually having to put some effort into design choices. You can always keep in touch with your friends through vent/skype or the 25 other chat programs on the net without having to pay monthly for a game where you think their choices are dumb and the content is lackluster etc.

The problem is that if everyone took your approach then SE would just say "Oh the game isn't profitable anymore." and turn off the servers.

[Lordender]

The problem is that if everyone took your approach then SE would just say "Oh the game isn't profitable anymore." and turn off the servers.

Whats the point? They're not listening anyway, all they're doing is frustrating people with stupid decisions and when the players cry foul they just make up a BS excuse about "game balance" when the game has never, ever been balanced in nine years, they've never been good at game balance and have screwed the pooch even more everytime they try to "balance" something.