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[Byrthnoth]

Camate posted a bunch of other crap too, but I don't feel like going through and linking/quoting everything so here's a summary:

1) There will be no MMM update. :: iCry

2) For some reason the JPs want to look at maps of other areas, and so SE is going to do it. :: Worthless wasted effort, but at least it wasn't one of the stupid NA ideas that infest the forums. Now we can blame the JPs for something.

3) It's impossible to make a system that would switch all of your gear when you change jobs because it would be too laggy. :: No one tell him about GearCollector!!!

4) They're considering adding map markers for quests. :: I won't care or hold my breath, but it would make a lot of the random quests we get much more reasonable. I mean, obscure hints much? Without community sites I would never have completed most of them.

5) We're not going to add a notification for when a friend logs on (like Guildwork gives) because some people don't like to be e-stalked and we're going to imply that we think you all would disable it anyway. :: He's probably right. Also, this is unnecessary because we have Guildwork.

6) We might actually make wear-off messages a different color/filter than all the other similar messages. Some day. Maybe a year from now. Maybe not. :: It would be nice, but I'm still breathing normally.

7) We're not giving you a new buffoon's collar. Stop being a buffoon. :: 'nuff said.

[Trigun]

While it might be possible to create actual weapons to go along with the high level Divine Might, if we only have this as a reward for an 18 person battle, mages and support jobs might not be as inclined to participate.

Hey SE, you know how when you fight avatars, you get a KI and you can trade it for KI's, Weapons, and Armor?
Yea just do that.

[Septimus]

Hey SE, you know how when you fight avatars, you get a KI and you can trade it for KI's, Weapons, and Armor?
Yea just do that.

Also, who only has mage jobs?

[NynJa]

Also, who only has mage jobs?

Not even my mules are mage only

[Ophannus]

Meh AA gear just looks like Ravager gear

[bungiefan]

Also, who only has mage jobs?

Until last month I only had BLM and WHM at a level to fight in Abyssea. Now I have SAM, but not really geared. Just something to avoid being squishy for certain missions.

[grevenilvec75]

Also, who only has mage jobs?

While I have dnc and war levelled, their gear is gimp as fuck whereas my sch gear is (well, was) near perfect.


I consider having melee jobs levelled a necessary evil.

[Draylo]

Why no MMM update lol

[Septimus]

Meh AA gear just looks like Ravager gear

Because Ravager Armor is based off of Fighter's Armor, which is the base for AAHu's gear.

Until last month I only had BLM and WHM at a level to fight in Abyssea. Now I have SAM, but not really geared. Just something to avoid being squishy for certain missions.

While I have dnc and war levelled, their gear is gimp as fuck whereas my sch gear is (well, was) near perfect.


I consider having melee jobs levelled a necessary evil.

They may not be well geared, but if they had an advanced AA fight with some decent melee gear, then your melees would be geared a little better.

Or here is a crazy thought, they could always throw in some decent mage gear into the fights to entice people who are mage-only to do them.

[Churchill]

No one does events for mage gear, lol. That's why people aren't spamming things like Gwynn Ap Nud, it's annoying, and it only drops mage shit.

[fantasticdan]

No one spams gwynn ap nud because the gloves aren't particularly useful, no one spams the NMs for ogier hands/feet either. If there were some totally awesome nuking/refresh/whataver pieces in VW there would be some demand, but there really aren't any. I mean there's what, akvan body, bismarck neck, morta body, and what else that isn't a sidegrade/very marginal upgrade?

[Draylo]

Yeah it sucks because its like pulling teeth to get people to join those NMs.

[cdgreg]

mage4lyfe motherfuckers!

[Ophannus]

Nobody did events for mage gear in the past and it doesnt help that SE makes crappy mage gear. I mean look how much easier Apollyon was than Temenos.
Apollyon has 4 zones.
Temenos has 6 zones.

Proto Omega's Gun Pods drop up to 3/4 of the chips required for entry.
Proto Ultima's BC does not.

Proto Omega was lulz.
Proto Ultima was harder.

Apollyon zones were easy.
Temenos zones had annoying mobs/bosses with Mijin Gakure/Astral Flow to deal with almost every time.

Homam gear rocked. Nashira gear was meh. It's like they had one team make Temenos and another team make Apollyon and they didn't coordinate with eachother. The result was that both zones are completely asymmetrical in terms of difficulty and # of clears to do the boss vs reward.

[Septimus]

No one does events for mage gear, lol. That's why people aren't spamming things like Gwynn Ap Nud, it's annoying, and it only drops mage shit.

No one spams Gwynn Ap Nud because he is a complete asshole.

Nobody did events for mage gear in the past and it doesnt help that SE makes crappy mage gear. I mean look how much easier Apollyon was than Temenos.
Apollyon has 4 zones.
Temenos has 6 zones.

Proto Omega's Gun Pods drop up to 3/4 of the chips required for entry.
Proto Ultima's BC does not.

Proto Omega was lulz.
Proto Ultima was harder.

Apollyon zones were easy.
Temenos zones had annoying mobs/bosses with Mijin Gakure/Astral Flow to deal with almost every time.

Homam gear rocked. Nashira gear was meh. It's like they had one team make Temenos and another team make Apollyon and they didn't coordinate with eachother. The result was that both zones are completely asymmetrical in terms of difficulty and # of clears to do the boss vs reward.

And this. Mage gear has the general problem of being awful, especially when you have every mage job on one piece of equipment. Because we all know that WHM, BLM, RDM, BRD, SMN, and SCH (and sometimes PUP) are all exactly the same and need the same things on equipment.

[Koyangi]

I've never fought him before, but reading his wiki page and then reading Ig Ilima and Botulus Rex wiki page, Gwynn seems easy and saintlike compared to them.

Why is Gwynn so bad?

[Septimus]

I've never fought him before, but reading his wiki page and then reading Ig Ilima and Botulus Rex wiki page, Gwynn seems easy and saintlike compared to them.

Why is Gwynn so bad?

He loves to cast death. And Louring Skies is a giant pain in the dick weapon skill.

[Churchill]

He is easy, until you do it with 99% of the playerbase and they don't understand that 20' means I'm standing out of range on WHM and not curing you, regardless of whether your hp is red.

[Lyramion]

No NMs for mage gear?

Well I guess all those Akven Shouts must be only in my head then!


But ya Hekas is some pretty epic improvement on curing for alot of jobs. Whereas a lot of other mage gear just doesn't make a big difference unless you are a Spellcast loving min/maxer.

[calinz]

No NMs for mage gear?

Well I guess all those Akven Shouts must be only in my head then!


But ya Hekas is some pretty epic improvement on curing for alot of jobs. Whereas a lot of other mage gear just doesn't make a big difference unless you are a Spellcast loving min/maxer.

In my opinion, it's not that there isn't mage gear to be had, it's the fact that most of it is minor improvements in random areas like you stated. The rubeus set provides nice fast cast, but I guess it's not enough for the non-windower people to even consider.

Then there's Anhur Robe, which is a brilliant piece for Blood Pact: Ward, Elemental Siphon, and has more Fast Cast and enhancing magic than any other body currently apart from RDM. That still isn't enough apparently coz people don't shout for it either. The few shouts I rarely see are from SCHs trying to reach the 500 enhancing magic skill cap. And somehow they manage to get it in a few tries yet I'm over 0/100 on it. -_-