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[6souls]

At worst you are sitting on 97 million. You are already p.rich.

Or 130mil by Quetz prices. Does the new Limbus gear require ABC or are we thinking that we'll need Alex to enter the higher tier?

[Rokku]

Or 130mil by Quetz prices. Does the new Limbus gear require ABC or are we thinking that we'll need Alex to enter the higher tier?

iirc the Homam/Nashira upgrades just require trading in the old piece of armor along with the corresponding Arch-bioweapon body part.

If they're going along the same lines, the Arch-chariots (since they seem to have a serious hard-on for using that prefix) will probably drop some chunk of themselves that can be used to upgrade the pieces. Or, worst case scenario, they'll pull a total Tanaka and require people to gather a whole new 15-25-35 set and combine it with the old finished armor.

[Yugl]

Arch-Rampart trolling inc.

[Damane]

iirc the Homam/Nashira upgrades just require trading in the old piece of armor along with the corresponding Arch-bioweapon body part.

If they're going along the same lines, the Arch-chariots (since they seem to have a serious hard-on for using that prefix) will probably drop some chunk of themselves that can be used to upgrade the pieces. Or, worst case scenario, they'll pull a total Tanaka and require people to gather a whole new 15-25-35 set and combine it with the old finished armor.

this most likely. trade in you rold salvage gear with a drop from the arch boss. OR creat total new salvage gear with the boss drops and getting the 15-25-35 again!

I guess they will add 2 different gearsets with different stats, like in limbus, so SCH and DNC have an incentiv to do Salvage too

[Michelob]

iirc the Homam/Nashira upgrades just require trading in the old piece of armor along with the corresponding Arch-bioweapon body part.

Last I heard, you also needed 2 pieces of AF+1 rare/ex upgrade materials so if they adopted that model you would probably need the old piece, a drop from the new boss and possibly some combination of 15/25/35 pieces as well.

[Damane]

Last I heard, you also needed 2 pieces of AF+1 rare/ex upgrade materials so if they adopted that model you would probably need the old piece, a drop from the new boss and possibly some combination of 15/25/35 pieces as well.

wrong
if you wanted murzim (aka the new gear with PUP and COR on it) you need 2x AF+1 pieces + an arch drop
if you wanted enif (homam +1) you just need the arch drop and the corresponding homam piece.

[Celebrindor]

so much bitching to be seen on the shitty neo-limbus gear. After all the runs we primary mage players did about Homam after Homam runs, never to see Nashira runs outside of a damn blue moon, it was nice to see that the mage sets got some love this time.

And yes, you have two options/paths to go down when it comes to the neo-homam/nashira gear: trade the body piece of ultima/omega along with your existing limbus reward to get one type, or get two +1 items along with the body piece from ultima/omega and trade that for a completely different type of set.

Arch Ultima Heart and two Temenos +1 items:

http://cdn.bluegartr.com/wiki/thumb/...escription.png

Arch Ultima Heart and Nashira Manteel:

http://cdn.bluegartr.com/wiki/thumb/...escription.png

I really dig how it goes two completely different directions.

So quit ya bitchin. I've seen enough Homam drop in my life. Time for Hammer Pants to make a comeback, and all the chippendale shirts too.

[Slycer]

You can say lolmeleemage all you want, but if you like to melee on RDM, WHM, BLM, SMN, etc., for any reason, including the lulz, you can't deny that Shedir Manteel is essentially perfect.

But yeah, lolmeleemage.

And yeah, based on what they said in their message, specifically mentioning upgrading homam/nashira, I'm guessing the Salvage update will be the original armor combined one or more new materials that drop. I doubt it'll have to do with the old 15/25/35s, since you'd already need those to have gotten the LV75 piece, but I could be wrong.

[Celebrindor]

You can say lolmeleemage all you want, but if you like to melee on RDM, WHM, BLM, SMN, etc., for any reason, including the lulz, you can't deny that Shedir Manteel is essentially perfect.

But yeah, lolmeleemage.

Anyone can have fun doing lolmeleemage on their own without being some crazed caped crusader of RDM melee in large scale event settings. I definitely disagree with those who believe you can just drop a true DD for a melee mage, but if I'm on my own, duo/trio with friends and the situation is ok with it, you're damn right I'm going to enjoy myself and pull out the sword. And yes, I'm sure gonna want that Shedir body.

[Neisan]

I actually don't benefit from shedir on lolred, Next best body is probably Kudzu from Morta runs I never see. If i cared about Whm more I'd at least try to go after it.

[grevenilvec75]

From the GE interview: http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/2012/07/...vanafest-2012/

GE- This year marks the 10th anniversary of Final Fantasy XI. What are some of your favorite memories since the project began? Is there anything you would have done differently?

Mizuki Ito- Well, one of the most memorable things for me recently is the announcement of Hiromichi Tanaka’s retirement. While I was saddened by that fact that he is retiring, I feel very proud and fortunate to be a developer at the same company with a person who retired while being loved by many of the fans.

http://www.elahoffman.pl/wp-content/...gory-house.jpg

[Slycer]

I actually don't benefit from shedir on lolred, Next best body is probably Kudzu from Morta runs I never see. If i cared about Whm more I'd at least try to go after it.

Right, right, I forgot that RDM does tend to get more melee options than the others. Still, it has accuracy, attack, and haste; can you cap gear haste on RDM without using something in body slot? Zelus/Brego/Phasmida/Rubeus(legs) is 21, add maybe 2 or 3 in feet slot on some random equip; would still help to have that body in there. Pretty sure it'd outdo Kudzu. I'm not exactly an expert on mage melee gear, but I don't think I'm missing any major contributors.

Edit: I see Eurus feet with Haste+4 for RDM, but that would still be not quite capped, and you'd be dropping a ton of accuracy (18 ) if you swap Eurus/Kudzu for something like Savateur/Adhara.

[Mahoro]

Thing is, the BP recast timer cap is subject to the same caps as haste: 25% from gear. So in SE's mind, "nothings wrong here, move it along folks". The problem is that haste has multiple soft caps, of which the BP timer can not be further reduced (magic, JA)...magic haste doesnt work on recast timers, and theres no JA haste that speeds up BP timer.

IF SE wanted to maintain some sort of cap, it would be nice if they modeled it akin to fast cast's cap, seeing as how thinking of it like melee haste doesnt work since they can circumvent the soft 25% cap, and smn cant. Comparing it to fast cast, with its 40% cap, would give a potential reduction of 24 seconds. The most I see atm is -27 in gear. But, what really fucking baffles me is SE went ahead and adjusted the BP delay on the AF2+2 gear, when it already practically took you to cap. Do they not understand their own games logic and restrictions?

That last point you made is baffling to me as well. There is a large amount of BP delay - gear out now, and they keep adding to it. It is almost as if they are leading to a raise in cap to -30. I never see them abolishing BP delay completely for the reasons cited, but I hold out hope for raising the cap. It wouldn't solve problems with the job but it would noticeably improve the situation.

[Kaisha]

That or they plan on putting in more shit like this.
http://cdn.bluegartr.com/wiki/c/c4/E...escription.png

Granted I guess for something like that, gearswaps nullifies the penalty. -BP gear still not as accessible though to break a good deal beyond the current cap unless you want to do magian staves for your avatars.

[fantasticdan]

Right, right, I forgot that RDM does tend to get more melee options than the others. Still, it has accuracy, attack, and haste; can you cap gear haste on RDM without using something in body slot? Zelus/Brego/Phasmida/Rubeus(legs) is 21, add maybe 2 or 3 in feet slot on some random equip; would still help to have that body in there. Pretty sure it'd outdo Kudzu. I'm not exactly an expert on mage melee gear, but I don't think I'm missing any major contributors.

Edit: I see Eurus feet with Haste+4 for RDM, but that would still be not quite capped, and you'd be dropping a ton of accuracy (18 ) if you swap Eurus/Kudzu for something like Savateur/Adhara.

zelus + eurus + brego gloves + rubeus/calmecac legs + phos belt caps haste, I'm pretty sure that's the best setup. Not that I would invest in a phos belt for mage melee, but yeah.

[Guitarman]

random, but if anyone was having troubles getting their destrier beret, its supposedly fixed now.

[Chamaan]

Hey gang!

Just got confirmation that things are still moving according to schedule (our "in July" time frame) and that prizes should hopefully start appearing in lucky adventurer's delivery boxes soon! I don't have an exact time for you for when it begins, but one thing to keep in mind is that prizes will be delivered in order, so it may take some time before all of the prizes are completely distributed.

We'll make sure to post once we have confirmed that all prizes are sent out!

Hmph. Who's willing to bet it'll take at least 6 days to send them all out?

[Guitarman]

Wonder what they mean by "in order".

[Yugl]

Probably means 1-by-1 rather than each player at once.

[Selamis]

I assume that means they will hand out the rank 3, then 2, then the final grand prize so whoever wins that will be dead last to get it?