Comments from the Devs

[Ratatapa]

Has it been officially said that SCH will be available at release, or is it just SMN?

Like Gok said both at release, but possible to be at P4 too (but not confirmed)

[Pooky]

Nice, I was going to be really depressed waiting for the "added SCH" patch. From the mined skills it looks like it'll be pretty fun to play.

[Rocl]

I see people saying ACN can heal, ACN can't heal. Does the 1st Carbuncle you get have healing capabilities?

No, no & no. Here's what the first Carbuncle is capable of:

Emerald Carbuncle
-Gust: 90 potency wind damage
-Backdraft: 80 wind potency knockback
-Downburst: AoE 80 potency
-Shining Emerald: Extends Masters DoT effects by 15s.

Emerald Carbuncle is a mage DD; Topaz Carbuncle is a tank

Arcanist has no natural healing abilities. If Arcanist can "heal" it's the same as Thaumaturge "healing;" it is unlikely to be recognized by the Duty Finder and therefore moot as fuck.

All of Scholar's healing comes from it's job-quested abilities and pets. Pets are class exclusive, so Arcanist cannot use fairies.

[Ratatapa]

No, no & no. Here's what the first Carbuncle is capable of:


Emerald Carbuncle is a mage DD; Topaz Carbuncle is a tank

Arcanist has no natural healing abilities.

Oh yeah forgot those abils ah well

[Niiro]

I believe they kept saying they were trying to ensure ACN was ready for phase 4, possible we'll just have ACN but no jobs yet, or everything's ready and they're just gonna be like...

"Gee guys idk we can try and see if we can squeeze ACN maybe but- PSYCHE HERE'S SCH AND SMN TOO BITCHES"

Only reason I hope ACN is in phase 4 is so I can get airship access without having to waste the main story quest exp on jobs that are already 50, other than that I'm gonna be spending a shitton of time just doing class quests to pick up all the lvl 15/30 abilities.

And collecting teleports... and making hotbar sets and macros... and re-reorganizing my retainer inventories... and trading in all my materia/melded gear...

Do DoH/DoL have quest-obtained skills too? If so goddamnit that's another 8 quest lines.

Oy...

Spoiler: show

legacy problems

[Ratatapa]

I believe they kept saying they were trying to ensure ACN was ready for phase 4, possible we'll just have ACN but no jobs yet, or everything's ready and they're just gonna be like...

"Gee guys idk we can try and see if we can squeeze ACN maybe but- PSYCHE HERE'S SCH AND SMN TOO BITCHES"

Only reason I hope ACN is in phase 4 is so I can get airship access without having to waste the main story quest exp on jobs that are already 50, other than that I'm gonna be spending a shitton of time just doing class quests to pick up all the lvl 15/30 abilities.

And collecting teleports... and making hotbar sets and macros... and re-reorganizing my retainer inventories... and trading in all my materia/melded gear...

Oy...

With the P4 beeing max 1 week I wanna be selfish and don't get ACN there

Make macros, WHM and BLM class quests, gathering Aetherites and all, I have enough to do without touching the main story

[Aldon]

collecting teleport points was a fond memory for me in XI. It was a pain and I died alot (I did it low level and on foot) but the exploration was fun. I had barely explored anywhere when I decided to pick up all the Teleport crystals.

I guess my point is i look forward to any exploration related 'drudgery' in ARR

[Evane]

collecting teleport points was a fond memory for me in XI. It was a pain and I died alot (I did it low level and on foot) but the exploration was fun. I had barely explored anywhere when I decided to pick up all the Teleport crystals.

I guess my point is i look forward to any exploration related 'drudgery' in ARR

In 1.0 it was actually challenging and fun to get all the teleports due to the horrible (maybe justified lore-wise) monsters placement.

[Ratatapa]

In 1.0 it was actually challenging and fun to get all the teleports due to the horrible (maybe justified lore-wise) monsters placement.

If you knew when to walk or run it was a walk in the park

Took a while but not very challenging

[Kami]

If you knew when to walk or run it was a walk in the park

Took a while but not very challenging

The run from San D'Oria to (and through) Valkurm at level 10 was quite an adventure though !

[Ratatapa]

Wut? I'm responding to Evane saying that getting the aetherites in 1.0 was a challenge

[Kami]

And for some reason it reminded me of that first Valkurm trip. Pardon me my mind was just wandering. Carry on.

[Obsidian]

Mor Dhona was a bitch regardless of whether or not you knew where to run.

[Rocl]

I had more issues with the Shroud than Mor Dhona but I can't for the life of me remember why

[Ratatapa]

I had more issues with the Shroud than Mor Dhona but I can't for the life of me remember why

The guivres, some agrroed Running some aggroed walking, had to watch their eyes IIRC or the skin forgot

[Evane]

I had more issues with the Shroud than Mor Dhona but I can't for the life of me remember why

Don't remember the point's name exactly but there was one with true-sound detecting hogs all around it.

If you knew when to walk or run it was a walk in the park

Took a while but not very challenging

Black shroud was hell before the 12 monuments update! Maybe because I did it alone without sacs.

[Rocl]

I just want to say again

FUCK THE BLACK SHROUD CIRCA 2010

i still remember when yoship said they were redesigning the map ten thousand years ago and now look at the map redesign

[solracht]

I'll never forget the wolves that were around Emerald Moss when the game launched

[Evane]

I just want to say again

FUCK THE BLACK SHROUD CIRCA 2010

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnkn1v19Qb1qgpvvm.gif

[Takiwaki]

I'll never forget the wolves that were around Emerald Moss when the game launched

The ones everyone had to get past in order to do low level leves? lol Awesome placement.