Test Server Findings

**Julian** · 2012-10-26 15:20

OK-- now I'm done, I swear.

Reuploaded ability and allability to include that unknown value. No idea what it means, and I'm done looking at this shit. I'll come back later and read any theories people may have. :D They aren't new, fyi, they've been there, so someone should know wtf they are? D:

Also, fuck SP, they will forever be 2h for me.

**Tachi** · 2012-10-27 13:46

Perfect Defense is solely based on the Summoning Magic Skill now. You can call Alexander with 1 MP and 520 smn skill, PD will last 56 seconds. The decay effect is still present but there is something very strange about it.
On the live server PD start to decay at half of the duration (i.e. 45 seconds of DT-96% with the max duration of 90 seconds)
On the Test Server, if I uses Perfect Defense with 100% MP (or probably just more than 1188 MP), the effect start to decay after 28~30 seconds.

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However, if I uses Perfect Defense with less than 100 MP it start to decay after 50~52 seconds, that's a difference of 20 seconds.

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I made these tests many times using Fraps/Timestamp and the results were practically the same on every occasion, it's not random at all.

**dasva** · 2012-10-27 15:38

Wait you're saying it's better to PD with less mp on the test server!?!

**Tachi** · 2012-10-27 16:37

Yes, that's right, PD when MP low = DT-96% for 50 seconds (bad coding etc)

**Prothescar** · 2012-10-27 19:05

Clearly so you cant chain the MP refill of the new 2hr with PD. Couldn't have any of that nonsense

**Vriska** · 2012-10-27 21:30

So what, you blast out an Astralpact THEN Alexander? How dreadfully inconvenient.

**6souls** · 2012-10-27 21:42

An Zantetsuken to PD may be situation-ally ok.

**Slycer** · 2012-10-27 22:30

I just noticed that the "salvage expansion" news story on the POL site was bumped again for the 10/26 test server update which would lead me to believe something was added/changed with it. Anyone have any idea? I don't see anything different about the thread with the information (it says the thread was updated but it still only says Zhayolm and Arrapago and the rest of the details look the same).

**Radec** · 2012-10-28 00:11

Originally Posted by 6souls

An Zantetsuken to PD may be situation-ally ok.

Flow wears after odin/alex, don't do this

**Damane** · 2012-10-28 02:14

Originally Posted by Prothescar

Clearly so you cant chain the MP refill of the new 2hr with PD. Couldn't have any of that nonsense

but that makes no sense. Astral flow wears automaticly off after the usage of PD and Odin. Bad codeing? well could go now PD and them chainstunning with ramuh. i think they intended to make pd not mp depended but screwed up?

**Spira** · 2012-10-28 07:36

no new graphical assets added btw, for anyone interested to know about it on this end.

just a lot of random old weapons being readded. some with sparkle sparkle.. and AA Taru, Cait Sith with no changes, and bunch of galka bard npcs.

**Kaisha** · 2012-10-28 07:50

How many is a bunch? I'm curious about the unknown_5 entity list. Didn't Last Stand used to be named something similar to that before it was implemented?

**Kincard** · 2012-10-28 07:57

just a lot of random old weapons being readded. some with sparkle sparkle

What kind of weapons are they and what do the sparkles look like? =P

**Prothescar** · 2012-10-28 12:55

better be a hagun that shoots rainbows

**Kincard** · 2012-10-28 13:09

Thing is that just from the pulse you'll probably know the general thrust of what the stats will be like since they're all elemental-themed. Borealis is the only one that has really weird stats considering the ice pulse it has.

**Prothescar** · 2012-10-28 13:15

Yeah, thus the hagun will be all stats +20 with some sort of godstat attached for the severe proc

**Kincard** · 2012-10-28 13:26

If there's going to be another GKT pulse it needs to be the cactus model.

**Nightfyre** · 2012-10-28 14:25

Did one of the updates in the past month or so break the test server client? It keeps looping back to POL for me and I'd rather not have to completely reinstall if possible.

**Darkmagi** · 2012-10-28 14:26

Originally Posted by Prothescar

Yeah, thus the hagun will be all stats +20 with some sort of godstat attached for the severe proc

+200 tp bonus, hidden effect allows tachi: shoha to crit obviously.

**Byrthnoth** · 2012-10-28 14:28

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Did one of the updates in the past month or so break the test server client? It keeps looping back to POL for me and I'd rather not have to completely reinstall if possible.

Yes, it did. I had to reinstall to fix it, but apparently if you delete the ROM9 folder it'll work:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post364200

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