Patch 1.20 Notes~

[solracht]

I think it's more Opener (costs TP)> Combo1 (Free) > Closer (Costs TP). The question I have is, will there be a timer, and how constricting will it be if thereis. I can't imagine Ifrit is going to be very easy to combo on if there's a even moderately strict timer.

If there is a timer, I'd assume that will be the situations in which not comboing is the smart option.

They said you had 10 seconds to combo off an ability after using it, if I don't remember wrong.

[Amastacia]

Unless I'm understanding that wrong, it sounds like you'd always* want to combo because everything past the first is TP-free. Why ever do your 3000TP WS when you could combo it and only cost yourself 1000 (and get bonus damage/effects)?
* Barring combo closers on cooldowns, insufficient MP, battle circumstances, etc.

Seems strange.

You're not understanding anything wrong, SE is putting in a huge incentive to combo WSs. If done properly, it will make combat more interesting, and be more fun that SCs or BRs, and help differentiate XIV combat from XI combat, even if they do share similarly slow pacing.

It doesn't address the underlying issue that combat is too slow, but it certainly does add an additional element to mix things up a bit.

I look forward to the baww'ing when people wiff 1-hit, 3000 TP combo finishers and have to rebuild from square 1.

Edit:
@Taco: We'll have to wait and see for sure, but it really only makes sense if the only WS in a combo that costs TP is the opener.

To use PUG as an example... Pummel -> Concussive Blow -> Simian Thrust is a combo. The only prereq for CB to combo is that it follows Pummel. If you execute P -> CB, you've just done a combo, so according to SE's description, the TP cost of CB is waived. If you then follow CB with ST, you combo again, and thus ST's TP cost should be waived. You can't just do CB -> ST to combo because the bonus condition from doing P -> CB is missing, and having that bonus active is a prereq for ST to combo.

[Raldo]

I just realized (and I'm reiterating it here so someone can correct me in case I'm wrong) that we lost all of our TP-free attacks aside from base auto-attacking, didn't we?

Sadface.

[Spider-Dan]

Presuming that accuracy is adjusted in 1.20 (in 1.19, I think I have literally yet to miss an attack), accuracy could become a Big Deal. If you are doing a 3-step chain, and you miss step 2, not only are you not getting your 3rd WS, but you can't retry until #2's cooldown is up.

It looks like there's a few prime chains out of the gate; for ARC, the 2-step Heavy -> QN (bonus: single-target) for 1000TP looks pretty nice. I just hope there is a mechanism to easily see whether or not you missed without having to wait and read the log (as XI RNG, I'd always watch my TP return to confirm hit/miss).

[Raldo]

If this image is to be believed, it will indicate when you can continue a chain.
http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/to...ec/2103_17.jpg

Obviously, this indicator is only good if your actions are currently visible.

[Gokulo]

Final patch notes are up, buy from the counter feature has been delayed.

Clarification making me sad :<

[dev1282] Harvesting, quarrying, and spearfishing points are now marked on the minimap.
* There are no markers for mining, logging, and fishing points.

[shidobu]

updates about 357 megs. And you can start downloading now if you haven't tried already

[Wulfgang]

Final patch notes are up, buy from the counter feature has been delayed.

Clarification making me sad :<

[dev1282] Harvesting, quarrying, and spearfishing points are now marked on the minimap.
* There are no markers for mining, logging, and fishing points.

God damn it

[Corrderio]

Final patch notes are up, buy from the counter feature has been delayed.

Clarification making me sad :<

[dev1282] Harvesting, quarrying, and spearfishing points are now marked on the minimap.
* There are no markers for mining, logging, and fishing points.

Was it so hard to just color code main/sub nodes or different icons? -.-

[Raldo]

Probably something about being too lazy (or unable <_< "server limitations") to determine their location because the mainhand tool points move around or a purposeful decision to leave out because it would reduce the usefulness of the gathering point locating abilities.

[Aratharn]

Direct download of 1.20 patch if anyone needs:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2WUWYACJ

[Null]

Time for someone to hunt down the stats on new weapons while we wait.

[shidobu]

whos our dat miners?

[Fereydoon]

Some of the weapons are being listed over here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...8Dat-Mining%29

[Null]

Crown is amazing.

[Kaiyoko]

Yay for maat's cap w/ Paragon's Crown

[miokomioko]

Say what? Achievement items aren't complete crap??

Fucking awesome.

[Fereydoon]

[Null]

So is that crown all dow dom 50 or all classes?

Would like to see what base dmg is on weapons.

[Datonare]

Paragon Crown for all DoW/DoM @ 50.

Edit: Little disappointed in stats for Butcher's Crown