FFXIV 2.0 Random Speculation/Question Thread XII: End Of An Era - ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE!

[solracht]

I think this is the last thing they said:

http://www.1up.com/features/ffxiv-in...nix-fallen-mmo

1UP: Transitioning to the actual gameplay... A lot of existing players have one or more classes to 50, the max level. What can they look forward to in 2.0? Will will we see a level cap increase? In the screenshots I couldn't help but notice that there's a new spell effect... It looks like there's some new stuff in there, but I don't know how we're going to get it.

NY: First off, personally we believe that there still aren't enough buffs or debuffs or crowd-control types of abilities and spells. The first thing was adding more of these. The next thing we'll be doing is adding a lot more challenging content for higher-level users, a lot of high-end content. We mentioned the Final Fantasy III last dungeon, the Crystal Tower, and we'll have our own Final Fantasy XIV version of the Crystal Tower, which will be aimed at those high-level players.

As for raising the level cap or not, we're still considering whether to do that, so we can't say anything at the moment. The other thing is, right now we have a lot of content for full parties, just one party, but we're going to be offering increased content for alliances of three parties, so up to 24-player instanced raids, things like that.

We want to assure the players that we haven't forgotten about that high-level content, we're going to be adding a lot of new things for them.

[Ksandra]

I think this is the last thing they said:

http://www.1up.com/features/ffxiv-in...nix-fallen-mmo

BG: allowing me to be lazy since 2006. ty!


So, from that it sounds like they probably aren't hmmm....interesting

[Niiro]

The worst was removing spell damage from mage weapons. Now they're nothing but stat-sticks for casters. A bastardized system is not a better one

This, and to expand on it, I really hated that they removed mage's attack abilities and made their melee completely worthless (sending them back to the XI model).

Way back when it was a lot of fun playing CON/THM, especially solo. Your physical attacks actually did damage, you could make good use of a shield, you had very useful WSs, and all that on top of your spells. It's sad to say but playing a mage solo pre-1.18 was leaps and bounds more fun and engaging than any job is now.

The fact that melees are actually fighting constantly while mages never even take out their weapons always bothered me in XI and now the same is true in XIV.

In the middle of an epic battle the melees are jumping/leaping/flipping/spinning/break dance fighting with every other WS while the WHMs and BLMs get to flick their wrist a bit when casting and spend the rest of the time standing around like they're waiting for a bus as if they're completely oblivious to everything going on around them. It's extremely dull and boring and it just looks straight up stupid.

I wish they adjusted things so mages would at the very least have their weapons drawn when engaged in combat. Imo active/passive mode should be entirely cosmetic when it comes to regenerating HP/MP (ie. if your weapon is out you still regen as you would with it put away as long as you're standing still and not doing anything) and enemy-targeted spells should require you to take out your weapon again (now that active/passive mode has no animation lock or effect your movement speed this would really be no issue at all).

I wouldn't dare to expect them to ever bring back mage attack abilities or WSs but they could at least try to make things more interesting.

This probably should have gone in the random complaint thread.

[Ksandra]

kinda to go off that line of thought though!

What would be good for a new 50 whm to use for a weapon? I've been using a double-melded + 26 hmp wand of tremors with a vit+ shield. I read some stuff and a lot of people used to be advocating the Zibran's Tempest. But now people are saying whm's are finding more time to nuke more often in some of the newer content, so I'd imagine that's not so good anymore. I've seen some that suggest using the zibran for big fights where it's cure only, and then get a double-melded vit wand of tremors for fights where you might be nuking. I am 50 carpenter so making a vit wand isn't that big of a deal (thought I've been trying to get rid of an old +hmp wand...and now I know why). What do you think?

[Niiro]

Tempest is always good to have and is essentially the default for WHM but it's not the best, if you can get a lot (40+) MND on a wand you can have a nice hybrid healing/nuking weapon, and VIT is nice for the enhancing magic obviously.

You can't meld VIT to a shield so if you're using a wand a raptorskin targe with of HP is best to bump your survivability and blessed mind (try for at least 100).

As for WHM nuking it's less about gear and more about how well you can manage your timing and attention such that you're not stuck mid-nuke in full offense gear (assuming you're using gear swaps) when the tank suddenly drops to the red. If you're going to make use of gear swaps for nuking it's best to focus on quality rather than quantity since swaps have that annoying delay. Weapon, neck, and rings will usually give you the biggest increases for the fewest swaps. If you're in a fight that's not particularly healing intensive or if you have 2 WHMs you can usually get by fine with a hybrid build and not waste time with swaps.

[Ksandra]

oh oopps I meant I have a shield with + hp not + vit. XD I use a eagle-crested shield just 'cause I can repair it myself and I am a cheapo. So basically get a tempest for big fights and a +mnd wand for everything else? I don't care about being a omgwtfbqq nuking whm or anything, so I don't care about the dmg unless it's something where it's really going to help out the party if I'm doing it.

What does the tempest usually get replaced with later on? (ie. what should I aim for after getting it?) outside of relic though because...fuck.that.

[Niiro]

It's not really replaced per se, but if you don't want to deal with gear swaps it's not a weapon you should be using full time. It's the best healing weapon outside of some crazy low-odds triple melds but it robs you of the shield slot and directly hurts your ability to nuke and sleep.

An MND or VIT wand is what would be "ideal" I guess, there's no 1 weapon that covers everything.

Tempest is best for healing, VIT is best for buffing, mog wand is best for sleeping, MND wand is the middle ground between them all. It gives MND/HMP for cures, Macc from MND for nuking/sleeping, and has Matk.

[Ksandra]

ok sounds good ty!

[Enygma55]

I would go for a INT melded Wind Wand (for pure nuking purposes) but a VIT Tremor will probably be better in general, if you cant get urself a Garuda's. I wouldnt risk gear swapping on whm, but try to make use of Cleric stance. That alone will boost your dmg the most (20%). If you can learn to switch on and off Cleric, you will be miles ahead of any whm regardless of gear.

Most whm gear themselves far too much on the healing side when most content will be handled by regen alone. Get an elemental choker, a mage ring and proper use of cleric stance will do the most for a supportive nuking whm.

Cura with cleric up with decent healing magic skills will be ~1100 where as Cura without Cleric is ~1400. Its not that big a deal if you arnt fighting anything heavy hitting 1-shot territory so as long as u keep regen up, you should be fine staying in cleric mode.

[Niiro]

INT can't be melded to CNJ weapons, if you want a pure offensive weapon the best you can do is either a wind/earth wand with Macc or a Jade crook+1 with Matk.

[Enygma55]

My mistake. Wind/Earth wand then is your best option like Niiro said.

[Greedouw]

nvm, got my Paladin class! woop


Anyone on Sargatanas? Linkshell meh!

[tobbenlobben]

Just got back to the game, Have they said anything about the beta? Will it be open beta? I thought i read somewhere that the game will be F2P from when beta releases again untill 2.0? Any words on all this?

[Gokulo]

Uhh, no. It will be a normal beta, that is you will need to be invited. There is supposed to be some sort of free trial period when 2.0 will be releasing, nut aside of that, no, the game is not going back to F2P.

[tobbenlobben]

So ppl wont be able to play during beta (unless they get access that is)
Lets hope its easy to get into beta!

[Thuronn]

Has the game began to temporarily slow down now that 2.0 is approaching?

Just got back from a 2/3 month break and it seems that my server (Sargatanas) and linkshell have essentially died in activity.

[Raldo]

Ridill definitely has, just from looking at the market wards. Things that used to be dirt cheap are starting to creep up (or skyrocket) in prices, because supply has plummeted. 3k per Green Dye? 1k per Cotton Boll? 50k per Elixir? Never thought I'd see the day. I was even able to snag two spots on the market ward floor in the wards I wanted a couple days ago.

In related news, I'm richer than I've ever been.

Shouts are definitely not as frequent as they used to be either.

[Churchill]

?

Elixirs cost 50k+ because Imperial Invasion is gone, so there isn't a bunch of WARs farming 20 each every time it pops.

Sarg has more people on it in the last few weeks doing stuff, not less.

[Raldo]

50k. 50k. You buy 20, you've spent 1 million gil. I know there's some filthy rich people in the game, but holy shit there is no medicine that I would ever spend 50k on.

I had 150 of those stupid things and I sold them all in less than a week. Intesting to note that most of them sold during JP prime time (i.e. while I was asleep). How are there that many people willing to drop so much on friggin' medicine? If you need MP, use Mega-Ethers (8k), if you need HP, use Mega-Potions (5k).

Granted, I realize that population is not the reason why the price is that high, so it is rather irrelevant to the post I included them in, but sheeeeeeeeeeeeesh 50k!

I just laugh every time someone in my linkshell says they're poor. Someone said they were down to 5k last night.

[Churchill]

They were 20k before Imperial Invasion went away. Most people who have been playing since day 1 are sitting on >100M, so 50k for an item that makes them beat Garuda, not die in 17m AV/CC, etc is worth whatever. I've made something like 30M and I've been playing a little over a month lol.