6/13/12 Update - .DAT Mining Discussion

[Vandalhart]

One of the first things I'm doing after I update when I get home is heading to Garlaige Citadel... I want me some weighted stones.

[Kaisha]

What's the general impression then, just another throw-away content update? None of the gear stands out to me either besides Odin pole.

Nice to see we still get POL-1160 10 years later at any rate.

[Byrthnoth]

They made it easier to skill some crafts and added a bunch of sidegrade gear that is so mediocre it may be impossible to form a party for to obtain. It was pretty much a throw-away update.

The best thing that could come out of this would be abjurations off Neo-Odin. We'll have to wait and see about those.

[Kaisha]

My LS still does Ein, hopefully will do a Neo-Odin either this weekend or the upcoming one. Shame we now got 3 nearly completed feather sets to go to waste. ;/

Hoping they built him so a PD/Embrava zerg can't just make quick work of it.

[Prothescar]

No worries, it'll be built so that a PD/Embrava zerg is the only way to make anything of it.

[NynJa]

I'm sure it will be killable without...but whos gonna want to do that 40 times over at a 30 minute kill with a chance of wiping when you can PD/Embrava zerg in 5 minutes with no chance of wiping?

[Prothescar]

PD and Embrava are the worst things they ever put in the game ever infinity

[Alistrianna]

Short of Odin v2 spamming Zantetsuken and/or some other 2hr ability, I'm not really sure how they could make him Embrava/PD proof

[SargentRemora]

Hoping they built him so a PD/Embrava zerg can't just make quick work of it.

It should still have Zantetsuken, which PD won't block. But whether or not it'll survive while yabbering away before using it at 10% I don't know.

[Ophannus]

Most likely you get the gimp set for just the arch omega pieces, and the better set with the arch omega+homam pieces.

[Prothescar]

But they're all gimp sets.. how to distinguish?

[Atoreis]

Oh to add up about Enif Body.
Check my post here

Looks like this set:

x/x/x/hagneia
Phorcys/genesha/x/brutal
Anif/lancer/tyrant/rajas
atheling/goading/phorcys/lancer

would be best option for 492 polearm for Dragoon?

[Taint]

The best part of this update is being able to store VW and NN gear!

[Prothescar]

You're forgetting the new NPC Fellow outfits.

[Hirronimus]

Are you sure Murzim and Enif feet correct in your list Sept? Seems they would be reversed considering the pattern o.o;

[Asymptotic]

You're forgetting the new NPC Fellow outfits.

It saddens me greatly that no one else seems to share my excitement for a decent melee WHM TP body that - for an added bonus - isn't completely horrible looking.

[Ophannus]

SE trolled us with that roadmap because it listed "New Merit Point Two-Hour Abilities" for June to coincide with Limbus/Einherjar update.

[Asymptotic]

Well, technically aren't the roadmaps supposed to be when things are scheduled released on the test server, not the live server?

[Byrthnoth]

I checked soap wench and lamp wench for the random "Rare" items and didn't find anything. The Valkyrie's items are 1k/2k/3k amps just as Camate said they would be.

Here are the unplaced Rare items:
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Psilomene
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Potens_Grip
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Othila_Sash
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Patentia_Sash
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Algidus_Cape
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Prodigious_Mantle
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Dagaz_Ring
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Eihwaz_Ring
https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Sortiarius_Earring

They kind-of look like more Legion items, but perhaps they come from Tier 1 Limbus chambers? It's weird that there are 9 of them.

Actually, I'd give really good odds that they drop from the different Einherjar chambers. Several of those item names relate to Nordic runes.

[Slycer]

Some of those new accessories are clearly Einherjar related. Going to go out on a limb and guess that Square-Enix realized that DRGs, PLDs, WARs, and the occasional BLU or DRK aren't going to get very far in the new Odin's Chamber without the support of their mage friends, so they added some other gear that would benefit other jobs. Also, the words Dagaz and Eihwaz both have Norse ties.

Edit: Othila also, and I'll take an Othila Sash, tyvm. The other words there all have Latin ties, so that doesn't really tell us anything except that they probably aren't from Einherjar. I'm guessing Dagaz Ring, Eihwaz Ring, and Othila Sash are just straight drops off the new odin, perhaps to make up for the fact that he may not drop any abjurations.