Naoki Yoshida at Gamescom/A Realm Reborn presentations

[LD]

Then why is dancing a problem?

As much as I loved MNK in FFXI, there was nothing to it. WSing and autoattacking. 'Course the only really interesting job in that game was Scholar, but there you go.

[avelle]

I think the positioning mechanic in theory is a great way to make fights more interesting than standing in place and spamming abilities, but the way some monsters spin all over the place in chaotic fights like the Moogle fight or Natalan wolf parties or anytime a ton of spell/ability effects go off makes it more luck that you land a combo than skill imo. Combine that with the terrible, shit ass client/server code and you have a game mechanic that's frustrating at best.

[Elcura]

edit: Avelle said what I said but better.

As much as I loved MNK in FFXI, there was nothing to it. WSing and autoattacking. 'Course the only really interesting job in that game was Scholar, but there you go.

That's because for the most part, XI is a terribly boring game with terribly slow battle mechanics and pace. So yeah, that shit was boring no matter what you did.

[LD]

edit: Avelle said what I said but better.



That's because for the most part, XI is a terribly boring game with terribly slow battle mechanics and pace. So yeah, that shit was boring no matter what you did.

Misread.

Definitely, but Scholar was the only time I felt like I was doing anything.

[Lokus]

They can keep the position requirements but just make it so if you don't hit from the correct position, you lose out on damage/debuff instead of completely killing your combo. Combo done with improper positioning: 600 damage. Combo with correct positioning: 1000 damage. Balance accordingly and you have a system that rewards you being active while not completely killing your combo and leaving you with a thumb up your ass.

But, this change works good too.

[Raldo]

I'd like to see some combo positioning expansion.

Add a thief job? Now you have a combo that's only triggered by being behind someone.
Ninja? Maybe there's a combo you can only trigger when you have zero hate.

[Lucavi]

edit: Avelle said what I said but better.



That's because for the most part, XI is a terribly boring game with terribly slow battle mechanics and pace. So yeah, that shit was boring no matter what you did.

My fun was watching the big penta crit numbers and playing chicken with the angry mob afterwards while super jump and high jump were on cooldown. That and sturmwind. That shit was fun back in the day.

[Xanthe]

My fun was watching the big penta crit numbers and playing chicken with the angry mob afterwards while super jump and high jump were on cooldown. That and sturmwind. That shit was fun back in the day.

Penta Thrust couldn't critical unless you're counting the first hit with Sneak Attack or a WAR using mighty strikes. Just sayin'.

[Rocl]

I fucking hated when my Penta Thrust got paralyzed.

[Insanecyclone]

SATA Tachi: Gekko all day every day is all I remember doing back then before the sam inflation.

[Elcura]

My fun was watching the big penta crit numbers and playing chicken with the angry mob afterwards while super jump and high jump were on cooldown. That and sturmwind. That shit was fun back in the day.

Believe it or not, I had fun casting refresh and haste at one point (I know right? wtf). PUP is the only job I played in XI that didn't make me feel like a potato. I loved MNK, but unless you were stealing hate and tanking with /NIN it just wasn't fun (and unless you had /WAR it was harder to steal hate or just not appropriate).

[Niiro]

Penta Thrust couldn't critical unless you're counting the first hit with Sneak Attack or a WAR using mighty strikes. Just sayin'.

Unless I'm being wooshed (or my memory is faulty), way back when penta was "chance to crit".

[Stromgarde]

Before the big twohander changes during TAU, it was damage varies with TP.

[Xanthe]

Unless I'm being wooshed (or my memory is faulty), way back when penta was "chance to crit".

Before the big twohander changes during TAU, it was damage varies with TP.

Yes, it used to be damage varies with TP, and had a lovely 0.5 (or 0.75) fTP modifier. After ToAU it was all about Drakesbane anyway.

[Pharaun]

SATA Tachi: Gekko all day every day is all I remember doing back then before the sam inflation.

Waaaaaaaaaay back in the day when you would still kite Kirin I had fun by doing SATA Gekko on all the other DDs and making them tank.

[Lucavi]

Yes, it used to be damage varies with TP, and had a lovely 0.5 (or 0.75) fTP modifier. After ToAU it was all about Drakesbane anyway.

First hit could crit, damage varied with TP back in my day (strokes beard) and LEAVE ME ALONE GODDAMMIT PENTA WAS MY LIFE BACK THEN~!! Penta on a Mamool Ja Asshole for 2.9k, fucker turns to me and either one-shots me with a backflip for 1.4k or I super jump to avoid it. It was War! And I loved it!

/settles back in his old-man rocker.

[miokomioko]

I stroke my Penta-Thrust-could-return-100%-TP beard.

[Niiro]

back in my day

Mamool Ja

[Raldo]

Friggin' dragoons. Always stirrin' up trouble.

[Lucavi]

XD