Dev Tracker: Discussion (Old)

[Prothescar]

What are the buffs you're using, Prothescar? PUP gearsets depends a lot on that, mainly because of dDEX.

Switch between Boost-STR and Boost-DEX, since more often than not Boost-STR is more useful to the entire party but Boost-DEX is more useful to an individual job like MNK, PUP, or BLU. I generally use the centralized buff results (common buffs; Minuets, Marches, Chaos Roll, Fighter's Roll, Rogue's Roll, and Boost-STR; I've stopped using Embrava in the main comparisons due to its upcoming nerf). In some cases I'll use things like Ramuh's Favor, but not very often and they don't generally make it into comparisons.

tl;dr Job vs Job uses centralized, common buffs while maximum job potential uses buffs that benefit that job the most.

[Slycer]

Gdi that's a long Matsui post...

[Taim Meich]

Switch between Boost-STR and Boost-DEX, since more often than not Boost-STR is more useful to the entire party but Boost-DEX is more useful to an individual job like MNK, PUP, or BLU. I generally use the centralized buff results (common buffs; Minuets, Marches, Chaos Roll, Fighter's Roll, Rogue's Roll, and Boost-STR; I've stopped using Embrava in the main comparisons due to its upcoming nerf). In some cases I'll use things like Ramuh's Favor, but not very often and they don't generally make it into comparisons.

tl;dr Job vs Job uses centralized, common buffs while maximum job potential uses buffs that benefit that job the most.

Hm, and I forgot, what monster? Something like Ig-Alima without VW stuff (temps, atmacites) becomes a miss-fest even with madrigalx2...

[Slycer]

My translation is up on findings thread. Mix of interesting specifics, relatively meaningless generalities, and a sprinkling of mild to moderate disappointment.

[dasva]

Lol making evoliths not completely suck? And yay fishing nerf. Get my gil while I can

[Byrthnoth]

It occurs to me that JP posts use NA/EU users like the "PS2 limitations" of all text-based problems.

[Toth]

Thanks Slycer. Too much use of delay in his post Now I am really wondering what that ???? Is supposed to be on the website.

[Treize Kordero]

Thanks for the translation Slycer.

Synergy and Evolith changes eh? That's got me a bit interested. I hope they renovate a few other things as well.

[TummieGaruda]

The content is designed for players who have already reached 99, so the equipment added will reflect this. By participating in current content and obtaining current equipment, a better level of performance can be achieved in the new higher difficulty content that will be added from which you can obtain even better equipment... the play cycle should be something like that.

This makes is that since the content for SoA is designed for level 99, the new equipment will be much stronger so that we can face more difficult challenges. We have already seen that the Skirmish rewards will most likely give weapons that are on the same base damage level as 99 Relics, so I wonder how much stronger the gear will be?

[Kyte]

Lots of lore and story? Thank fucking god; the overuse of "A wizard did it because because" has become the bane of this game. Storyline is what sets FFXI apart and without it it starts to become far too much like some crappy Korean MMO (although admittedly, even the weakest storylines are still a few inches above the babble those free MMOs offer as dialog).

[Indalecia]

You DO realize that we are about to embark on a 2-3 year story dump that will boil down to "an Odin did it", right?

[Taint]

What changes would need to be made?

Edit: And the kclub thing, wasn't it a crap offhand for basically everything except whm at 75? Why would it be not crap at 99?

KClub was excellent for WAR at 75 if you could cap ACC.

[Slycer]

You DO realize that we are about to embark on a 2-3 year story dump that will boil down to "an Odin did it", right?

omg spoilers wtf

[Azat]

To be fair, it will still probably be a Odin did it but with more thee's and thou's. Either case I'm looking forward to some new lore and quests with feeling.

[Terravcota]

"The adjustments to the fishing system" ... did I miss them say what they were thinking of doing at some point or is it just the way it's worded and they're saying there will be some fishing changes coming?

[NynJa]

Atleast Odin isnt a wizard

[Slycer]

"The adjustments to the fishing system" ... did I miss them say what they were thinking of doing at some point or is it just the way it's worded and they're saying there will be some fishing changes coming?

Was a ways back, I'll see if I can dig up the post.

Edit: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/112...=1#post5475793

[Terravcota]

Was a ways back, I'll see if I can dig up the post.

Thanks for the quick reply. I assume it's this one here http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/112...=1#post5446874

Was far enough back I totally forgot about it...

Edit: More detailed post about their ideas: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/112...sh#post5475793

[Indalecia]

I really don't see anything bad about those changes.

[Eurell]

Sad that play as a monster and ffarmville are being pushed back, but there should still be enough coming out to keep me busy at least.