Rune Fencer Findings

[Hitou]

[Byrthnoth]

Hero derp how does the test server work? I swear putting content on there is just a waste of time for them.

[Taim Meich]

Not intended? Not meriting. Good thing, I was going to spend the merits right now. Vallation/Valiance and Pflug it is, then.

[lolwut]

I'll 5/5 Rune (free hate!) 5/5 Vallation/Valiance (much more useful now that we can swap all 3 runes on the fly thanks to no recast), 5/5 Battuta, 4/5 Inspiration, 1/5 Rayke.

SE has noted an issue where Rune Fencer abilities became useful, and will be adjusting them.

[Issue Details]
- An issue wherein if a player puts points into the following merit point categories, the cool down of the corresponding job abilities is decreased.

* Rune Fencer: Rune Enchantment / Vallation / Lunge / Pflug

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post453342

Edit: Bleh, should have refreshed the page. Also should have waited before dropping all those merits into Run yesterday. Q_Q

[kenshyn]

0 recast man that's pretty sick wonder if it will make it to the live server like that...

Well it did make it >.> man love SE test team incoming emergency maintenance made run have a decent ability......

[ccl]

This is so lame, that was one of the only cool thing(for me!) this update, I guess it's time to cancel till august at least if you're capped on delve boss drop and don't need gil/plasm :/.

The AF better me amazing, I bet they saw the dissapointment on the merit posted and AF were just as bad so they decided to delay it.

[dasva]

I particularly like how they are doing emergency maintenance to fix something that helps players on a job that is hardly played but no mention of fixing things that hurt the players

[ccl]

Did some Inspiration testing, and if we ignore the optimal dmg part and go /nin, RUN seems pretty much invincible!

With inspiration/double march/haste/(only fast cast gear I have for run is acp body/athos hat/thaumas hands/loq earring) and 25% gear haste.

Recast were:

foil: 8sec
ni/flash: 7sec
ichi: 6sec

I'm not sure if it's possible to lower those but, rotating foil/flash, keeping run up, carol II/ barspell; vallation it seems really hard to let a run die, I know the game doesn't need Tank atm, but I can slowly see run fitting tank role!

As for dmg, on spreadsheet, run/sam isn't that far behind drk(no souleater!) for ally event and offer more survivability!

Was /drk JA haste ever tested ? And What would be the optimal run fast cast gear ? Anything better than this ?

JA 50%
Mirke wardecore 5%
Chelo feet 5%
Orvail pant 5%
Neck 5%(anything else in that slot w/o enmity -?)
Thaumas glove 4%
Athos hat 2%
Loq ear 2%
prolix 2%
Would prolly use haste 9% belt/ 3% thaumas/5% hat/ and some haste feet or legs to cap gear haste.

Feel free to share any idea to improve recast/enmity!

[Seha]

Can use Veneficium ring and Impatiens for a chance at quickcast too. While for utsu there's Magoraga beads(10% iirc?)

[Arthars]

7 sec ni? O_O

thats good XD

[ccl]

Can use Veneficium ring and Impatiens for a chance at quickcast too. While for utsu there's Magoraga beads(10% iirc?)

I'm thinking of this set for foil/flash:

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/307472

And using impatiens/veneficums/utsu neck and prolix for shadow, I'm not even sure hasty pinions drop a sec on recast, gonna have to borrow brd more to test once I get everything or need someone that can do math!

With flash being 1280 VE / 180 CE ( 1766 / 248 with 38 enmity) and foil being 880 VE / 320 CE ( 1214 / 441) we're looking at 2980 VE 689 CE every 9-10sec sec w/o any other hate tool, that seems nice like 40sec to cap VE and about 2min to cap CE!

7 sec ni? O_O

thats good XD

Yeah that seems really awesome if you liked shadow tanking as nin/drk or even pld/nin! I'm totally going run/nin to new Naakual, just need to convice a brd and a whm to come and give me carol/bar/marchX2/haste and see if I can survive it!

[noodles355]

Are the naakuals regular attacks AoE? Someone said their attack mechanic is like ironclads'. If so wouldn't that kinda shit over /nin?

[ccl]

Are the naakuals regular attacks AoE? Someone said their attack mechanic is like ironclads'. If so wouldn't that kinda shit over /nin?

Shadow still block aoe attack it just take more than 1 shadow/attack can def ride ichi/ni timer and forever blink them with such low recast, and gonna try foil on Ironclad now!

[kenshyn]

Man this new great sword looks easy as hell to get got the -1 last night have to search for the others but damn d189 +15 Enmity

Voay Sword 99 Great Sword DMG:189 Delay:504 Attack+20 Enmity+15 PLD / DRK / RUN

Like whoa no delve needed lol with inspiration giving those short recasts I might have to test run/nin out again....

[ccl]

Oh good call totally forgot about that GS, now just hope there are mob that need tanking!

edit HQ is totally enmity +20!


New number would be

Flash: VE: 2022
CE: 275

Foild: VE: 1390
CE: 505

so 3412 VE / 780 CE every 10sec! <30sec to cap VE! still about 2min for CE.

[Dotsudoku]

I can't see that being better than a Senbaak with enmity swaps for JA/spells. It's a pretty tremendous downgrade

[ccl]

I can't see that being better than a Senbaak with enmity swaps for JA/spells. It's a pretty tremendous downgrade

And you're most likely correct Just need flying mob D:!

[kenshyn]

Since I never will get a senbaak unless the price drops like a rock for a job I don't play that much its a perfect upgrade for me and the price should be great based on the mats..

[Dotsudoku]

...Bereaver?

[kenshyn]

...Bereaver?

Yeah I know it's this thing with the REM update I refuse to buy weapons that I made at 99 or even play drk for now until they release the changes. A D189 damage with delay 504 isn't bad for what I want to do and the price should be right.