Next version update rarin' to saddle up! (04/11/2013)

[chichicha]

There's obviously something in the game we are either missing (haven't figured out yet) or just can't access yet due to colonization requirements as far as skirmish goes. Yes, the rewards are amazing, but you have to remember that they explicitly said they would be supporting skirmish with additional content in EVERY version update for SoA. You don't spend those kind of development resources on an activity that you only intend some extremely small percentage of the player base to take part in. I mean heck, there are three entire zones developed specifically for Skirmish (one's not in yet). Leaving skirmish access to incredible randomness also goes very much against Matsui's previously stated design philosophy about making things less about randomness and more about cumulative progress (which is very much exemplified by nearly every other aspect of SoA's overall design).

In the end, I'd say that time is needed both for us to figure out any "tricks" we may not know yet to acquire Skirmish entry items and for the overall progress on colonization to develop. In a month or two if we're still in the same boat with horrifying drop rates/prices on Skirmish entry items, then I think it'll be time to start making a big stink about it.

Thanks, Slycer! I do feel better reading your post.
It's me that I should take this easy and not to hardcore farming yet.

[cchristo]

Ha, so think DRKs might be going back to Scythes after this update? I smell either a GS weaponskill nerf or a scythe WS buff.

[Darkmagi]

No

[Selamis]

Ha, so think DRKs might be going back to Scythes after this update? I smell either a GS weaponskill nerf or a scythe WS buff.

What would give you the idea that that would be happening? The only thing they are changing with the weapon skills, is that 1 merit will now provide a larger boost so that you can unlock more than 3 without being as gimped. 5/5 merits will still provide the same boost as it does now. Also, scythes have always been terrible for drk until Entropy, even back in the day Spinning Slash was better to use than anything scythe provided. It's not really worth using imo unless you have Apoc, or need mp real fast. Granted I realize it is personal preference but I've always been a great sword drk, don't see any reason to stop using it.

[Jem]

Disagree. Greatsword was only better than Scythe if you needed it for skillchain reasons or if you were fighting mobs where the cRatio boost made a significant difference. If the cRatio boost isn't significant then Guillotine shits all over Spinning Slash (although neither are particularly impressive). Spinning Slash was only 2.5 fTP compared to Guillo's 0.875 + 3 1.0 hits. (BG Wiki says Spinning is 2 hits but I am 99.9% certain it's only 1 hit.) Scythe also had better x-hits.

They both had their uses for different things. Greatsword certainly did not make Scythe pointless nor was it superior for all scenarios.

EDIT: Also Insurgency alleviated the skillchain issues granted that was many years on.

[Fake]

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/adoulin/index.html

Looks exactly the same to me.

Doesn't to me

[Jem]

Looks the same to me except it's from a different angle?

Same Horns + Teeth + colouring. Just looks like the SE picture has Achuka with its head angled upwards

[dasva]

Spiral hell was also pretty pimp if you could 300% it

[Kincard]

It's the same monster minus the fact that in their promotional material they had the thing like 3 stories tall and then it ended up being about the size of a humvee.

Hopefully that picture is truth in advertising this time and it's a hugh jazz monster for us to fight this time, but fool me twice SE.

[Trigun]

Choo!~Choo!

[Gokulo]

Lmao

[Obsidian]

It's Quietus's time to shine, guys. Bust out those Redemptions and... whatever the Polearm is called.

[Toth]

Slycer, could you ask on the JP side if the RUN and GEO quests are indeed coming at the end of the month. I feel fairly confident they are based on the notes for the lvl 70 limit break coming in the next version update but I am hoping for some confirmation XD

[Obsidian]

Why not ask yourself, on the English forums?

[Nattack]

Choo!~Choo!

[Toth]

Why not ask yourself, on the English forums?

The devs would respond to an english post???

[grevenilvec75]

Why not ask yourself, on the English forums?

You must be new here.

[Obsidian]

The devs would respond to an english post???

I dunno. I asked about H2H being affected by the one-hander attack ratio change, and they responded directly. Not like you lose anything by trying.

[Cairthenn]

Actually, they just needed somebody to quote to mirror the JP feedback.

[Obsidian]

Well now I feel silly.