Dev Tracker: Discussion

[Malithar]

I don't understand how 10 more merits is discouraging to anyone when there's incentive to do them simply for the gear. This isn't 2005 where 10 merits is a couple hours of work. Could get the 20 needed in less than 30 minutes without issue on any number of jobs, or just go out and get merits with the group that you're doing BCs with.

[S N K]

I don't see why bst couldn't get a puk pug, they're charmable.

The Devs just need to quit fucking around and just remove the level cap on all the jugs.

[fantasticdan]

That too, but knowing SE they'll just continue to slowly churn out ilvl versions of old jugs instead, while skipping the useful ones like hippo and slug.

[dasva]

The Devs just need to quit fucking around and just remove the level cap on all the jugs.

Exactly being limited to only the most recent 1-2 jugs they churn out usually after the old ones become uncapped is just plain stupid. It would be like if each update for smn they released satchets that only worked for a couple of avatars. Hey guys have fun only using titan until next ilvl update... unless you want to mess around with 114 avatars.

Except this is worse since they keep giving us mediocre pets. I mean most the stats 114 falcoor are higher most 117 pets iirc and decimates 119 frog lol. Not to mention all the good ready moves are on older pets so really it's more like if smn could only get n00buncle up to 119.

I'd give anything for a capped slug, th pet, lizard, or hell even a genbu or leech assuming their moves could land

[FNH]

The big deal is that it doesn't make a lot of sense to introduce new content and then passively discourage people from doing it.

But I don't have a dog in this fight.

Do you want them to give you a mythic in the log in campaign too? jfc, some things will require more work to achieve.

[Hitou]

Uncapping all jugs might be a bit much, but at least uncapping all the jugs added after the 80~ cap would be nice. Or you know adding new jugs of the mobs that got left behind and not making the ingredients a bitch from the start.

[dasva]

well just removing the capping in general I'd imagine would be easier than changing the caps of individual ones to something unreachable

[Hitou]

Probably true. But SE doesn't usually pick the easiest solution to any problem, see salvage congestion. Has anyone tested the HQ versions of 119 jug pets yet to compare to regular 119 pets? I haven't managed to get any HQ yet on the few jugs I crafted after the update.

[fantasticdan]

There is some numbers posted here: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/114...t-damage/page8

Seems like they just have slightly higher def/hp.

[dasva]

Yeah why the jugs even have defense penalties to begin with amazes me so much so that the HQs just have less of a penalty lol. I mean really already have no real way to raise their stats and this...

[Hitou]

Two new JP posts today. First one seems to be confirming that merit ws still have the 85% alpha applied to them unless I misread it. Second one is replying to a request to remove the red lines of readying a TP move/BP etc of pets so it's easier to stun mobs. The reply seems to indicate they're looking into a toggle for it.

[Sechs]

IF your translation is right and indeed merit WS still have the 85% alpha then I wonder: is it just a temporary thing because for some reason they couldn't remove it in time from Merit WS? Or they forgot?
Or is it an intentional choice and it's going to stay like this forever?

[Ophannus]

Do merit weapon skills really need to be stronger?

[Sechs]

Certainly not Resolution!
But a few others could use some help.

[dasva]

Do merit weapon skills really need to be stronger?

Some yeah this update was incredibly uneven in who got real boosts

[Ophannus]

Yeah but so weaker weapon skills get a boost but so will shoha smite and resolution.

[NynJa]

Yeah but so weaker weapon skills get a boost but so will shoha smite and resolution.

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Toth]

IF your translation is right and indeed merit WS still have the 85% alpha then I wonder: is it just a temporary thing because for some reason they couldn't remove it in time from Merit WS? Or they forgot?
Or is it an intentional choice and it's going to stay like this forever?

Wasn't the whole point of meritting them that they started 'weaker' and grew stronger with more merits? It would make sense if alpha stayed at the start but was removed as it reached level 5, no?

[ccl]

Also outside of 3step+ light skillchain shoha is useless now.

[Sechs]

"Useless" seems a bit stretching it ccl But it's pretty clear that Shoha ain't anymore in the "mandatory" position it used to be before.