Possibly returning - Questions

[Shaano]

Everyone and their mother playing again, idk how hyperion is looking but excal is 'healthy'

[Fievel]

Everyone and their mother playing again, idk how hyperion is looking but excal is 'healthy'

There's cross server PF and we're on the same data center, Kirby can play with us even without server transfer.

[Shaano]

shhh make him come over ;D

[Pooky]

Everyone I know offline is coming back...all of them are on Hyperion, and I'm sitting here on Excalibur

[Kirbyprime]

Party Finders are cross server now? Huh... that's useful. Been playing other MMOs and single server party finder was one of the things that annoyed me.

[octopus]

Not only that, you can now check for duty completion so the system does the no bonus check for you!

[Vaspinne]

Party Finders are cross server now? Huh... that's useful. Been playing other MMOs and single server party finder was one of the things that annoyed me.

This change happened a couple updates ago and yeah, it's really convenient.

[Shaano]

Sadly can't give you food/pots/crafted stuff in instances qq /incentive

[mallister]

filthy casual here, back for the new expansion. much shame.

[Damane]

anythign new? I am still holding back to see if the endgame formula changes or its the same shitty pattern :/, If its the same pattern no need for me to jump back on the board instantly.

[Silenka]

Considering we are all walled off by duties right now (the DF is broken for the moment) can't really say yet.

[Nitsuki]

Hearing fate grinding is back in full force.

[Gokulo]

This is what people are saying from patch notes probably, not from experience yet

[Dotsudoku]

Haven't touched a level 60 area yet, but leveling 50-60 is waaay faster in POTD and PVP

(PVP changes are money, btw)

[Raldo]

Some friends are trying to get me to come back, so I looked over the Bard changes (http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/bard).

Did they fuck up (or omit stuff for brevity) the descriptions for songs, because they all sound the same (except for the repertoire stuff, which only looks to affect the bard who cast it). Can someone clear that up for me? Does Ballad/Paeon no longer do the MP/TP stuff?

Also, can someone explain, or direct me to an explanation of, "Direct Hit"?

[octopus]

One of the reason FATE grinding is back is that instances were fucked, people can't do dungeons/potd/roulettes so the last resort is to grind FATES lol

[Eragon]

So I never bought Heavensward but I did pre-order Stormblood which comes with HW and early access. Do I get to access both expansions today since early access started or do I need to wait until official release to get access to HW? I'm finding mixed results online.

Edit: Nevermind I answered it myself. I do have access!

[Vaspinne]

Some friends are trying to get me to come back, so I looked over the Bard changes (http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/bard).

Did they fuck up (or omit stuff for brevity) the descriptions for songs, because they all sound the same (except for the repertoire stuff, which only looks to affect the bard who cast it). Can someone clear that up for me? Does Ballad/Paeon no longer do the MP/TP stuff?

Also, can someone explain, or direct me to an explanation of, "Direct Hit"?

In terms of damage, it goes Regular Hit -> Direct Hit -> Critical Hit -> Direct Critical Hit. It's a new stat that replaces Accuracy (which is now a fixed number). And it's only for DPS to get boosts on gear.

The bard changes I haven't looking into too much, but yeah, they pretty much drastically changed the job. Songs should be constantly played, they do DoT, they don't reduce your damage anymore, they give a constant Crit+ boost (of 2% I think) and the repertoire stuff is just boosts to the your (the Bard's) abilities. No more casting either. They don't affect TP or MP anymore. Albeit, then you get Troubadour a 62, it adds an additional effect to each song that gives them a more unique buff to the party.

[Spider-Dan]

However, Foe Requiem is basically the same as before.

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SCH is now really weird in PVP. The "Summon" command is an instant ability that costs 10 Faerie gauge, which you build by using Lustrate, Adlo, or Physick. When you use Summon, it summons a non-targetable, no-HP-bar Eos that just hovers around you and casts Embrace on whatever you heal. The net effect is not unlike Emergency Tactics; when you cast a heal, it's really a double-heal. The faerie gauge slowly depletes as she's on the field, and she disappears when it's empty.

[Silenka]

Yeah SCH fairy is pretty shitty implementation imo. I ran all the healers through PVP earlier and decided I don't like any of them in PVP, but WHM was the most fun of the 3. I never did like healing in PVP very much to begin with so that didn't change, but the flavor of the jobs (except WHM, ironically) has been gutted out. SCH fairy is useless and barely present, AST doesn't have its fun broken insta-shields that made it unkillable anymore, and I can't even shuffle my cards. WHM's abilities are the most fun to use in current PVP, so if I ever have to heal in there it'll likely be on WHM.