Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXI

[Sho]

This Jazz.....

Soken invoked Nujabes on dat beat. He blessed the track and niggas ain't even knowin.

RIP Based Nujabes.

[Karbuncle]

Pair Raw Intuition with Awareness. Easy.

inc emergency Main-ohwait.

Stop breaking things before they're introduced damnit.

Soken invoked Nujabes on dat beat. He blessed the track and niggas ain't even knowin.

RIP Based Nujabes.

I liked the Library music tbh, idk how well it fits the theme but I liked it lol.

[Cutriss]

I absolutely hate, sincerely hate, that I can't be excited for the new dungeons... because I know its going to be Trash mobs > Faceroll boss > Trash mobs > Faceroll boss > trash mobs > Faceroll final boss, repeat to cap <currency> until next patch. I'm a point where I don't have many things to do, I'm bored of my current library of games and its sad ._., I want to something to be excited for, I want to be excited for Heavensward I really do but I can't bring myself up to that point.

I wonder if adding random single tomestone drops to the trash would make them a little more appealing.

[Seravi Edalborez]

At least the trash will be worth doing for a bit because EXP <_<

Dragonsong is nice and that trailer has me a little hyped for story, but I hope that's not gonna be used for a final boss like Answers was because it doesn't really hit a climax like Answers.

[Cutriss]

Assize

Awesome. They found a way to make Naul puns look good.

[Voyage1970]

They should add an Objective Meter on the side of dungeons that fills as you kill trash. At certain breakpoints you get bonus rewards; an extra final chest, more gil/exp, more tomes, etc.

[Cutriss]

Furthermore, we will introduce Stone III and Aero III which will be the main attack spells, as well as new ranged DoT spells.

Uh? Aero III *and* DOTs?

...are we about to get Water?

[Ophannus]

So Blood of the Dragon(the HNGGGGGG!!! ability) is like a 10-15 second "Addendum" type ability that unlocks a 4th combo ender after Chaos/Full Thrust. Then there will be a different ability that consumes the Blood of the Dragon effect for some other boost I presume. Perhaps use your enders before it wears off then when there's 1-2s left, hit the consume ability->profit? Unless the duration/potency of the effect depends on how much duration was left on Blood of the Dragon before being consumed?

[Elcura]

At least the trash will be worth doing for a bit because EXP <_<

For now, at least!

But yeah, there definitely needs to be a random tome drops from trash, doesn't have to exceed the weekly limit but knowing there is basically nothing for killing trash is...trash.

Not sure how I feel about MNK abilities, I'd rather they thought about GL3 more rather than keeping the frustration that is building stacks for a little payoff (and it sounds like fights will have more breaks now which just means the worst part of MNK is probably going to get even worse). Astrologist looks cool though, but super bummed about MNK for now.

[Seravi Edalborez]

SCH (what the shit they still just say fairy is traded for "magic power" the fuck does that mean)

Deployment Tactics is like Bane but for Adlo/E4E? Cool.

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Instead of just simply increasing a scholar's abilities, we made adjustments by adding actions that require you to really think about their use and the best time to utilize them. There are many actions which are useful during boss battles, so you may feel that it hasn’t changed much while running through instance dungeons.

New action: Indomitability
A new AoE healing action will supplement scholar’s current AoE healing strength, which may have felt a bit weak up until now.

New action: Deployment Tactics
This action will extend the effect of Adloquium and Eye for an Eye that is on the target player to other party members in range.

New action: Emergency Tactics
Instead of adding a barrier effect to Adloquium, this action will give addition healing power for the amount of the effect of the barrier.

New action: Dissipation
With this action, you dismiss your fairy in exchange for magic power.

Astrologian (names are different from stream)

Spoiler: show

There are two stances, Diurnal Sect and Nocturnal Sect, which you can switch between. One of them is simply a healing stance much like white mage, while the other uses barriers much like scholar.

Depending on which stance you are in the effects of each ability and spell will largely vary, so first it would be best to get used to one stance and then try and master the next.

Additionally, you’ll be able to use actions such as the barrier created by Y’shtola in the main scenario and you can draw cards which will give various types of buffs.

Depending on the card that you randomly draw, you can gain effects such as enhanced attack power, haste, and also damage reduction. Furthermore, you can use the ability Royal Road to return the card you draw to your deck and enhance the next one you draw. There is also an ability to set aside a good card you drew and an ability known as Shuffle to redraw a card. It’s a really fun job where you will have to consider how to use your cards depending on the situation and the card you draw.

[Raldo]

I think I preferred "Moon Reading" and "Star Reading"

[Rocl]

Emergency Tactics only seems marginally useful if the doubled Galvanize effect you lose on crits is taking into account

[Cutriss]

New action: Deployment Tactics
This action will extend the effect of Adloquium and Eye for an Eye that is on the target player to other party members in range.

Adlo? Neat.

E4E? Isn't that kinda...worthless? I guess maybe if you have an AOE-heavy boss and each target with E4E rolls independently to put the E4E dmg-down effect on the attacker...still seems kinda pointless though. But hey, it's not a nerf.

[octopus]

"magic power" still doesn't really says anything to me, but love that bane move lol

[Spider-Dan]

Emergency Tactics only seems marginally useful if the doubled Galvanize effect you lose on crits is taking into account

It seems like both Tactics are ideally to be used for crit shields.

E4E spreading would be super useful in PvP.

[Cutriss]

E4E spreading would be super useful in PvP.

How much you wanna bet it's nerfed/unavailable in PvP?

[Seravi Edalborez]

It sounds like you need ET up before the cast though, so you're deciding in advance whether you want to cast Adlo-Shieldmode or Adlo-Cure2mode.

[Niiro]

Adlo? Neat.

E4E? Isn't that kinda...worthless? I guess maybe if you have an AOE-heavy boss and each target with E4E rolls independently to put the E4E dmg-down effect on the attacker...still seems kinda pointless though. But hey, it's not a nerf.

Unless the AoE damage is physical (see: almost never) it won't matter since E4E only procs on physical attacks.

[Raldo]

I don't really get ET... Unless you have two scholars, or your shields don't stack with Astro shields, I don't see why you'd ever use ET unless there's also some boost to cure potency.

There's basically no difference between shielding the amount and healing the amount, except heals cap out at max HP.

[Seravi Edalborez]

If it's a fulltime mode and not just a one-off action, it probably is totally just to make 2 SCH (or playing with an Astrologian who only knows shieldmode) more doable.