Heavensward Preliminary Patch Notes Discussion

[Cairthenn]

Thread too huge.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...0a926fddc9eca8

Official notes differences: https://www.diffchecker.com/zciygvnb

[Seravi Edalborez]

/playtime is in. Let the dickwaving commence.

I swear I called that they would add super version of hunt marks, but they probably aren't for gear that matters so only half-call.

So uh... group contribution ventures is all the airship voyage is? Or is there more coming?

I like the little PvP QoL stuff on the score screen.

[Voyage1970]

Critical Hit Rate now affects Critical Hit Damage < WAT?!

Also that list of skills being changed because "Level cap has been increased" has me curious. What could they possibly change for things like Heavy Thrust or Phlebotomize or Featherfoot?

[Seravi Edalborez]

Critical Hit Rate now affects Critical Hit Damage < WAT?!

Yeah let's talk about this. All of the relevant general battle information:

The limit break for ranged physical DPS has been changed to an attack to all targets in a straight line before the caster. Furthermore, level three limit breaks can now only be used by jobs.

[2.0] Player attributes have been adjusted as follows:
Skilspeed and spellspeed now affect damage over time and healing over time effects.
The effect of determination on auto-attacks has been reduced.
Critical hit rate now affects damage dealt with a critical strike.
Certain attributes no longer affect parry or block.

[2.0] Pets have been adjusted as follows.
The base accuracy of pets has been raised. Furthermore, all pet attacks will now be treated as if attacking from the rear.
Pets will now receive the attribute bonuses of food items.
In order to receive the effects of the caster's spell speed attribute, all pet actions excluding auto-attacks have been changed to elemental damage.

That wording so vague though. Speed affects DoT/HoT effects...in what way?

[Buffy]

Well. Those notes are long.

[Buffy]

Holy shit the level 50 crafting quests require the 2.55 MSQ to be done.

Wow, gating those crafting mules fucking hard.

[Slycer]

Looks like "Aspected Benefic" and "Aspected Helios" are the spells that receive the Sect stance effects, while the normal ones are just pure heals.

[Buffy]

12 Beastman dailies now. Will make catching up easier I suppose.

[Cairthenn]

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/e76...c9eca8_108.png

This little pink atomos minion is my everything.

[Deuce]

Holy shit the level 50 crafting quests require the 2.55 MSQ to be done.

Wow, gating those crafting mules fucking hard.

Based off of the revealed information about specialist actions so far I'm not even sure if mules are going to be necessary.

[Buffy]

Airships can rank up? I don't remember seeing that before, but I haven't been super locked in on expansion info.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Holy shit the level 50 crafting quests require the 2.55 MSQ to be done.

Wow, gating those crafting mules fucking hard.

What, you didn't take 4 characters through the MSQ and max Ixali? What a casual!

[Buffy]

Triple triad from inside FC house is nice.

[Buffy]

Hey Rocl, more sightseeing log!

[Buffy]

[2.0] The armoury bonus when below level 50 has been increased to a 100% increase in experience points gained.
From level 50 onward, the armoury bonus is a 50% increase in experience points gained.

This one isn't bad either.

[Burningthought]

I honestly didn't see anything that really stuck out to me. I think the patch note reading (live stream) will take place here very soon.

[Rocl]

Hey Rocl, more sightseeing log!

Been waiting since Fanfest and Koji Fox said he had just got done translating way mroe logs >\

[Voyage1970]

Yeah let's talk about this. All of the relevant general battle information:



That wording so vague though. Speed affects DoT/HoT effects...in what way?

I assume it'll be similar to how Determination just gives a flat damage buff except slightly more potent?

[Buffy]

[3.0] New master recipe books have been added.

FUCK YOU

[Classikmage]

[2.0] Player attributes have been adjusted as follows:

Skill speed and spell speed now affect damage over time and healing over time effects.

I can only assume one of two outcomes from this, either it will increase the damage each tick by them or.... more likely, will probably just make them tick a bit faster based your current skill speed/speed.

The effect of determination on auto-attacks has been reduced.

This just makes me sad. It's just straight up a nerf to determination.

Critical hit rate now affects damage dealt with a critical strike.

This is interesting. So sounds like Critical hit will also now add a damage boost to spells/abilities that critical along side the damage you get from the Critical. Making Critical Hit even more valuable than it was before.

Certain attributes no longer affect parry or block.

Only two statistics affect parry/block. STR affects parry/block damage and DEX affects parry/block rates. Since these stats are only used for tanking mobs with and STR is actually used by tank jobs, I'm going to assume this is pertaining to DEX. Since BRD and NIN technically aren't tanking jobs, SE feels the parry/block rate on DEX is not really viable.