December 2015 Version Update - Discussion & Findings

[dasva]

No update to RME I guess. They even showed the new stats in the livestream a while back so maybe they changed their minds and cancelled it?

It's just not this update they still working on them

[Cream Soda]

Lackluster update, lol

[Tidis]

Lackluster update, lol

Well they did say it was the end for major version updates in November, maybe this is the sort of updates we'll be getting in future.

[Mojo]

Is any of the Reisenjima HELM gear (including Teles) good?

[EjinCaitsith]

Lackluster update, lol

One of the better updates if you're into endgame. 6 new NMs to fight that sound like they are all Kouryu/WoC/Teles tier difficulty that can't be cheesed with revitalizer. All in all, groups that are capable of killing them should be very busy for awhile working on clears for all stages of the Aeonic quest.

Is any of the Reisenjima HELM gear (including Teles) good?

The 10% enhancing duration staff seems pretty nice, but other than that, assuming none can be augmented, pretty much everything is terrible.

[Kyte]

Nerfed how? It was one of the weaker elemental spells due to the vit mod, and the petrify was already extremely inaccurate.

Umm, it was pretty accurate on anything that you could reasonably expect Petrify to land on. I'll have to check myself but my guess is that he's just an idiot. There's always at least one person after every update that says BLU AoEs got nerfed and then the rumor spreads.

[NynJa]

Did you ever consider that the Japanese text could be wrong?

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good one

[fantasticdan]

Umm, it was pretty accurate on anything that you could reasonably expect Petrify to land on. I'll have to check myself but my guess is that he's just an idiot. There's always at least one person after every update that says BLU AoEs got nerfed and then the rumor spreads.

Nope. The full duration was 1 minute, and even with a shit load of macc it was likely to get resisted to a fraction of that on DC escha mobs. On NMs susceptible to break it rarely landed at all without langour.

[Ramzii]

Did you ever consider that the Japanese text could be wrong?

spat out my drink and i wasn't even drinking anything

[Gaztastic]

Nope. The full duration was 1 minute, and even with a shit load of macc it was likely to get resisted to a fraction of that on DC escha mobs. On NMs susceptible to break it rarely landed at all without langour.

In what world are you living? Either your idea of "a shit load of macc" is actually equal to a total of 7 or you're just talking out your ass. I can't think of any regular mobs I cleave outside of those that are either specifically immune to break or aligned with elements that highly resist earth where entomb's petrify did not land and last for full or close to full duration. And I'm talking mobs a Hell of a lot higher than some Zitah crap.

[Lyramion]

The 10% enhancing duration staff seems pretty nice, but other than that, assuming none can be augmented, pretty much everything is terrible.

These are good: https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Skaoi_Boots

[Fwahm]

The berserk duration sword looks very nice as a macro piece.

[vm0d]

These are good: https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Skaoi_Boots

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low mnd/int though :/

[Atomic Skull]

It's just not this update they still working on them

It was supposed to come out at the same time as the Aeonic quest was introduced and they even showed the stats during the livestream.

[dasva]

It was supposed to come out at the same time as the Aeonic quest was introduced and they even showed the stats during the livestream.

Aeonics were supposed to be done last update too

[Fwahm]

They never promised they would be coming out at the same time, to my knowledge.

[Mojo]

Waiting until REM owners have potentially finished everything in the game until they make them relevant again is a dick move. They should have been relevant ages ago.

[Anoat]

Any verdict on the changes to CoP Dynamis drops? More/less?

[Byrthnoth]

Dynamis - Buburimu used to let NMs have a greater chance of dropping their artifact armor. I am pretty sure that was never the case for any of the other CoP Dynamis zones or for normal monsters, but this is what I think they actually adjusted.

THF mob: http://www.ffxidb.com/zones/40/varhu-bodysnatcher


Dynamis - Beaucedine and Xarcabard also do this.

[Trumpy]

It was the quality of drops that made me wonder what they meant. Update notes said quantity and quality