FFXIV 6.0: Endwalker (December 7, 2021)

[Uzor]

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Makes sense, since Erichthonius seems like he hates his father, and Lahabrea not caring that Athena died

[Anoat]

Raid story talk

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Erichthonios and Themis are gonna go on to become the Lahabrea and Elidibus we deal with, aren't they?

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Erichthonios has the mask of Lahabrea on his head during the first fight, whether that is his or supposed to be a nod to his father I’m not sure.

[Kaslo]

Note: I'm still hoping we get a lavos like entity at the bottom of the Raid, just to complete the Kingdom of Zeal theme of Elpis

[Dotsudoku]

I suppose that's true. Though it would be interesting to see a tier list of sorts just for the sake of curiosity. I'm not a huge meta nut but IIRC they were in 3rd place for EW for highest DPS potential only behind SAM and DRG and well... fuck SAM and all the micro managing.

bear in mind that balance considers raid contributions as well. Trick attack is a huge boon to your entire party, and as such your personal DPS should always be expected to trail more selfish DPS jobs accordingly

[Dotsudoku]

Yeah, and I’m thinking Sage might get some changes too. Having done some current end-game content with it, I feel like it has too much healing and too little damage. Maybe I’m just not used to Sage yet or don’t use the correct Materia, but despite me spamming my damaging skills and having near 100% uptime on DoT, other healers consistently outdamage me even with worse gear. Healing is always at the top though with little overhealing even though the only heals that ever need to be thrown out are the OGD ones (except the damage+heal one) and the occasional shield AoE heal.


One change that could help is if they change it so that breaking AoE shield also gives Addersgall stacks for the DPS abilities as you essentially never get those outside of dungeons, or make it so that you also get Addersgall from the ability that restores the normal energy (the name escapes me atm).

SGE damage is a little lower than I had expected, I do hope they address that. Healing I think will work itself out as damage intake becomes a bit more intense.

And the only problem with tweaking the way addersting is acquired is that they'd likely have to adjust its damage or range as a consequence. I don't think they'd leave a movement ability DPS neutral while allowing you to build it organically and execute it without positional limitation

[Dotsudoku]

also

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themis 100% has our Elidibus's VA, and his personality, age, and competency entirely align with what we were given in the short stories

[Hellfury]

Finally finished! I have to admit that overall storywise Endwalker felt better, but I think my perspective is marred by the uneven parts of the first 1/3rd of Endwalker and the technical issues that I escaped from unscathed at Shadowbringers, so how brilliant it got towards the end lifted it a lot, it just didn't leave me with the same sense of satisfaction that Shadowbringers did. It was bloody marvellous though.
The soundtrack though, and the visuals, and the storytelling in genereral, and the piecing everything together and just the sheer brilliant worldbuilding (or .. worldfinishing?) they have really outdone themselves, it is brilliant.

[Lokus]

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I'm still hoping we get a lavos like entity at the bottom of the Raid, just to complete the Kingdom of Zeal theme of Elpis

Some people still not done with the story let alone started the raid.

[Corrderio]

Have you played SAM during this expansion? I feel like it was pretty simple before but now it's much easier since everything gives you your buffs.

They key word is the micro managing. I am meh at Kenkai management or popping Ikishoten

[Lokus]

Story predictions for the raid series

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We find out why specifically Emet-Selch, Elidibus, and Lahabrea weren't sundered. The answer is probably cause we told Venat they weren't sundered so she spared them but that seems kinda whack. I suspect we'll have a boss called Sabik which will cast Ultima on us and we'll somehow meet Eric's sundered self during this questline

[Kaslo]

Some people still not done with the story let alone started the raid.

Nothing there spoils anything except a zone name, as we've seen images of a Kingdom of Zeal style zone...

[Koul]

They key word is the micro managing. I am meh at Kenkai management or popping Ikishoten

never play Monk then lol

[Corrderio]

never play Monk then lol

Noted. I only took it to 50 and wasn't much of a fan.

[Takiwaki]

Noted. I only took it to 50 and wasn't much of a fan.

Its kinda worse now too. The changes are what brought me back and it kinda sucks atm. I just dont get how the same team can make a job that feels great like Reaper and yet make a mess of monk again and again for years.

[Vaspinne]

Drg hits that sweet spot for me. The rotation is basic as fuck but they sprinkle in so many oGCD abilities and buffs that by 90 it is just constantly engaging enough without being a clusterfuck

[IceSylph]

Raid series spoilers:

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On top of what was already said, the Warrior of Light we fight in 5.3 looks similar to Themis/Elidibus. The design is obviously based on FF1 WoL, but I feel they look similar enough regardless.

[The Stig]

Yeah I agree, MNK is pretty crap to play right now.

I like:
Removing directions except for Snap Punch or Demolish
So it's less moving, and I can be more free on my rotation

I dislike:
The new Perfect Balance to some ability change
I only have one OCD to push now which is dependent on me having my chakra built up
Just doesn't feel as fun for some reason

I'll get it to 90 and ignore it this time around

[Takiwaki]

Yeah I agree, MNK is pretty crap to play right now.

I like:
Removing directions except for Snap Punch or Demolish
So it's less moving, and I can be more free on my rotation

I dislike:
The new Perfect Balance to some ability change
I only have one OCD to push now which is dependent on me having my chakra built up
Just doesn't feel as fun for some reason

I'll get it to 90 and ignore it this time around

let me add some salt after playing it a bit in ex fights and switching to war for savage.

40 sec pb cooldown is stupid, aligns with nothing when SE said they wanted to streamline and align jobs to burst phases, and the rotation at the moment is def not what se intended. Keeping track of riddle of earth and having to "adjust" the rotation to accomodate a perfect PB rotation when its up is bad. Holding PB until riddle is up =/ . Dying and losing both solar and luna nadi. both solar and lunar blitz are pure aoe attacks so if you are dpsing adds and it dies just before your hit your blitz and it whiffs you are fucked for another round of pb to build nadis. The blitz system could have been a ton better.

In fact Reaper did it right and the entire reaper mechanic could have been reskined and used for monk with a nice "SSJ" burst phase instead of shroud, while chakra would be the first resource to build. Rantings of a slaty monk

[Abandon]

what is slaty

[Vaspinne]

Misspelled slutty. Takiwaki is a slutty monk.