OMG at update details..

[Cantide]

- A new command "/blockaid" has been added.
"/blockaid" has the following effect:
Magical assistance (such as "Cure" and "Protect"), trades, party invites etc. from non-party/alliance characters will be blocked.
The "/blockaid" effect will be canceled if the player temporarily logs out to the PlayOnline Viewer, logs out, changes areas, or is KO'd.
Command/Subcommands:
/blockaid on
Activate the blockaid effect.
/blockaid off
Cancel the blockaid effect.
/blockaid
Display current blockaid status.

There is a God. This takes away a lot of MPK ability.

No more Malekking!

[Marcatil]

Seems Secure might actually have to fight for a claim instead of bot Along with the rest of FNII >.> Loser botters

[divisortheory]

lol if you have a Machine Crossbow, feel free to sell it for 30 million after the update.

[Genosync]

And if /range counts as an ability, feel free to sell it for less.

[NynJa]

time to get some Virtue Stones.

[Epical]

Damnit, I knew I shouldn't have tossed my Loxely. ; ;

[divisortheory]

When I open my Job Abilities menu, I don't see a command called "Ranged Attack"

[Genosync]

They never said Job Ability.

They said ability.

You never know.

[Roranora]

It still sounds like MNKs can dominate pulling; who really cares if they can't use Chi Blast for another 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 1hr, whatever? Furthermore, if it's just an added JA/Spell delay for that character, JPs will still insta-pull with mules like they do on Fenrir, DC that mule and then log back on their character. Stun doesn't work on King HNMs enough to rely on it, so it also seems like something one can still pull with. I don't know, maybe I'm just not understanding this, but I don't see it stopping anyone from the way pulls are now, really, with the exception of PLDs not wanting an extra Provoke or Flash delay. Steal/Charm/Stun/Chi Blast/Shadowbind all still seem like they will dominate pulls.

[Octavious]

I quit. HAHAHA.
Time to get my RL back.

and your still spending time arguing over patches for the game.

[Genosync]

Now all they have to do is read an extra memory address, see when it will go unclaimed, and have the bot voke then.

Just more programming, that's all.

[NynJa]

It still sounds like MNKs can dominate pulling; who really cares if they can't use Chi Blast for another 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 1hr, whatever? Furthermore, if it's just an added JA/Spell delay for that character, JPs will still insta-pull with mules like they do on Fenrir, DC that mule and then log back on their character. Stun doesn't work on King HNMs enough to rely on it, so it also seems like something one can still pull with. I don't know, maybe I'm just not understanding this, but I don't see it stopping anyone from the way pulls are now, really.

You're missing something though



"Players will no longer be able to use spells or abilities to claim a monster as soon as it appears."

Sounds to me like there will be a delay before a mob is claimable.
Maybe a short delay to avert packet bots (but not enough of a delay to avert NA latency), but a delay indeed.

[Epical]

It still sounds like MNKs can dominate pulling; who really cares if they can't use Chi Blast for another 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 1hr, whatever? Furthermore, if it's just an added JA/Spell delay for that character, JPs will still insta-pull with mules like they do on Fenrir, DC that mule and then log back on their character. Stun doesn't work on King HNMs enough to rely on it, so it also seems like something one can still pull with. I don't know, maybe I'm just not understanding this, but I don't see it stopping anyone from the way pulls are now, really, with the exception of PLDs not wanting an extra Provoke or Flash delay. Steal/Charm/Stun/Chi Blast/Shadowbind all still seem like they will dominate pulls.

Maybe because... that's how MNKs deal damage at HNMs? =\

[Genosync]

I quit. HAHAHA.
Time to get my RL back.

and your still spending time arguing over patches for the game.

I'm at work, and I don't have anything better to do.

So sorry.

[Janice]

I still think Fafnir should just say 'pick a number and whoever gets closest wins'

Much more democratic.

[Roranora]

I don't think there's any LS where the damage from MNKs swings the battle from being a loss to a win. I wasn't saying they don't contribute; I was just saying, the fights would be survivable if they were without Chi Blast, in my opinion.

[Scunsion]

from now on fafnir is gonna look at us and say:

"not yet........................."
"not yet......................................."
"keep waiting..........."
"not yet.........OK GO LOL"

[Quicklet]

I predict a lot more Spike Flails in the future.

[Gafgarionn]

Is it just me, or has SE been on a streak of making really good changes?

[Roranora]

And even if Fafnir is chilling yellow and no one can claim it for awhile, it'll probably be just as pulls have been up until now once the target because claimable by those abilities. Will there be a list of spells/abilities that cannot be used within 30 seconds (arbitrary number) of the pop, but some can? If so, I'm pulling with Flood while no one can do anything else. '-' Or if they're all disabled, JP ping will likely win as soon as they all become active again.