expansion wishlist

[layoneil]

Somehow, despite not having flash, RDM and SMN take the healing spot in the majority of partys after 40. I wonder why that is? Could it be that Flash is pretty much meaningless compared to nearly limitless MP or group stoneskin, +accuracy, esuna etc. etc.?

the only time i would ever invite a SMN over a WHM to be the main healer in a pick-up XP PT is if the SMN was a friend.

pick-ups is not the time and place you entrust main healing to SMNs.

and there are more than enough Lv 75 WHMs to prove that your "majority" assumption is a flat out lie.

[vudoodoodoo]

Throwing weapon skills would be pimp. People have been asking for a while. NINs would be the new RNG!

[thompkinsthebrian]

YES! that would kick ass. a NIN using throwing weapon skill

[Omaedon]

BTW since this still is the wishlist, I want a new refresh job that isn't monotinous, tedious, and borring.

Or throw my monotinous, tedious, and boring one a spell, job ablilty, or trinket to help numb the pain.

[vudoodoodoo]

Well they would need to lower the price of shuriken from NPC vendors.

[Kuponut]

It was sarcasm Kuponut... RDM/WHM can't Flash or stun, meaning RDM/WHM can't provide that particular form of help in a party. If the NIN is getting his ass kicked cause he fucked up on shadows or had them eaten by a WS right after casting, sucks for him.

Yeah, pretty sure you were just wrong


Stun seems better anyways, because the mob missing after a flash isn't 100% anyways

[thompkinsthebrian]

i dont think they should lower it. make it another big money sink lol.

plus i would just have capped throwing and use it when i got the tp from regular attacks

[Posterboy]

i dont think they should lower it. make it another big money sink lol.

Lowering is good. It's not a money sink if no one uses it because it's too expensive.

[FFXIFlux]

the only time i would ever invite a SMN over a WHM to be the main healer in a pick-up XP PT is if the SMN was a friend.

pick-ups is not the time and place you entrust main healing to SMNs.

and there are more than enough Lv 75 WHMs to prove that your "majority" assumption is a flat out lie.

When I leveled WHM, every party had a WHM in it, when I leveled RDM almost none did, when I leveled NIN, very few had a WHM in it. Thats a majority.

As for merit parties, RDM + BRD + 4x melee or 4x BLM || SMN. No one even thinks about putting a WHM in a merit party, it'd be silly. You're better off filling your last slot with a BST or DRG or hell a DRK than wasteing it on a WHM.

[Nagamaki]

Learn to read text and understand ideas Kuponut. I was making the point that RDM/WHM can't do a lot of things WHM can do, like Flash. Why would I write a post about how WHM is not useless at all and then somehow forget my own opinion and give an example of something RDM could (can't really) also do? Especially with the "I'm sure that's work great for you" tagged at the end, which totally doesn't make it clear I'm aware that RDM/WHM can't flash, I'm sure.

Stun is somewhat more reliable but Flash is good enough to be almost guaranteed miss on a PLD in pretty much any xp settings, over 2-3 rounds. Wasn't comparing stun and flash either, but flash with nothing.

[Eromenos-Ifrit]

I know people are bugging out how rare/ex stuff is a good way to fix inflation and such (which i don't exactly understand since it doesn't take gil out of the system either), but i'm getting annoyed with all this rare.ex shit. The more and more new gear that is rare/ex that comes out, the less and less crafters are in real demand. I mean we spent so much time and money leveling our crafts to become more and more obsolete.

or maybe just because i'm a leathercrafter and i'm a bit bitter that they moved archer rings to bcnm, so can't camp the nm anymore, and we only have 1 cursed item we can synth and who even really wants it anymore? It just seems with every update and stuff they are adding more things for crafters that no one is too overly enthusiastic (sp?) about, because of all the new rare/ex items. Just kinda sucks.

So... MORE CRAFTED ITEMS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT , that's the only thing i'm really really hoping for.

[epigram]

Shield weapon skills ftw!

[NynJa]

stun usually lasts one attack round

flash usually lasts long enough for 2 attack rounds, which are pretty much guaranteed misses. Not to mention if you (pre-)flash a mob TP attack, TP=gone. If you (pre-)stun a mob TP attack, it just uses its TP the next round.

[shihei]

Well last time i checked, when support jobs ask for TH2-4 on NMs they're camping, i dont see THF running out and helping us out

your just not asking the right thf, i stayed up super late last night to help some dude camp mysticmaker

[Gatsby]

I postulate that logging out does not wipe your hate but reduces it as if you were doing nothing during your logout time. The hate loss is not as fast as standing where you are but it does reduce the need to cure you.

I logged to my mule, ran to AH, sent something via delivery, ran back to mog, logged back in on my WHM, cast one cure and got hate on Tiamat. I think you need to /shutdown.

When we have people logging out, they are shutting down. The reason why the hate is still there is because of the added time needed for a shutdown instead of a logoff.

[Khamsin]

I know people are bugging out how rare/ex stuff is a good way to fix inflation and such (which i don't exactly understand since it doesn't take gil out of the system either), but i'm getting annoyed with all this rare.ex shit. The more and more new gear that is rare/ex that comes out, the less and less crafters are in real demand. I mean we spent so much time and money leveling our crafts to become more and more obsolete.

or maybe just because i'm a leathercrafter and i'm a bit bitter that they moved archer rings to bcnm, so can't camp the nm anymore, and we only have 1 cursed item we can synth and who even really wants it anymore? It just seems with every update and stuff they are adding more things for crafters that no one is too overly enthusiastic (sp?) about, because of all the new rare/ex items. Just kinda sucks.

So... MORE CRAFTED ITEMS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT , that's the only thing i'm really really hoping for.

I think people are assuming if there are better rare/ex items than items that are currently worth 10+ mil gil, they could get those instead and it wouldn't matter how expensive the other items got.

Or, with price fixing, say a sell price cap on the AH and bazaars.. for example, SH, hauby, and vermy for 2 mil; juggernaut for 3 mil; emp pin, astral ring, leaping boots, and o.kote for 200-300k, etc. (all the prices that were common back when I got most of those items). Then no one could charge more than that, thereby curbing rampant price inflation with artificial price fixing. Though, its too late for that to work, because if it was implemented now, everyone would have an SH, hauby, astral rings, etc... oh wait, everyone does.

[Varnx]

I would like to see new ABJ sets. I'm thinking maybe stuff like this:

Juggernaught(NQ)/Judgement(HQ) set. Made for heavy melee. Have stuff like massive Attack+, Str+, Crit%+, Weapon attack speed+ and prehaps a built in "Meditate" effect on the body (1-3% a tick maybe?). Drawbacks would be Def-, Damage Taken+, -MP, -HP.
Head: Sallet
Body: Breastplate
Hands: Gauntlents
Legs: Grieves
Feet: Boots

Celestial/Heaven's Set. Made for BLM and an alternative for Summoner. Have Magic Attack+, -Resist%, Magic Potency+, Enhanced Avatar Attack and Acc, Refresh.
Head: Pestasos
Body: Coat
Hands: Gloves
Legs: Tonban
Feet: Sabots
(Alternative could remove the Head and Body and insted have a cloak.)

Thor/Olympia Set. Something for Ninja. Agi+, Evasion+, Haste%+, HP+.
Head: Bandana
Body: Vest
Hands: Bracelets
Legs: Slacks
Feet: Shoes

[Septimus]

the only time i would ever invite a SMN over a WHM to be the main healer in a pick-up XP PT is if the SMN was a friend.

pick-ups is not the time and place you entrust main healing to SMNs.

and there are more than enough Lv 75 WHMs to prove that your "majority" assumption is a flat out lie.

When I leveled WHM, every party had a WHM in it, when I leveled RDM almost none did, when I leveled NIN, very few had a WHM in it. Thats a majority.

As for merit parties, RDM + BRD + 4x melee or 4x BLM || SMN. No one even thinks about putting a WHM in a merit party, it'd be silly. You're better off filling your last slot with a BST or DRG or hell a DRK than wasteing it on a WHM.

Good thing noone does BRD, WHM, RDM, MNK, MNK, MNK. That kind of party would get horrible XP on skeletons in some kind of tomb place...

[Not Kuno]

As for merit parties, RDM + BRD + 4x melee or 4x BLM || SMN. No one even thinks about putting a WHM in a merit party, it'd be silly. You're better off filling your last slot with a BST or DRG or hell a DRK than wasteing it on a WHM.

Good thing noone does BRD, WHM, RDM, MNK, MNK, MNK. That kind of party would get horrible XP on skeletons in some kind of tomb place...

The part of my brain that detects sarcasm just killed itself.

[FFXIFlux]

Good thing noone does BRD, WHM, RDM, MNK, MNK, MNK. That kind of party would get horrible XP on skeletons in some kind of tomb place...

It would, but less than BRD, , RDM, MNK, MNK, MNK would.