New Features in Aht Urhgan(06/21/2006)

[Nagamaki]

Dude, none of those give Resist Paralyze, that's obviously the most important stat on a Dalmatica.

Just like those precious Shura Kote you see everyone making, damn that's some killer cursed gear right there.

[BRP]

I simply like how Cursed Abj is becoming weaker and weaker by the fact they keep on adding mimicing armor that is either just as strong or slightly weaker.

I don't see anything that compares to w.legs, a.body. SE has horrible itemization and 3 years later still hasn't obsoleted gear. Of course they've released 1.1 expansions in that time too... Regardless, I'm still wearing errant, BOOOoo WOOOoo.

Fixed for truth.

Too bad Zenith body is overrated and why would SE add a replacement for Wyrmal legs? I don't think anyone is parsing higher because they can ran 1/10th fast. Flat out retarded flux. Only Ridil is worth standing in Aery for so long.

[rahskala]

I happen to agree with flux that most of this stuff should have been included in the expansion, and that it's disappointing that we had to wait 3 months for them to do it.

However, at least we're getting it. Square still reacts to the requests of the playerbase and the reality of the game at a glacial pace, but at least now they seem to be reacting at all, instead of just working on whatever fucked-up ideas came to them in a dream, or while they were high on whatever they were smoking when they came up with Lumoria HNMs.

At last, the game is starting to turn around. It's happening slowly...but it's happening.

[niwaar]

To be honest, the first day in Whitegate I ran around with all the other people talking to every NPC looking for the Storage NPC. When I did not find him, I came to the conclusion that they were "saving" him to place inside Imperial Whitegate. Just as they did not give us AH access in Tavnazia til after a certain mission was completed.

The rest of this "announcement" sounds very nice. It still does nothing at all to eliminate the need to homepoint in Whitegate. I don't say give us an op. I do ask why not give us a new spell to tele-wajaom and the leypoint. Its obviously a crag-crystal like object, now make it simple and give us a tele/warp spell to get there.

[layoneil]

I don't think anyone is parsing higher because they can ran 1/10th fast.

because parsing higher is the only thing that matters in this game. running 1/10th faster saves you 1/10th the time, and time is pretty much everything in this game.

Verm is a pathetic replacement for Dalmatica for a RDM with AF2 Hat.

Gaudy Harness is pathetic period, 49 MP isn't enough for me to cast Curaga.

Only Ridil is worth standing in Aery for so long.

and Bahamut's Zaghnal should've had DMG that made it better than Ridill. the current one is worse than Soboro Sukehiro.

Flux is retarded but people who defend FFXI Itemization is even more retarded.

[Eternus]

Need 48 MP to cast Viruna to remove Plague from Tiamat's wing omg... too bad the plague would totally remove Gaudy Harness's refresh trait anyways. Gaudy Harness seems like trash for BRD compared to Dalmatica.. but Dalm is mp regen macro gear if you have Osode/AF1+1/Manteel... well all of them are macro gear really.

[FFXIFlux]

Too bad Zenith body is overrated and why would SE add a replacement for Wyrmal legs? I don't think anyone is parsing higher because they can ran 1/10th fast. Flat out retarded flux. Only Ridil is worth standing in Aery for so long.

Yeah, w.legs suck, I haven't prevented wipes by kiting Formor, Goblins and other shitpiles of mobs in dynamis, I've never kited Prudence, lived through Kirin because of them, gotten out of range of GA 3s and GA 4s countless times because of them and soloed shit thats immune or becomes immune to gravity because of them. Totally useless.

Ridill is a fucking toy for getting merits faster. The biggest upgrade for a warrior for HNM situations is to go to their mog house and change to a mage job.

[Kurp]

Ridill is a fucking toy for getting merits faster. The biggest upgrade for a warrior for HNM situations is to go to their mog house and change to a mage job.

No.

[Garret]

Too bad Zenith body is overrated and why would SE add a replacement for Wyrmal legs? I don't think anyone is parsing higher because they can ran 1/10th fast. Flat out retarded flux. Only Ridil is worth standing in Aery for so long.

Yeah, w.legs suck, I haven't prevented wipes by kiting Formor, Goblins and other shitpiles of mobs in dynamis, I've never kited Prudence, lived through Kirin because of them, gotten out of range of GA 3s and GA 4s countless times because of them and soloed shit thats immune or becomes immune to gravity because of them. Totally useless.

Ridill is a fucking toy for getting merits faster. The biggest upgrade for a warrior for HNM situations is to go to their mog house and change to a mage job.

Real men eat Kirin's -Ga's to the face.

[NynJa]

I don't think anyone is parsing higher because they can ran 1/10th fast.

because parsing higher is the only thing that matters in this game. running 1/10th faster saves you 1/10th the time, and time is pretty much everything in this game.

Verm is a pathetic replacement for Dalmatica for a RDM with AF2 Hat.

Gaudy Harness is pathetic period, 49 MP isn't enough for me to cast Curaga.

You make it sound like everyone has a Duelist Chapeau...


And how often will a RDM really be wearing that o-so-precious Dalm ??
I'm no rdm, but every time I see RDM's at HNM's...oh wait, I dont see them, because they're always blinking in and out of gear, and usually the body piece swaps too.

[Reynard]

Dont have af2 hat, but still, i dont like taking off the fast cast hat, and the 1MP tick would be quite helpful especially when i get near the bottom of my mp pool and need to make sure refresh and stoneskin stay up as i prepare for converts. I hate when i run out of refresh just shy of a spell i HAVE to cast, and I dont want to buy a vermy due to both its cost and hassle with macros since its 2 slot. When im curebomb whoring in merit parties id wear a dalmatica most of the time, and when im screwing around solo itd be great. Hell, most god fights I'd wear it for most of the fight unless I'm casting a debuff that wont land anyway. AND, i"m lazy and want to be able to regen mp without thinking about it while im riding airships like whm and smn can so commonly. All other jobs that get MP from their main job (ok, not BLU) have ATLEAST one other autorefresh body slot item. RDM should get one too. Feel kinda ripped off af+1 nor Chausable offered it. Im too busy to consider camping kings or doing dynamis twice every single week, but I'm still quite into the game. there should be alternatives.

[layoneil]

You make it sound like everyone has a Duelist Chapeau...

we have 3 RDMs in BG right now with AF2 Hat without Dalmaticas. and i'm thinking we'll get another AF2 Hat before we get another Dalmatica.

And how often will a RDM really be wearing that o-so-precious Dalm ??
I'm no rdm, but every time I see RDM's at HNM's...oh wait, I dont see them, because they're always blinking in and out of gear, and usually the body piece swaps too.

so just because something is macro gear means it's not important?

Dalmatica for RDM and BRD is the default piece because that's the one you benefit from just by having it on.

when a RDM is refreshing and hasting they don't need to be changing their body piece (but i'm sure RDMs in your LS don't Haste or Refresh).

close to if not more than half of the HNMs are either totally immune to debuffs or you can land stuff while wearing Dalmatica anyway. a RDM will be fine wearing Dalmatica for 90% of Limbus and 90% of Dynamis outside of Xarcabard.

i'd say a RDM who has every body piece they can equip would spend more time in a Dalmatica than out of it, i know i do on BRD.

[FFXIFlux]

You make it sound like everyone has a Duelist Chapeau...

The chapeau is a pain in the ass to get, but it's still easier than a.body. One would think you'd know that since the linkshell you're currently in has gotten 0 a.body and 6+ chapeau. Hell, chapeau is soloable with difficulty and duoable with ease.

And how often will a RDM really be wearing that o-so-precious Dalm ??
I'm no rdm, but every time I see RDM's at HNM's...oh wait, I dont see them, because they're always blinking in and out of gear, and usually the body piece swaps too.

You don't go to HNMs. If you knew anything about FFXI spells, you'd know that the time spent casting paralyze/slow and stoneskin are the minority and a RDM would probably spend the vast majority of their time in MP bliss with dalmatica on if they had one.

[NynJa]

You make it sound like everyone has a Duelist Chapeau...

The chapeau is a pain in the ass to get, but it's still easier than a.body. One would think you'd know that since the linkshell you're currently in has gotten 0 a.body and 6+ chapeau. Hell, chapeau is soloable with difficulty and duoable with ease.

And the linkshell with 15 A.Bodies has...2 Duelist Chapeaus, 1 of which was obtained from our dynamis LS before they got booted out.

Some LS's have luck, some LS's have bots...

And how often will a RDM really be wearing that o-so-precious Dalm ??
I'm no rdm, but every time I see RDM's at HNM's...oh wait, I dont see them, because they're always blinking in and out of gear, and usually the body piece swaps too.

You don't go to HNMs. If you knew anything about FFXI spells, you'd know that the time spent casting paralyze/slow and stoneskin are the minority and a RDM would probably spend the vast majority of their time in MP bliss with dalmatica on if they had one.

Please dont make me link the post where I compared your Emerald pts to mine...If you factor out the fact you've been in Emerald almost 5-6 months longer than I have (I think), I'm more active than j00.

Like I said, I'm not a RDM. It's just personal observation from what I have noticed...not like I get to see much since our bots dont beat other bots...

[Lordwafik]

My dalmatica is nearly on all the time, the only time it comes off is when i blink out into my af1 body, or i'm resting (errant - might replace this soon with af1+1) , or casting stoneskin (lol crimson). AF2 hat never comes off.

With these 2 peices, I don't remember the last time I converted regularly, they're great. The only times I run out of MP is when curebombing people on HNM etc.

5mp/tic while standing around with my own refresh, 8mp/tic when a bard is with me, 9mp/tic when im in an aht urghan zone, over 10 mp/tic with a corsair + bard with me. My last few parties, my MP fills up faster than I can use it.

Also if you merit enfeebles for RDM (I did this for my rdm), you start relying less on af1 body, and can enfeeble in your dalmy (esp after you get AF2 hat). I do this when I dont have much space, but I try to make room for af1 body when I can. In burn parties however, my enfeebles land fine, I don't bother bringing out AF1 body unless it's Caedvera (y helo thar sleep resistant mobs).

[Sonomaa]

My dalmatica is nearly on all the time, the only time it comes off is when i blink out into my af1 body, or i'm resting (errant - might replace this soon with af1+1) , or casting stoneskin (lol crimson). AF2 hat never comes off.

With these 2 peices, I don't remember the last time I converted regularly, they're great. The only times I run out of MP is when curebombing people on HNM etc.

5mp/tic while standing around with my own refresh, 8mp/tic when a bard is with me, 9mp/tic when im in an aht urghan zone, over 10 mp/tic with a corsair + bard with me. My last few parties, my MP fills up faster than I can use it.

Also if you merit enfeebles for RDM (I did this for my rdm), you start relying less on af1 body, and can enfeeble in your dalmy (esp after you get AF2 hat). I do this when I dont have much space, but I try to make room for af1 body when I can. In burn parties however, my enfeebles land fine, I don't bother bringing out AF1 body unless it's Caedvera (y helo thar sleep resistant mobs).

you sound a lot like septimus, our red mage who only exists in the scant moments he is casting spells, otherwise he is continually blinked out of existance via gearchange

[BRP]

I'm saying there is no need to replace w. legs. Unlike E Body or Ridil, it doesn't make you parse higher. PLDs, RDMs, RNGs, and all that can use it, then they came out with a pair of boots for mages. Who else needs that kind of gear?

People need to stop looking at the way WoW progresses in armor/weapon and see that FFXI has a cap and will not go higher in any large amount, it will only become more varied and situational. Mind you, still in this respect FFXI isn't doing a great job, but (even with CoP) is still doing a decent job, not a god-awful god. The problem is the work you need to go through for a lot of stuff, and that it didn't cover a whole lot of the meat of RoZ's cursed gear. However, already there is more and more situational gear that is slowly picking away at cursed's gear monopoly at being the best gear.

A RDM with A body and a RDM without... one will be better, but it won't matter is a lot of situations.

Either way, people need to stop parsing themselves and just start enjoying more aspects of the game. You end up closing yourself from half the jobs because they have 2h-weapons problems or can't meleeburn well. You spend all your game time ATTEMPTING to do the same monsters over and over again. I'm not here to say how you should play the game, but wake the fuck up and smell the coffee. Play WoW if you want grind for good stuff. Why punish yourself playing a game that disagrees with you. Even as FFXI is 'turning around' it is paying people who don't want to do the same thing everyday, or don't want to have the best gear, or like plot/story more than any NM. It is not rewarding you FFXIFlux. Just quit the god damn game.

[Septimus]

when a RDM is refreshing and hasting they don't need to be changing their body piece (but i'm sure RDMs in your LS don't Haste or Refresh).

close to if not more than half of the HNMs are either totally immune to debuffs or you can land stuff while wearing Dalmatica anyway. a RDM will be fine wearing Dalmatica for 90% of Limbus and 90% of Dynamis outside of Xarcabard.

i'd say a RDM who has every body piece they can equip would spend more time in a Dalmatica than out of it, i know i do on BRD.

No, when a RDM is casting refresh or haste, he/she should be using Warlock's Chapeau and Duelist's Tabard so that the spell casts faster and can get to the next person on the refresh/haste list sooner.

Also, if someone wants to cast enfeebles without Warlock's Tabard, then he/she sould be wearing Errant body or Crimson Scale Mail instead for the extra 10 MND and INT to improve the strength of the spell. Casting enfeebles in a Dalmatica is a very bad idea since it does absolutly nothing to help your casting stats.

[Raineer]

i'd say a RDM who has every body piece they can equip would spend more time in a Dalmatica than out of it, i know i do on BRD.

Going by % of time, I spend alot more in dalm than out. Obviously every single macro'd spell it's better to wear something other than Dalmatica, but when you're not casting you'll be in it and that's a bonus.

edit: and no AF2 body means that it is on for haste/refresh whoring

[aurik]

Verm is a pathetic replacement for Dalmatica for a RDM with AF2 Hat.

Gaudy Harness is pathetic period, 49 MP isn't enough for me to cast Curaga.

Flux is retarded but people who defend FFXI Itemization is even more retarded.

I'm not defending FFXI's Itemization, I'm saying that Flux's claim that nothing comparable to a.body has been added to the game since abjurations were implemented is retarded.

Of the 5 jobs that can use dalm, 3 of them have been given a better body-slot-only option since the implementation of abjurations. One of the remaining 2 has been given an inferior body-slot-only option. The remaining job, rdm, yea they haven't gotten anything comparable for the slot, especially if they have duelist chapeau.