New Notorious Monsters and Battlefields!(07/19/2006)

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

In further news, it looks like after this patch I might be able to get into one of the 'good' HNMlses on the server.

[Rarag]

It really just sounds like a "lol fuck bahamut v2" patch more than anything.

[Rocl]

whats a blu gonna do? give the mob so much tp spamming hysteric barrage and disseverment it explodes?

[Jeryhn]

Ridills: Perfectly unscathed since late 2003 and still trucking ^-^v *knocks on wood*

Just goes to show that SE wants everyone to crowd the Aery the way they do so that the GMs are amused by the insuing drama.

[inafume]

Yea, if this "nerf" bat doesn't apply to MB'ed spells, there won't be a problem. If MBs get affected too, things will get interesting. By interesting I mean annoying.

[Ryko]

Ancient circle burn ftw.

[Delekii]

I was totally thinking about 4 hours ago.... "I wonder if I should buy up some summoning torques incase they change summoning skill this patch".

God damn procrastination - when I first thought it, I could have got 8. By the time I saw these patch notes, I could only get 3 -_-

And an Austere Robe too I see! Bwahaha, I love ffxiah!

lol, that is actually in preparation for my own personal use -_-

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

whats a blu gonna do? give the mob so much tp spamming hysteric barrage and disseverment it explodes?

Um BLU/THF SA Blue Magic works wonders. One hit, 10 tp is nothing for the damage dealt.

~Sendoh

[Garret]

Next July's update.

Accumulative Physical Resistance
Currently, a large number of players can team up to overpower the enemy in certain battles by hitting the enemy repeatedly with only physical damage. This tactic has had an unbalancing effect on the game, and we decided a change was needed.

However, altering the effects of powerful physical attacks would have a negative effect on melees. Rather than altering physical attacks or strengthening monsters, we determined that the adjustment to solve this issue should be as small as possible in scope and affect other gameplay mechanics as little as possible.

Therefore, for the next update we have decided to implement an accumulative physical resistance effect for all monsters whose strength reads "impossible to gauge."

We have also made several other adjustments to minimize the effect of this change on melees and other players who do physical damage. For example, a party fighting a notorious monster with one to two melees will probably not notice the difference.

-Types of Affected Physical Damage
When a notorious monster is repeatedly hit by the following types of attacks, it will accumulatively build physical resistance:

Melee attacks(all), physical blood pact abilities, physical blue magic, physical weapon skills (e.g., Steel Cyclone and Shark Bite), and certain job abilities (e.g., Shield Bash and Barrage)

-Resistance Fluctuation
When a monster with accumulative physical resistance is hit by a physical attack, the amount of damage it receives will decrease in accordance with that monster's resistance. At the same time, its resistance will increase.

The monster's resistance will increase in accordance with the amount of damage incurred, but each monster has a maximum resistance level.

In addition, the monster's resistance will decrease with time if it is not hit by any repeated physical attacks.

[Ryko]

SHIELD BASH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

First they take our red lotus blade and now this.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

WAIT!

Drain wasn't mentioned

[Garret]

I wonder if they'll classify Souleater as magical? After all, it's HP based much the same way Spirits Within is.

[Mifaco]

Next July's update.

Accumulative Physical Resistance
Currently, a large number of players can team up to overpower the enemy in certain battles by hitting the enemy repeatedly with only physical damage. This tactic has had an unbalancing effect on the game, and we decided a change was needed.

However, altering the effects of powerful physical attacks would have a negative effect on melees. Rather than altering physical attacks or strengthening monsters, we determined that the adjustment to solve this issue should be as small as possible in scope and affect other gameplay mechanics as little as possible.

Therefore, for the next update we have decided to implement an accumulative physical resistance effect for all monsters whose strength reads "impossible to gauge."

We have also made several other adjustments to minimize the effect of this change on melees and other players who do physical damage. For example, a party fighting a notorious monster with one to two melees will probably not notice the difference.

-Types of Affected Physical Damage
When a notorious monster is repeatedly hit by the following types of attacks, it will accumulatively build physical resistance:

Melee attacks(all), physical blood pact abilities, physical blue magic, physical weapon skills (e.g., Steel Cyclone and Shark Bite), and certain job abilities (e.g., Shield Bash and Barrage)

-Resistance Fluctuation
When a monster with accumulative physical resistance is hit by a physical attack, the amount of damage it receives will decrease in accordance with that monster's resistance. At the same time, its resistance will increase.

The monster's resistance will increase in accordance with the amount of damage incurred, but each monster has a maximum resistance level.

In addition, the monster's resistance will decrease with time if it is not hit by any repeated physical attacks.

EPIC WIN

but Poison and DoTs wasn't mentioned! they can't take THAT away from us!

[ps2user]

BATTLEFIELDS! O_O

IS = Orb = Good idea

Hope these new battlefields drop abj's! o.o

glad they finally realized that

[epigram]

Que in Penguin HNM !!!!!!

Hit for 0, magic for 0, aoe sleep ! Kill-able only by 96 straight hours of dot enfeeble spells.

[layoneil]

BATTLEFIELDS! O_O

IS = Orb = Good idea

Hope these new battlefields drop abj's! o.o

glad they finally realized that

CP = Orb = Better Idea

[Ryko]

BATTLEFIELDS! O_O

IS = Orb = Good idea

Hope these new battlefields drop abj's! o.o

glad they finally realized that

CP = Orb = Better Idea

What's conquest?

[SephYuyX]

BATTLEFIELDS! O_O

IS = Orb = Good idea

Hope these new battlefields drop abj's! o.o

glad they finally realized that

Good idea meaning any zone out of ToAU is now completly wortless to XP in? But yeah, now I have something to spend my IS on.

[Alisha]

http://members.arstechnica.com/x/spungy/blmnerf2.jpg

you forgot to put a monk in justacorps and every job that can use spirits within.

The monster's resistance will increase in accordance with the amount of damage incurred, but each monster has a maximum resistance level.

Random pimped out monk uses Chi blast

LOL HNM god takes 2000 points of damage

emo blm casts thundaga 3

LOL HNM god takes 100 points of damage.

of course it will probally work both ways,and starting off a mob with like 10 spirits within will probally suck now.

[Elcura]

Next July's update.

Accumulative Physical Resistance
Currently, a large number of players can team up to overpower the enemy in certain battles by hitting the enemy repeatedly with only physical damage. This tactic has had an unbalancing effect on the game, and we decided a change was needed.

However, altering the effects of powerful physical attacks would have a negative effect on melees. Rather than altering physical attacks or strengthening monsters, we determined that the adjustment to solve this issue should be as small as possible in scope and affect other gameplay mechanics as little as possible.

Therefore, for the next update we have decided to implement an accumulative physical resistance effect for all monsters whose strength reads "impossible to gauge."

We have also made several other adjustments to minimize the effect of this change on melees and other players who do physical damage. For example, a party fighting a notorious monster with one to two melees will probably not notice the difference.

-Types of Affected Physical Damage
When a notorious monster is repeatedly hit by the following types of attacks, it will accumulatively build physical resistance:

Melee attacks(all), physical blood pact abilities, physical blue magic, physical weapon skills (e.g., Steel Cyclone and Shark Bite), and certain job abilities (e.g., Shield Bash and Barrage)

-Resistance Fluctuation
When a monster with accumulative physical resistance is hit by a physical attack, the amount of damage it receives will decrease in accordance with that monster's resistance. At the same time, its resistance will increase.

The monster's resistance will increase in accordance with the amount of damage incurred, but each monster has a maximum resistance level.

In addition, the monster's resistance will decrease with time if it is not hit by any repeated physical attacks.

EPIC WIN

but Poison and DoTs wasn't mentioned! they can't take THAT away from us!

We can all become Avesta.