Job Adjustments (12/01/2006)

[Huggo]

Vice, your sig and avatar crash my browser every time you post. Just thought you'd like to know.

Has Spooky come in yet to say "Where's my BLM patch?"?

[Damane]

Has Spooky come in yet to say "Where's my BLM patch?"?

ew do blm need a patch? I am currently lvling BLM (62 atm) I dont think I need more power soloing 4-5k per hour solo in the right spots I dont call weak

[Ninjiz]

Huggo i'm going to have scary scary dreams about your avatar

[Priran]

Has Spooky come in yet to say "Where's my BLM patch?"?

ew do blm need a patch? I am currently lvling BLM (62 atm) I dont think I need more power soloing 4-5k per hour solo in the right spots I dont call weak

this man is your friend. he fights for blm update.

[Rocl]

Has Spooky come in yet to say "Where's my BLM patch?"?

ew do blm need a patch? I am currently lvling BLM (62 atm) I dont think I need more power soloing 4-5k per hour solo in the right spots I dont call weak

SOLO? 4-5K? OMG NERF BLM

[Khamsin]

Vice, your sig and avatar crash my browser every time you post. Just thought you'd like to know.

Has Spooky come in yet to say "Where's my BLM patch?"?

Whose sig?

[Damane]

SOLO? 4-5K? OMG NERF BLM

goblin pets are my best friends <3

[Rocl]

SOLO? 4-5K? OMG NERF BLM

goblin pets are my best friends <3

I loved those rabbits like a brother
now its just wamouras and oh god its a shark but i need organs and holy shit its coming right at me

[Dark Vincent]

Vice, your sig and avatar crash my browser every time you post. Just thought you'd like to know.

Has Spooky come in yet to say "Where's my BLM patch?"?

Whose sig?

Mine.

Huggo! Glad to be of service! I was afk when you msged me on msn btw ;(

/end derail

[Vobent]

/sigh nothing for BLM. /wrists

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[Meat]

Quick Draw hitting the mob will remain 100%.
Quck Draw accuracy has always been reffering to the accuracy of doing full damage (ie. resists).
You could merit "Quick Draw Accuracy" before this patch and it was 100% then.
AGI being a direct modifier of Quick Draw Accuracy is once again not talking about hit/miss, but rather the ability to do full damage.

My COR type1 merits just became one of my easiest choices. To bad I put 1 merit in Phantom Roll recast just the other day... Oh well, 10k xp is nothing with the PT invites I'll get now.

2 problems I see.
1. PT leaders realizing COR can now pull.
2. COR realizing they need to have the equipment/skills/sub job to pull.

Try and tell me that a COR/NIN with a Peacemaker, and full evasion gear, with possibly the need for an AGI gear set for sleep duration, can't pull, and do damage.

fuck that, we got dispel and sleep now. let them find someone else to pull,

I'm a diva baby

[RKenshin]

I think I'm liking that Absorb spell casting time reduction more for NIN/DRK than DRK main.

Shame the most useful Absorb Spell can't be attained as a sub, yohoho!

I'm pretty sure he only cares about it for Hate and not actually landing the spells.

Considering he can only get CHR, AGI and VIT as a sub, the fact they don't give much hate at all, have a longer recast and cost more MP than Stun, really makes me wonder why he would resort to them to keep hate...

Because Stun has a recast time? Casting Stun alone (even if paired with Bind) won't generate enough hate on /DRK to keep up with a very good PLD/NIN.

I'm not trying to land the spells or benefit from them, I use them to generate more hate... Leveling DRK I'd use them every so often just to amuse myself since I'd end up sitting on full MP half the time (Aspir+yagudo drinks ftw) and like two of those spells in a row pulls hate off Provokes at early levels. You've leveled DRK, you should know they generate a good bit of hate.

I usually don't have MP problems, so when Stun and Bind are down what better spell to cast than an Absorb?

[HAcoreRD]

Frog Song, Mother Fucker.

Cor adjustments, PLD boosts, a slight lolpup un-loling, and BLU being even more Godly than it was before.
Truly, these are the end times, but we'll have fun before we get raptured up.

I doubt that, but which races can they use to give us healing magic? Empty? Formor?

[Janice]

Frog Song, Mother Fucker.

Cor adjustments, PLD boosts, a slight lolpup un-loling, and BLU being even more Godly than it was before.
Truly, these are the end times, but we'll have fun before we get raptured up.

How do you know they won't lengthen casting time of some spells? They said they will shorten roar and eye, but the others are 'adjustments'

[Jkun]

I think I'm liking that Absorb spell casting time reduction more for NIN/DRK than DRK main.

Shame the most useful Absorb Spell can't be attained as a sub, yohoho!

I'm pretty sure he only cares about it for Hate and not actually landing the spells.

Considering he can only get CHR, AGI and VIT as a sub, the fact they don't give much hate at all, have a longer recast and cost more MP than Stun, really makes me wonder why he would resort to them to keep hate...

Because Stun has a recast time? Casting Stun alone (even if paired with Bind) won't generate enough hate on /DRK to keep up with a very good PLD/NIN.

I'm not trying to land the spells or benefit from them, I use them to generate more hate... Leveling DRK I'd use them every so often just to amuse myself since I'd end up sitting on full MP half the time (Aspir+yagudo drinks ftw) and like two of those spells in a row pulls hate off Provokes at early levels. You've leveled DRK, you should know they generate a good bit of hate.

I usually don't have MP problems, so when Stun and Bind are down what better spell to cast than an Absorb?

I wouldn't know. I don't try to pull hate on DRK. I play it well. But either/or. None of the NIN/DRKs I know use any other spells, my LS mostly uses /BRD lol

[RKenshin]

Well, that would imply you never use Stun then? Or Souleater? Or Last Resort? All spells/JAs that will give you hate over anyone else in the PT under most circumstances.

I wasn't casting Absorbs in attempt to get hate, I was doing it just because I could. At that level (not to brag) I out TPed every job I PTed with so it's not like I had anything else better to do. Not to mention, when they land 90% of the time and MP and TP gain aren't an issue, they're actually ::gasp:: useful. It won't do anywhere near as much as most other buffs/debuffs, but it sure doesn't hurt.

Regardless, my point isn't about playing DRK well or trying to pull hate, it's just about the level of hate generated from spells... And I'm pretty sure most DRKs know about how much hate their spells/JAs generate.

[Jkun]

So I guess you never use Stun then? Or Souleater? Or Last Resort?

I wasn't casting Absorbs in attempt to get hate, I was doing it just because I could. At that level (not to brag) I out TPed every job I PTed with so it's not like I had anything else better to do. Not to mention, when they land 90% of the time and MP and TP gain aren't an issue, they're actually ::gasp:: useful. It won't do anywhere near as much as most other buffs/debuffs, but it sure doesn't hurt.

Regardless, my point isn't about playing DRK well or trying to pull hate... It's about the level of hate generated from spells, and whether you admit it or not I'm sure a majority of the 75 DRKs know that they do generate a good amount of hate whether from their own experiences or someone elses.

Oh I can easily pull hate with shit tanks. Even by just meleeing and not doing anything, but if it puts the party's pace or anything else at stake then I'd tone it down a bit.

But beside the point, I don't think SE aimed this as DRK sub since they specifically said they want to make DRKs more useful in battles. I can see getting TP quicker at least as an improvement. Sure it'll help, but not by much. As main, with the long delay between swings, 2 seconds is enough to swing, cast, and swing again without interrupting the TP gain.

Woo.

[RKenshin]

lol, yeah I know SE intended it for main job DRKs... My post was just illustrating how I felt about it, where ironically I'm pretty sure the lowered casting time will come in use more for my NIN/DRK than my DRK. I very rarely cast any Absorbs on DRK other than Absorb TP, and when I'm DRK I'm hitting stuff with Kraken so I wouldn't even be using that.

[Jkun]

lol, yeah I know SE intended it for main job DRKs... My post was just illustrating how I felt about it, where ironically I'm pretty sure the lowered casting time will come in use more for my NIN/DRK than my DRK. I very rarely cast any Absorbs on DRK other than Absorb TP, and when I'm DRK I'm hitting stuff with Kraken so I wouldn't even be using that.

Well not all of us are fortunate to have a Kraken, lol. Not yet at least!

I do sea an awful lot, and as I said before some of the BLM-heavy battles or even Fortitude can get debuffed well with 2/3 DRKs absorbing STR, DEX for the tanks and INT for the BLMs. I dunno, I like the spells. Apart from CHR. >_>

[Helpoemer]

Frog Song, Mother Fucker.

Cor adjustments, PLD boosts, a slight lolpup un-loling, and BLU being even more Godly than it was before.
Truly, these are the end times, but we'll have fun before we get raptured up.

How do you know they won't lengthen casting time of some spells? They said they will shorten roar and eye, but the others are 'adjustments'

no they specifically said that enfeebling blue magics such as eye and roar will be reduced

to me that says either reduced or untouched