Ixion is Come! (06/06/2008)

[Frenzy]

Sounds cool. The only avatars I know are the servers so I didn't know wtf this was. >( Maybe we can change one of the useless servers to Ixion to make up for it.

The world Ixion was active from December 19, 2002 to January 14, 2003.

[bombard]

Then the beast's dormant horn awakens with an intensifying crackling sound as a static charge builds up, sending lashing tendrils of electricity dancing furiously up and down along its shaft

Thanks SE, you have found a new way to throw my mind back into the gutter. wife's gonna be happy if this is a new summon when she starts playing again soon. Good game SE :D

[Tomino]

quite speechless, but i still hope Charlie won't be summonable right after this update.
what's nice of SMN is the lore behind each avatar, so it'd be nice to first battle/challenge/join with Ixion, understanding his goals and power until he's finally summonable.

so I say Ixion will be WoTG avatar, and we will get Odin!

[Khrno]

So.. any chance for it being a HNM that casts Death and random Thunder spells instead/besides of being an Avatar (Hello Bahamut/Odin)?

[Ahlah]

When SE added Diabolos, Netherblast is designed to improve SMN performance in kited fight (also helps SMN to deal damage when wyrm is up in the air). Chaotic Strike is actually a decent BP because of stun effect. What sort of Bloodpact will be added if Ixon is indeed a new avatar?

Still prefer Alexander and Phoenix :/

[bombard]

could be, but why would they make such a big deal about my little pony. It seems on par with the rest of the updates that they're trying to relate to the general player base that they would release this as a new avatar. Good luck smn's, I'm a sucker for new avatars.

[Frenzy]

Hmm, interesting, the German text reads somewhat differently. Where in the English text Ixion flees and the knights are after it, it threatens them in the German one and they have to flee.

[Aemora]

Calling Ixion as a HNM, not Summoner pet.

Drops Thundercloud II.

[Reapz]

Wow, after all the ToAU stuff I was expecting Odin/Alexander to be announced today in order to complete ToAU, totally wasn't expecting something new lol. Still I am not getting my hopes up just yet until it is 100% confirmed, could well turn out to be another Dark Rider but I doubt that will be the case

[Khrno]

Calling Ixion as a HNM, not Summoner pet.

Drops Thundercloud +1

fixed

[Mrdude]

I'm not even a summoner, and I'm excited for this (brb jacking Aemora's summoner after he does the work to get the avatar). This update better be on Monday, next Monday exams start and I wont be able to play much at all. -.-

[Aemora]

I'm not even a summoner, and I'm excited for this (brb jacking Aemora's summoner after he does the work to get the avatar). This update better be on Monday, next Monday exams start and I wont be able to play much at all. -.-

GTFO >ooo

[Izzitda]

The primary reason Summoners tend to complain is because no job gets shafted for gear more than SMN.

In the majority of cases, Summoners get bolted onto the next-big-thing Mage-ish set (I'm looking at you, Marduk...) and get nowhere near the functionality of old old old gears.

Aside from the Evoker's Gages (situational and difficult to obtain), Gamma Earring (situational to the point of useless and entirely luck-based) and Nightmare Gloves (FAIL), there hasn't been a -AvatarPerpCost gear since Limbus was released. LIMBUS.

And -BloodPactDelay? Aside from being bolted onto two pieces of AF+1 (where it's still overshadowed by existing pieces,) you're looking all the way back to Austere gear and SMN Relic. (Aaah, Relic... where EVERY GODDAMNED PIECE has at least Blood Pact Ability Delay -2.)

So QQ all you want, just remember that you've received more in the past year than a goddamned Staff Strap.


I have my doubts about Ixion being the new summon. It seems strange to give preferential treatment to one element over another... Evoker's Gages boosting Leviathan at least made sense in the storyline. Arbitrarily dropping a new Thunder-based avatar in without balancing the light/dark avatar spectrum seems a very, very strange move, unless it's an outright concession to the fact that Thunder is inherently stronger than other elements (except when a Summoner's using it).

I say HNM.

[Amok]

Be it Summon or HNM, this does not excite me for some reason. Also, horses make me insecure.

[Pergo]

when SE announced diabolos in the teaser before the update, they actually wrote "new avatar" and went on to list all of its abilities....

but the style of format they used in the update teasers pre-ahturhgan is different than how they do things now... SE seems to like to give alot of backstory to things now (nms, missions teasers), so I think it's a real possibility that he'll be an avatar.

idea on where they'd put it... everbloom hollow comes to mind, which i believe is an instanced zone, no hopefully no mess like when diabolos 1st came out lol

[devildrifterX]

I'm not even a summoner, and I'm excited for this (brb jacking Aemora's summoner after he does the work to get the avatar). This update better be on Monday, next Monday exams start and I wont be able to play much at all. -.-

Well atleast you can update the game, cause we know everyone and their damn grandma will be sitting at the cpu waiting to update asap and you dont wanna be screwed ovah with those 4-5+ hour updates lol.

This is gonna be so sick, i wonder if Ixion will actually be a smn (since in FF-X he was lightning based iirc, would seem a bit silly to give another thunder smn...maybe SE wants smn action?) or a HNM/Story-related Mob

[Kkel]

The primary reason Summoners tend to complain is because no job gets shafted for gear more than SMN.

I dare you to level PUP and say that. >_>

[Kaslo]

If this is an avatar can SE be adding Tier 2 Elemental Avatar? Up next Bismark? Bring on the whale!

[Kiyuan98]

The primary reason Summoners tend to complain is because no job gets shafted for gear more than SMN.

I dare you to level PUP and say that. >_>

PUP gets awesome melee salvage gear GTFO

[Reapz]

when SE announced diabolos in the teaser before the update, they actually wrote "new avatar" and went on to list all of its abilities....

They announced Diabolos? I thought they just put it in update notes without a word of warning, that's what I remember anyway.