1 week impressions of the patch

[Sixtail]

Tampax should have been a sponsor of this patch because they could have made millions off of all of the endgame/lazy/people in shitty shells who's vaginas have still not stopped leaking. Also if your LS's can't do ZMN's? Get a new LS. Or yanno, teach them how to properly play their jobs.

[Septimus]

If you can't find anything to want from ZNM, you must be really, really jaded. I want some minor DRK upgrades, good RDM upgrades, and major BLU upgrades from ZNMs.

To be fair, there was really only one good item for RDM in this update. I would go as far as to say RDM is conspicuously absent from a lot of gear. (Why yes, I would like +5 enfeebling skill hands for places where Master Casters do not work. I also would like an Enkidu's Haubergeon for my RDM. What do you mean I can't have either?)

BLU made out damn well though, so Atum's loot wish list is pretty full at least. That's something to cheer about.

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HG (Hard Galka) approves.

[Max™]

The storyline additions are great. The cutscene right before the dragon BCNM is probably one of the best yet (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3tzd_tad8Y). My only complaint here is, the WotG story is unfolding too slowly for me. The story has a ton of potential but yet it's rolling out at a snail's pace.

God damn Ragelise was a badass in that CS.

SHIELD BASH!

HIGH JUMP!

STEAL!

Pld/Drg/Thf go!

[Maxxthepenguin]

If you can't find anything to want from ZNM, you must be really, really jaded. I want some minor DRK upgrades, good RDM upgrades, and major BLU upgrades from ZNMs.

To be fair, there was really only one good item for RDM in this update. I would go as far as to say RDM is conspicuously absent from a lot of gear. (Why yes, I would like +5 enfeebling skill hands for places where Master Casters do not work. I also would like an Enkidu's Haubergeon for my RDM. What do you mean I can't have either?)

After looking again, I found that there is more than the Muse Tariqah. There is is good new Mpp gear (numerist pumps, legion scutum), Roundel Earring (if we ever find it ffs), Alkautrops, Elemental Grips (LOL), and Witch Sash. Aside from Alkautrops, which seems custom made for RDMs, none is revolutionary, but some is useful. Oracle's big "fuck you RDMs" is kinda silly though.

But man, the BLU love is so damn fantastic

[Septimus]

If you can't find anything to want from ZNM, you must be really, really jaded. I want some minor DRK upgrades, good RDM upgrades, and major BLU upgrades from ZNMs.

To be fair, there was really only one good item for RDM in this update. I would go as far as to say RDM is conspicuously absent from a lot of gear. (Why yes, I would like +5 enfeebling skill hands for places where Master Casters do not work. I also would like an Enkidu's Haubergeon for my RDM. What do you mean I can't have either?)

After looking again, I found that there is more than the Muse Tariqah. There is is good new Mpp gear (numerist pumps, legion scutum), Roundel Earring (if we ever find it ffs), Alkautrops, Elemental Grips (LOL), and Witch Sash. Aside from Alkautrops, which seems custom made for RDMs, none is revolutionary, but some is useful. Oracle's big "fuck you RDMs" is kinda silly though.

But man, the BLU love is so damn fantastic

If you have a Mistilteinn, a Muse Tarqah would be nice for you MND build, but I was thinking more along the lines of Alkalurops. INT+10 MND+10 CHR+10 Magic Accuracy+20 is an amazing middle ground where you get a lot of accuracy, plus a lot of potency.

Legion Scutum is a WTF item. Why have healing MP on a shield? OK, someone could say "for sword users", but you would still lose all of your TP when you switch out your real shield for that one. Elemental grips are OK, nothing I would really advertise. (Thanks for another inventory killer guys!) Roundel Earring, no fuck that- Atum needs that a lot more than RDMs do. (+25% cure potency, yum!)

Witch's Sash will be interesting, especially if you can get a critical Slow or Paralyze, but that would make the Wise Strap potentially better than the elemental ones. (And would set a precedent for the first time that equipment with the word "Wise" in it actually was!)

And Oracle gear was not a fuck you to Red Mages, it was a personal slight against me. Why else would they use the wise gear model?

[Zoot]

Legion Scutum is a WTF item. Why have healing MP on a shield? OK, someone could say "for sword users", but you would still lose all of your TP when you switch out your real shield for that one.

This (Reserve Captain's Mace, HMP+7 for S'andoria Citizens) is the only reason I'm really interested in that shield.

[Xanthe]

Legion Scutum is a WTF item. Why have healing MP on a shield?

Combined with a Senior Gold Musketeer's Rod or Reserve Captain's Mace, both hMP +7 for their respective citizens independent of Signet or conquest, you can get a total of +12 hMP. Yes it sucks for Windurst citizens, but it's good for the rest.

[Neosutra]

Tabulated awesome items:

Witch's sash
Shenlong h2h(if we ever fucking find them)
New mnk domaarruuuuuu
Hachi Kotes (for mnk)
New aurum feet for war TP (better than dusk+1?)
PCC+1 (ancient torque).
Kick attack boots that add 25% kick attack proc.... wtf indeed
Awesome sch body, and nice prism+1 back/errant hybrid for mages.
Nice resist/acc ring replacement for free
Nice max mnd shield for rdm
Nice mnd/mag acc staff for rdm
Nice smn garadu boosting item
Best sam WS legs (or close) Hachi.
Simply broken pup DA attatchement

All of the above are great additions that overshadow what was here previously, most of the other gear is kinda neat side grades, but that still leaves almost 20 awesome items that arent "too" bad to obtain (except hachi body and h2h Q.Q, fuck mnk).

Not to mention new badass sandworm, ixion, merits, EINHERJAR(fuck ya).

Update rocks hardcore no doubt. My only problem is that I believe the zenni system will get old -really- fast for any group that actively wants to ZNM farm, but we cant have it all perfect .

Oh, and lolnyzle relics, how could i forget.

[Niki]

I feel sorry for Cerberus, i dont see any point in killing him anymore beside for the fun (yay stoneskin spam) since this update. Cerb mats are going to be cheap as hell in a week since you can get everything from the ZNM Cerberus and Algol is weaker than the new GS from some ZNM. Poor dog becoming a 2nd Hydra

[Neosutra]

I feel sorry for Cerberus, i dont see any point in killing him anymore beside for the fun (yay stoneskin spam) since this update. Cerb mats are going to be cheap as hell in a week since you can get everything from the ZNM Cerberus and Algol is weaker than the new GS from some ZNM. Poor dog becoming a 2nd Hydra

I dont think youll see to much of a drop in price, there arent that many ZNM shells on pheonix at least, and we will see how long they can tolerate maintaining the Zennie to constantly do tier4s.

But then again, im all about having more cerb mantle+1s on ther server, my mnk needs more emnity Q.Q

[Septimus]

Legion Scutum is a WTF item. Why have healing MP on a shield?

Combined with a Senior Gold Musketeer's Rod or Reserve Captain's Mace, both hMP +7 for their respective citizens independent of Signet or conquest, you can get a total of +12 hMP. Yes it sucks for Windurst citizens, but it's good for the rest.

Hmm... Very interesting. I expected those to have had a signet and conquest area requirement.

[Scorp]

I'm really happy with the patch, Pankration > Afk and is pretty interesting but only if you have not too many and not too few people doing it. It becomes dull if people aren't trying crazy combinations etc.

Zeni collection is fun, I half wish you could have a number of tasks to vary the photo taking, like take 10 photo's per rl day, 10 delivery quests, or other things. The photo thing does promote a decent knowledge and use of a lot of zones you wouldnt normally go to though and is still fun.

ZNM's are great, I particularly love that there isn't a 15 min cooldown on the ??? and the drops are fairly common. The ability to fight ToAU kings for different drops is great to. Looks like they've learnt a lot since the ksnm99 and other trigger nm issues.

If there is one thing I'm a little disgruntled by its the re-use of some of the more dubious item models in ffxi. Lords gear and scorpion harness. I could bring myself to be upset about the reduced utility of some salvage drops now to but they only ever said that was a sidequest/mini game and its fun to do anyway.

[chapstick]

If there is one thing I'm a little disgruntled by its the re-use of some of the more dubious item models in ffxi. Lords gear and scorpion harness

Wise gear

[XanthePandy]

If there is one thing I'm a little disgruntled by its the re-use of some of the more dubious item models in ffxi. Lords gear and scorpion harness

Wise gear

I check people expecting to see the new gear.... and all I find is Chasubles everwhere.

[Toth]

The real question is if Septimus or his Galka love slave get an Oracle body, will he change his avatar????

[Septimus]

If there is one thing I'm a little disgruntled by its the re-use of some of the more dubious item models in ffxi. Lords gear and scorpion harness

Wise gear

I check people expecting to see the new gear.... and all I find is Chasubles everwhere.

I have noticed a marked increase in Wise gear since the update. Shitty RDMs think that we won't notice their shame. WE SEE YOUR SHAME, YOU CANNOT HIDE YOUR SHAME!!!

[Gwynplaine]

The real question is if Septimus or his Galka love slave get an Oracle body, will he change his avatar????

Visually it's still a piss ugly monstrosity.

[Septimus]

The real question is if Septimus or his Galka love slave get an Oracle body, will he change his avatar????

Fortunately I don't have have any jobs that can wear it. Atum, well, I think second characters are last on the list for it, so little fear of Atum having to wear one for a while.

I will just dat swap it to something slutty.

[TB]

I'd love to have everyone who says how great the new system about NMs is to post into this thread in 1 month from now on and tell me that they still enjoy the wonderful retarded walking around to take pictures. :3

You are all going to hate it. Soon, very soon.

In one month I'll probably have everything I desperatly want from the NMs! So unless they add more, joke's on you! Ha!

I saw people saying that about Sky 3 years ago and I still see them up there. ;o

[Boooost]

I think the patch as pretty nice in all, but I wouldn't say it was the best of them all. The ZNMs are ridiculously fun to fight especially Wulgaru.