Job Adjustments and Additions Part II (07/09/2009)

[ronin sparthos]

What if it's Wide Scan or Dual Wield?

Job Adjustments and Additions III

Puppetmaster gets a new Wide Scan attachment.

[darkepyon]

They must have left out of the update notes accidentally:

Azure Lore will be reduced to 20 minutes and only affect a single spell.
Blue Mage will have a new 2-hour Job Ability, "Transformation".

Transformation will alter the player's appearance to look like a Soulflayer and give the Blue Mage 3 charges of both Chain Affinity and Burst Affinity, as well as instant casting speed.

/delusions

That would be a wet dream come true for many a BLU. If in the unlikely event we did get dual wield from spells, it wouldn't be worth using over NIN sub since it would probably just be DW1. Fast cast would seem logical, as well as zanshin. Would be cool if we got something like assassin, but I know that'd never happen given it would be useless on any SJ other than thief.

[Toth]

That would be a wet dream come true for many a BLU. If in the unlikely event we did get dual wield from spells, it wouldn't be worth using over NIN sub since it would probably just be DW1. Fast cast would seem logical, as well as zanshin. Would be cool if we got something like assassin, but I know that'd never happen given it would be useless on any SJ other than thief.

Um...according to the BLU storyline, once BLUs turn into soulflayers, they can't turn back ; ; I like the way I look thank you...

[Khamsin]

Um...according to the BLU storyline, once BLUs turn into soulflayers, they can't turn back ; ; I like the way I look thank you...

And you'd no longer be able to cast blue magic, you'd instead be casting black magic. It'd be a 2 hour that job changed you to your BLM, as if at a moogle, but you'd have to go back to a MH to change back to BLU.

[grantlogan]

What if...Azure Lore were changed to unleashing every offensive spell you have equipped at once!

[quannum]

anyone have access to the jp update where they nerfed the circles? maybe they're just reversing the nerf.

or can someone find the thread on bg from a couple years ago where someone talked about how ffxi used to be back in beta/jponry times.

[ronin sparthos]

If Azure Lore gave me the aura Raubahn gets when he uses it, that'd be a "fix" to me >.>

[TummieGaruda]

What if it's Wide Scan or Dual Wield?

I am going to say that it probably won't happen as Dual Wield would be unbalanced without having to sub NIN, might as well make gear that gives the dual wield trait (not enhances). Wide Scan would be ok but it really wouldn't help the job function any better.

[Kaslo]

I am going to say that it probably won't happen as Dual Wield would be unbalanced without having to sub NIN, might as well make gear that gives the dual wield trait (not enhances). Wide Scan would be ok but it really wouldn't help the job function any better.

It would? DW1 is not that good a bonus at all. Plus I don't sub nin for DW I use it for shadows so this solves nothing.

[Dimmauk]

The duel wield thing will never happen, but duel wielding a Ifrits and Koggel as /THF would be fun for VC spam.

[Belgaer]

I think I actually found the 1st one in the dats. It's called "8-04-09 update 1" and it's about the 46th file down on the ACP Effects list (in AV). If that's it, it's most definitely a buff... Potentially AoE. I don't recognize the effect though. It's something kind of in between Berserk and Haste.. Too orange for Berserk and too red for haste. It could be both, but that would be a littl hard to believe. I don't see the dat for the other spell anywhere.

Does anyone recognize this effect? It's the 2nd part of the animation of the dat I spoke of before.

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o..._bluemagic.jpg

[Kaslo]

The duel wield thing will never happen, but duel wielding a Ifrits and Koggel as /THF would be fun for VC spam.

Yeah I know it won't happen, just saying "DW1 will break the game without having to /nin!" is an overstatement.

[TummieGaruda]

I think I actually found the 1st one in the dats. It's called "8-04-09 update 1" and it's about the 46th file down on the ACP Effects list (in AV). If that's it, it's most definitely a buff... Potentially AoE. I don't recognize the effect though. It's something kind of in between Berserk and Haste.. Too orange for Berserk and too red for haste. It could be both, but that would be a littl hard to believe. I don't see the dat for the other spell anywhere.

Does anyone recognize this effect? It's the 2nd part of the animation of the dat I spoke of before.

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o..._bluemagic.jpg

Not a buff from what I can tell. I posted in game screenshots on page 5:
http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/78019...ml#post2878909

I did a dat swap, you actually cast it on the mob.

[Seraph]

I did a dat swap, you actually cast it on the mob.

Shit. Maybe it's UnMighty Guard then...

[Yugl]

I think I actually found the 1st one in the dats. It's called "8-04-09 update 1" and it's about the 46th file down on the ACP Effects list (in AV). If that's it, it's most definitely a buff... Potentially AoE. I don't recognize the effect though. It's something kind of in between Berserk and Haste.. Too orange for Berserk and too red for haste. It could be both, but that would be a littl hard to believe. I don't see the dat for the other spell anywhere.

Does anyone recognize this effect? It's the 2nd part of the animation of the dat I spoke of before.

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o..._bluemagic.jpg

Doesn't look like the spell from the update, but I think that might be boiling blood?

[mikauk]

It looks like Attack Down.

[Spekkio]

that looks to be the 2nd half of the animation for the first spell. there are 2 parts to it, the chi blast/eyes on me lookalike and the whirly(i assume) circles around the target. imo those whirly circles look a lot like a XXXXX down like def or evasion down effect from frightful roar or one of many other AoE stat down effects (i think ultrasonics look a lot like it, iirc.) still, the glowy eyes seem to tell a different story if they mean anything. it might be worth casting on something with bigger eyes to see if it was just a freak trait to that bunny or if it's a constant across all mobs that the eyes glow after being hit with it.

as an addendum, i look really stupid for thinking that was prommy dem on the left and not silvermines. props to whomever it was (i forget) who called me on it.

[TummieGaruda]

that looks to be the 2nd half of the animation for the first spell. there are 2 parts to it, the chi blast/eyes on me lookalike and the whirly(i assume) circles around the target. imo those whirly circles look a lot like a XXXXX down like def or evasion down effect from frightful roar or one of many other AoE stat down effects (i think ultrasonics look a lot like it, iirc.) still, the glowy eyes seem to tell a different story if they mean anything. it might be worth casting on something with bigger eyes to see if it was just a freak trait to that bunny or if it's a constant across all mobs that the eyes glow after being hit with it.

as an addendum, i look really stupid for thinking that was prommy dem on the left and not silvermines. props to whomever it was (i forget) who called me on it.

It is the second half of the spell.

I just tested it as a buff, it could work as a buff or an offensive attack. I did two .DAT swaps, one as a buff and one as an offensive spell. Offensively it looks more like Mind Blast. I am leaning towards offensive attack. I'll let you guys decide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZcrvn7gnYA

- or -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=094N36gVkuI

[Kaylia]

People in the last thread make me hope for a BLM update, now I my hope were let down. Damn you internet.

[Belgaer]

Actually, strangely enough, the 2nd part of the animation (the part that displays on the mob) has an upward motion to it. Only buffs do that. Debuffs have a downward or neutral motion. Perhaps it's a Berserk type effect on the mob? Gives it a large attack boost, but also a larger defense impairment? That could actually be interesting. Or maybe it's some other sort of Buff+Debuff to the mob. The animation just seems really strange for a debuff.

If it's a disease or w/e type effect, I'll be really pissed. lol Especially if the other spell isn't decent.