Circle Testing

[Ultimagi]

Could be useful for zerg fights.

[Seraph]

For all of the 1min duration of Ancient Circle?

Assuming they aren't retarded, they would get 90 seconds of insane awesomeness...

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[Yugl]

For all of the 1min duration of Ancient Circle?

No, with AF legs the duration INCREASES by 30sec. Thus, they have 1min 30sec of BADASS NUKES.

[Dammerung]

Does it work from subjob?

[Cratylus]

Does it work from subjob?

I've not tested that.

[Gergall]

You mean BST may actually have a role in end game now?

Yes, but that role consists of joining a kirin zerg party for 2 seconds and then immediately disbanding until the next pop.

[Yugl]

Ancient Circle rotations!

[The Stig]

Someone try raptors plz, no DRK levelled here, or can't be assed to unlock lol

[Cratylus]

Ancient Circle rotations!

lol, Bahamut 2/Vrtra Zergs should be all the easier with that -20% def from angon and +15% damage on top of it... and if you are lucky an intimidate on what would have been a charmed k club drk! (still haven't tested souleater with it yet though)

[Not Kuno]

Any idea if Enhances Circle gear help more damage or w/e?

[Tricen]

DRG/THF on Fafnir, light SCs closed with an SA impulse drive or whatever. Does that even stack with SA lol?

[Cratylus]

Any idea if Enhances Circle gear help more damage or w/e?

In the tests I did, it only affected duration, the BLM nukes were +15% and the SAM did not use any "enhances" gear. My testing on PLD did use "enhances" for duration purposes to get more banish I and II in and it still was +15%... shield bash testing took a while getting only one bash per HC but same result.

[Yugl]

Any idea if Enhances Circle gear help more damage or w/e?

The only enhances circle gear I know of affects duration; so, no, it shouldn't affect damage.

[Spira]

DRG/THF on Fafnir, light SCs closed with an SA impulse drive or whatever. Does that even stack with SA lol?

Impulse Drive is 2 hits.. so its only the first hit..
and in the first place, Impulse Drive cannot make Light, so the best 1 hit WS you've got is Wheeling Thrust.

If the spike is considerably increased tho, not exactly a good idea to SA in the first place cos you'd likely take hate from the back, which isn't good.

[Yugl]

Why DRG/THF on Fafnir? If you're looking to test the DMG, just use Puks and Wheeling Thrust. Wheeling will create consistent damage, and you can SATA them without Flailing.

[Dammerung]

Tested subjob with Stone1 on weapons @ mea. Works, but seems to be half as effective.

[Elesar]

I tested Killer Instinct last night on my Beastmaster in Crawler's Nest. It's 15% increase to everything physical. I also tested it with Primal Rend weaponskill and it did 15% more damage than before. It's just to bad that Killer Instinct is incredibly limited compared to the circle effects that you get from other jobs for free at very low levels.

[Not Kuno]

I tested Killer Instinct last night on my Beastmaster in Crawler's Nest. It's 15% increase to everything physical. I also tested it with Primal Rend weaponskill and it did 15% more damage than before. It's just to bad that Killer Instinct is incredibly limited compared to the circle effects that you get from other jobs for free at very low levels.

Maxed it's actually a lot shorter recast then the regular circles.

[Gergall]

Maxed it's actually a lot shorter recast then the regular circles.

Not that this is going to be a popular option, but the other jobs can merit their circle recasts.

BST max: 60 second duration with 300 second recast
DRG SAM PLD DRK max: 90 second duration with 520 second recast

BST result: circle up 20% of the time
DRG SAM PLD DRK result: circle up 17.3% of the time

Maxing out the BST merits is a lot more realistic though. You'd probably be giving up feral howl, no big deal.

[Elesar]

Feral Howl, that worthless piece of garbage that only lands (sometimes) on mobs that are Tough or weaker and lasts for only 2 seconds.