lv99 bitch/speculation/etc thread

[Araelus]

Matsui: I'd like to see Red Mage gain an even stronger Refresh, making battles even more flashy as he tells everyone to "Go for it! Spam your magic!".

FINALLY.

[Kuishen]

That interview gets me even more excited for all of this. It's good to know they've taken into consideration the ramifications of doing something like this and accounted for it.

Also, to all the haters:

Listen up. This game is 8 years old now (almost), it would not be 8 years old if people didn't play it. Say what you will, but people wouldn't play it without actually liking something about it. I hear people say all the time that they would quit if it weren't for their friends or what not, which is bullshit, because there are easier and free ways of keeping in touch and having fun with friends over the internet. They actually like playing some aspect of the game.

If you don't like the game, that's your opinion. You're welcome to quit at your leisure. But if you think that you quitting means the game is dead or dying, then you have a severe superiority complex that you should probably look at receiving psychiatric help for. It also makes you an idiot.

The game is not dead, it's not dying. This is exactly what this game needed and I expect to see this game running for a few more years to come.

So in the words of Willy Wonka:

GOOD DAY SIR.

[Baelorn]

FINALLY.

I couldn't help but grin when I read that line.

[Shalafi]

Yup, like his post says this is with /rdm.

If you actually look at the picture you will see that I am blm/rdm.

[Siatdiat]

If you actually look at the picture you will see that I am blm/rdm.

My bad, picture was a red X when I posted. Yup, looks like all those figures in that fancy graph are absolutely not right in anyway. Oh well, I'm too lazy to go figure it out so I guess I won't criticise heh.

[Necronus]

My bad, picture was a red X when I posted. Yup, looks like all those figures in that fancy graph are absolutely not right in anyway. Oh well, I'm too lazy to go figure it out so I guess I won't criticise heh.

Eh, I'll go redo it by hand. The numbers apparently are off, but the letter ratings are not. Theres just a math failure ... somewhere. Either way, my point was to demonstrate that stats "reverse" past 60 so that the ones with A growth come to a screeching halt.

[Shalafi]

My bad, picture was a red X when I posted.

Oh, I was resizing to not break the tables.

[Xali]

Go for it! Spam your magic!

[Fiarlia]

Go for it! Spam your magic!

I picture a gif of Uematsu doing his crazy awesome dance with these words flashing on the screen. Probably glittery letters.

[byte]

All I can say is it'll be a fun ride to watch either way. I have a feeling that by the end of the year everyone will have quit or we'll be happy as hell playing with our new toys.

Seriously I could care less if this ruins current content. I've done at least 90% of the content in this game. Instead of this SE could just keep adding terrible useless content but they decided to take a big risk. I'm not saying they won't fuck this up completely but I was getting bored anyways. At least this way I have new goals that I can work slowly towards that don't require having a massive income of gil and time. Even if it's just watching them drive this game into the ground it'll be a fun ride.

This post sums up my feelings best. I'm looking forward to it, either way.

[Necronus]

Ok, Fixed ... For Real.

HP and MP don't invert, but do slow down across the board. Stats flip ... the weak get stronger faster.

Race	  HP(75)    HP(99)   MP(75)   MP(99)   INT(75)	INT(99)
Tarutaru   772    958(+186)    858   1068(+210)  79	85(+6)
Hume       968    1178(+210)   675   885(+210)   72	84(+12)
Mithra     968    1178(+210)   675   885(+210)   72	84(+12)
Elvaan     1059   1269(+210)   599   785(+186)   66	79(+13)
Galka      1180   1390(+210)   476   614(+138)   69	81(+12)


Race		HP   	MP     INT
Tarutaru	G       A       A
Hume		D       D       D
Mithra		D       D       D
Elvaan		C       E       F
Galka		A       G       E

HP Growth Ranks Explained:
Values in HP per level.
Starting level 1 values in parenthesis.
After level 10, a static 2HP per level is added as well per MAIN level.
Between level 50 and 60, a static 2HP per level is added as well per MAIN level.

	<30	>=30	>=60
A(19)	9	10	4
B(17)	8	9	4
C(16)	7	8	4
D(14)	6	6	3
E(13)	5	5	2
F(11)	4	4	2
G(10)	3	3	2

MP Growth Ranks Explained:
Values in MP per level.
Starting level 1 values in parenthesis.
If only sub provides MP, your race level is your subjob level.
Rank G gives 1/2 MP on even levels and 0/1 on odd levels.

	<60	>=60
A(16)	6	10
B(14)	5	9
C(12)	4	8
D(10)	3	7
E(8)	2	5
F(6)	1	3
G(4)	0.5	1.5

Stat Growth Ranks Explained:
Values in Stats gained per level.
Starting level 1 values in parenthesis.
Sum Main/Sub/Race and FLOOR the results independently.

	<60	>=60
A(5)	0.50	0.10
B(4)	0.45	0.20
C(4)	0.40	0.25
D(3)	0.35	0.35
E(3)	0.30	0.35
F(2)	0.25	0.40
G(2)	0.20	0.40

[Ophannus]

Valor Minuet V, VI
Sabre Madrigal
Massacre Elegy
Mage's Ballad III
Army Paeon VI
Sonic Mazurka
Triumphant March

A man can dream, a man can dream. Also can't wait for an 900 Healing Breath IV with wyvern HP gear+Wyrm Armet, 1800 with DB! 360 damage Wyvern Elemental Breath II's, 720 with DB! Man I can't wait.

[Jakson]

I know, more speculation, but I was just wondering what the XP limits will look like.

If we keep the 2k per level that starts from Lv 69, 27k into 89 will be halfway between 75 and 99, you'll have to get 90k to get from 98 to 99. If the same increase from 51 to 75 happens 76 to 99, you'll have to get 260k to get from 98 to 99.

[Ophannus]

Level Exp Diff Total
1 0 0 0
2 500 500 500
3 750 250 1250
4 1000 250 2250
5 1250 250 3500
6 1500 250 5000
7 1750 250 6750
8 2000 250 8750
9 2200 200 10950
10 2400 200 13350
11 2600 200 15950
12 2800 200 18750
13 3000 200 21750
14 3200 200 24950
15 3400 200 28350
16 3600 200 31950
17 3800 200 35750
18 4000 200 39750
19 4200 200 43950
20 4400 200 48350
21 4600 200 52950
22 4800 200 57750
23 5000 200 62750
24 5100 100 67850
25 5200 100 73050
26 5300 100 78350
27 5400 100 83750
28 5500 100 89250
29 5600 100 94850
30 5700 100 100550
31 5800 100 106350
32 5900 100 112250
33 6000 100 118250
34 6100 100 124350
35 6200 100 130550
36 6300 100 136850
37 6400 100 143250
38 6500 100 149750
39 6600 100 156350
40 6700 100 163050
41 6800 100 169850
42 6900 100 176750
43 7000 100 183750
44 7100 100 190850
45 7200 100 198050
46 7300 100 205350
47 7400 100 212750
48 7500 100 220250
49 7600 100 227850
50 7700 100 235550
51 8000 300 243550
52 9200 1200 252750
53 10400 1200 263150
54 11600 1200 274750
55 12800 1200 287550
56 14000 1200 301550
57 15200 1200 316750
58 16400 1200 333150
59 17600 1200 350750
60 18800 1200 369550
61 20000 1200 389550
62 21500 1500 411050
63 23000 1500 434050
64 24500 1500 458550
65 26000 1500 484550
66 27500 1500 512050
67 29000 1500 541050
68 30500 1500 571550
69 32000 1500 603550
70 34000 2000 637550
71 36000 2000 673550
72 38000 2000 711550
73 40000 2000 751550
74 42000 2000 793550
75 44000 2000 837550
76 46000 2000 883550
77 48000 2000 931550
78 50000 2000 981550
79 52800 2800 1034350
80 55600 2800 1089950
81 58400 2800 1148350
82 61200 2800 1209550
83 64000 2800 1273550
84 66800 2800 1340350
85 69600 2800 1409950
86 72400 2800 1482350
87 75600 3200 1557950
88 78800 3200 1636750
89 82000 3200 1718750
90 85200 3200 1803950
91 88400 3200 1892350
92 91600 3200 1983950
93 94800 3200 2078750
94 98800 4000 2177550
95 102800 4000 2280350
96 106800 4000 2387150
97 110800 4000 2497950
98 114800 4000 2612750
99 118800 4000 2731550


New Half-way point will be 82ish. Unless they icnrease EXP Chain modifiers after chain 5, or increase EXP cap per mob killed past 300 for level 76+, or reduce the EXP curve like they did in 2006. Good Luck.

120k tnl,12 merit points...ouch.

The amount of EXP required to level from 75-99, under the current growth, will be like leveling from 1-75 almost 3x. Sucks for people with multiple jobs but maybe we'll see a short resurgance of people 'maining' one job.

[Yugl]

I can see many BRD mains taking this opportunity to NOT main BRD.

[Lucavi]

Interesting.... if we had -this- SE at the beginning, I can only imagine the future of the game. Everything said sounds... logical and justified, exactly how a company should present itself.

If this level of "no more hiding from your questions" continues, along with the direction of upgrading what we already have to allow for higher tier content to be integrated quickly, I have a feeling that I'm really, really going to like FFXIV.

Also, Xanthe, I love you. I may come to Carb just to say hi.

[Ezhno]

I can see many BRD mains taking this opportunity to NOT main BRD.

That's funny I was considering doing only DNC and BRD to 99.

[Valkrish]

Rocl has been defeated by the Devilsaurus!

Rocl Deleveled...

You lost 5000 EXP-

[byte]

I can see many BRD mains taking this opportunity to NOT main BRD.

I'll be one of them.

[Beave]

I can see many BRD mains taking this opportunity to NOT main BRD.

I'd level up my brd first, just because it will level faster than my other options...and I don't want to spend a million hours seeking exp @78000 tnl.