FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread V: No one told me beta would have problems in it

[Spoony]

Sorry, I'm Spoons on eorzea!

[Gulkeeva]

Just got Aegis Boon and I have a few thoughts on it. I know that some people say it may not be worth it because of the amount of stamina it takes and the amount of HP it heals, But actually it would be very useful and effective VS tougher mobs in party situations. It is not very effective on weaker solo mobs.

Aegis Boon takes 75% of your stamina bar to heal a portion of your HP when you block and last for about 15 seconds. Whats special compared to the other shield guard is that if you block an attack, it completely negates the damage no matter what and you recover a very large amount of HP.

I tested this on a Salamander.

The Salamander hits you for 278 points of damage.
You use Aegis Boon. You gain the effect of Aegis Boon.
The salamanders attack heals you for 102 HP. <-----Shield block
The salamanders attack heals you for 113 HP. <-----Shield block
You are no longer under the effect of Aegis Boon.
You use Punishing Barbs. You gain the effect of Punishing Barbs.
The salamanders attack hits you for 291 points of damage.
Counter! You hit the Salamander for 260p points of damage.
You ready your shield.
You partially block the Salamanders attack, taking 132 point of damage. <---Block without Aegis Boon
Counter!You hit the salamander for 232 points of damage.
Your shield arm falls.
The Salamanders attack hits you for 282 points of damage.
Counter!You hit the Salamander for 260 points of damage..
The Salamander defeats you.

Pretty much negates 2 attacks and recovers 100+ HP each time.

Side note: THM Punishing Barbs is OP. Notice how I did 752(20% of its HP) damage as I was dying. I think a whole party can equip Punishing Barbs and and just sacrifice themselves one buy one and take down an IT+++ mob in seconds.

All the "buffs" sj'ed are very powerful, not gimped nearly as much as sj a physical ability (excluding bloodbath).

Speaking of the eozeapedia thing.. my e-mail is flooding with it, was wondering wtf it was going on O_o

[Zubis]

Hey uh... Isn't GamesCom soon? Possible that SE will start Phase 3 around then.

18th I believe, it was mentioned as a possibility earlier in the thread.

[Fallyn]

Quick question, is/was the beta downloader this awful for everyone else? Never getting above 30kbps and most of the time it's sitting at 0.

Apologies if this was mentioned back when beta started.

[SilverBreeze]

Also a weird thing, when I'm a primary Thaumaturge, if I block an attack and drop it down to 15 damage, my spikes only hit for 15 damage, not the full damage the attack would have done, so why the hell does it give you full damage with it subbed :/

[Kaiyoko]

@ Lucavi: Hell yeah! Let's do this. 5PM EST. If we can't find any more BG folks we'll just get random people. :D

@ meonline: I stand corrected.

I'll try to make it on for it if possible.

Edit-

Hey uh... Isn't GamesCom soon? Possible that SE will start Phase 3 around then.

They will probably give out beta keys there like they did for the Japan Expo I'd assume.

[Elfow]

If anyone wants to exchange gifts on Eorzea, my name there is Roflrofl, i'll send back to everyone that sends me one.

Edit : Sent gifts to Rasengan, five, gugru55, fgugru55 and Spoons.

[Kuya]

How exactly does the contest work on eorzeapedia? I still don't completely understand it. Does everyone have beta tickets and they send to friends and other people and others send to them?

[Spoony]

How exactly does the contest work on eorzeapedia? I still don't completely understand it. Does everyone have beta tickets and they send to friends and other people and others send to them?

You can send however many you want to whoever you want. Most people are just sending to whoever and then returning the favor. It's a fairly quick process. Pretty fun contest too, good to see everyone is reciprocating the kindness^^

Only one ticket per person counts as an entry though. You can send ten to one person but only one will be a valid entry for them.

[Kuya]

Alright, i'll be giving one to people i recognize on eorzeapedia, and if you want one, just send me one and i'll reciprocate. Name is Pacifico.

[Gokulo]

Ok, I've just send some gifts to people from this topic, hope to get some back

[Purrrfect]

Name is stikxs on eorzeapedia, sending out tickets and return them.

edit: seems like they are getting pretty swamped lol

[Daegrim]

Alright, i'll be giving one to people i recognize on eorzeapedia, and if you want one, just send me one and i'll reciprocate. Name is Pacifico.

lol, in the time that I wrote this, you already sent me a ticket back.

People that I was able to send to from BG so far: Rjo, Rasengan, Five, Gugru55, Fgugru55, Spoons, Gulkeeva, Roflrofl, and Pacifico.

My name is the same on Eorzea.

[Kuya]

Just sent to Gokulo, vormav777, daegrim, and rakuyo. I'll update this post so i won't have to post every time i send someone a beta ticket.

Someone sent me a message, but i don't know who it was. Although it might have been blackheart.

edit: sent to:

Five
Talisein
Stikxs
Xsidekick409.
Zerocool.
Hazado.
Moomba
Vaant.
Deadpoolsmoped
Gwyn.
Cair.
Rasengan
Rainwolf.
Robin
Roflrofl
Gulkeeva
Ghostface
Holydragoon
Violentdjango
Kayden
Kiwi
Aleithilithos
Magikey
Loki
Octavian
Lucavi.
Darquewillow
Valgris
Maxx.
Myoko
Noobie21
Platinumxero
Ruko.
Rath
Thelordymir
Jakson
Talo.
Sephirothx
Arkadian87
Spoons
Syndrome2000
Tonka
Shadowcatt.
Zerocool.
Hippie71421
Sokukaze
Khuji
Rjo
Manako
Kirbychwan
Kais.
Blindsharingan
Lokay.
Skivvy.
Loaf.
Tancoti.
Riran
Zane.

[Spork]

Pretty fun contest too, good to see everyone is reciprocating the kindness^^

Yeah it was pretty fun until I saw people that had hundreds already and then realized the contest goes on for 5 more days. That's a lot of work. :P

[Gwynplaine]

Ugh I get the distinct feeling this is like those pyramid schemes in grade school where you had to sell loads of candy bars to win a bike.

If anyone wants to hit me up I'm Gwyn on Eorzeaioueapedia. I'll reciprocate in kind.

[blindSharingan]

I'm under blindSharingan on Eorzeapedia if anyone wants to toss me a ticket I'll do my best to return any I receive. Site is lagging really hard atm.

[Eonis]

For folks who are on Eorzeapedia, just post here or PM me or whatever and I'll send you a beta invite ticket in the altruisim game.

I'm Robin on there.

[Purrrfect]

Do you need to keep the tickets, or are you entered when it arrives and you can delete after you get them?

[BlackheartX]

Just sent to Gokulo, vormav777, daegrim, and rakuyo. I'll update this post so i won't have to post every time i send someone a beta ticket.

Someone sent me a message, but i don't know who it was. Although it might have been blackheart.

edit: sent to:

Five
Talisein
Stikxs
Xsidekick409.
Zerocool.
Hazado.
Moomba
Vaant.
Deadpoolsmoped
Gwyn.
Cair.

Yeah it was me, I didn't want these fucking tickets how do I give them back.