Changes/ninjanerfs/ninjabuffs with September update

[Jamiesan]

BLMs now have Magic Attack Bonus V at level 81 (or before - only noticed it when testing Stoneja dmg). Base MAB is now 1.36

[Batboy267]

Not to be rude or anything but do you have any way of showing how you found this out?

[Rocl]

BLMs now have Magic Attack Bonus V at level 81 (or before - only noticed it when testing Stoneja dmg). Base MAB is now 1.36

Did you cast it in succession? You do realize that Stoneja damage is increased if you cast it twice in a row, yes?

[Vxsote]

It's not an issue with his testing of Stoneja. MAB is 1.36, as he claimed. Discussion is at alla.

[Jamiesan]

I'll post some proper numbers with dInt=0 when I get home from work. But here's how I came up with the theory - basically I did some control nukes on a Marid to test it's INT. I know they have ~65. Then I was gonna use that Int to do some Stoneja testing. (Pudding camp is waaaaay crowded with ppl looking for seals, still)
However, when solving for the mob's Int, it came up as inconsistant. Between 55-57 Int, depending on the strength of the spell. The numbers were also not rounding properly -

All done on watersday, no weather. With the assumption of 1.32 base MAB
Blizzard IV. INT 129, MAB 20(gear) + 06(3 Ice pot. merits), HQ Staff = 1,180 damage
Estimated Mob's INT = exactly 57

Thunder IV. INT 124, MAB 20+04 (only 2 thunder pot. merits), HQ Staff = 1,211 damage
Estimated Mob's INT = somewhere between 56(1213dmg) and 57(1210dmg)

Water V. INT 124, no merits, HQ Staff = 1,461 damage
Est. Mob's INT = somewhere between 55(1463dmg) and 56(1460dmg)

I'd need to change the MAB value to even out the mob's Int. Double, triple checked my gear and tried adjusting MAB. If I add exactly 4 MAB then mob's Int evens out at exactly 65, like it should be.
I've had a few people confirm extra damage matching an expected 1.36 base MAB, as well as other jobs receiving boosts to their traits.

edit:

Did you cast it in succession? You do realize that Stoneja damage is increased if you cast it twice in a row, yes?

sorry I was not clear in my post above, the extra MAB was spotted on my control nukes which were tier 4-5

[Hoshiku]

My apologies for bumping an old thread. I posted this in random question thread and got an answer I am dissatisfied with. I have noticed that since the 15th ninja update (to adjust crest drop rate) abyssea mobs no longer drop kindred seals or beastmen's seals. When I asked about this I was told crests now share slot w/ seals however since asking that I have been in 2 5 hour xp parties in abyssea-attohwa, as well as 3 4 hour xp parties in abyssea-tahrongi and I did not see a single kindred or beastman seal in any of these groups since that answer. I'd like to know if anyone has seen a seal drop since the crest droprate update in abyssea, because I think they took them out of the drop pool there and I wonder why.

[Radec]

http://pastebin.com/Pd36RRgM

Last few days worth of all seal drops I've seen. Looks like no more KS/BS in abyssea, 160 is a pretty small sample though.

[Byrthnoth]

It's not that, because I've gotten a Kindred seal off a DC mob in Abyssea - Attohwa (on 85DNC/NIN). If I had to guess, I'd say they made it so 85+ monsters no longer drop Kindred and Beastman seals.

[Guitarman]

It's not that, because I've gotten a Kindred seal off a DC mob in Abyssea - Attohwa (on 85DNC/NIN). If I had to guess, I'd say they made it so 85+ monsters no longer drop Kindred and Beastman seals.

pretty consistent with my findings as well. soloing the odd dc has gotten me seals, whereas my last exp session got me none.