Battle Adjustments (05/28/2008)

[Uzor]

holy fuck, this is win. Improved tier 2 merits?

Back to capping Shell V >.>

 

[Samukami]

Woop, I wonder does this mean more kick animations!! It'll be dull seeing the same kick all the time!

 

[Raesvelg]

Technically you are though, it's just being absorbed.

Yeah, but you overlook the fact that SE is both a.) retarded, and b.) spiteful.

 

[jamal]

Yeah, but you overlook the fact that SE is both a.) retarded, and b.) spiteful.

Very true Galka, very true.

 

[revrandlord]

still nothing for rdm this makes me a sad panda ; ;

 

[Grandphoenix]

4 more things to add in merits is fine for rdm >.>

 

[Langly]

Yay.... more NIN category two merits. Hmm, I should be more excited than this...

Thank god I leveled WAR and MNK.

 

[Nyosan~]

still nothing for rdm this makes me a sad panda ; ;

The 5-merit version of Slow II sounds pretty cool to me.

I'm really looking forward to Overwhelm lv5, though.

Hmm, time to go look through all of the jobs' second tier merits and see what may be abusable, heh.

 

[Celvantes]

Hell yes - it's going to suck re-capping Tier II merits, but the new PLD spell is going to make it fun.

Chivalry timer down to 10:00? Yes please.

Guardian enmity loss down to 95%? Hell yes please, especially with capped Sentinel.

Problem is, to get those numbers, I'm going to have to give up my Fealty merit... that's a tough choice. Fealty is *really* nice for when you're fighting certain mobs. Furthermore, for some reason it creates a huge damage resistance against Mijin Gakure. I know it makes no sense, but you can test it in Dynamis, Limbus, and the Imperial Code assault mission. Every time I have Fealty up for Mijin, I take maybe 10% of the damage that everyone else takes.

Currently, I have no problem giving up one Guardian merit for a Fealty merit, but with the cumulative total of 5 Guardian merits combined with capped Sentinel... man, that's a hard call.

I could give up one Chivalry merit, but being able to use it every 10:00 instead of every 12:30 is huge, expecially if you're soloing. Capped Chivalry would essentially be a PLD Convert without the big Cure IV required afterwards.

Awesome update. Tough decision.

 

[rabidsquirrel]

I fail to understand why people are complaining already before they even see how the the changes are implemented. Sure knowing SE the changes will be only so-so at best but at least give them a chance before you condemn them as worthless.

 

[StanDarsh]

I can already see the moronic Chuck Norris macros coming.

 

[Langly]

I fail to understand why people are complaining already before they even see how the the changes are implemented. Sure knowing SE the changes will be only so-so at best but at least give them a chance before you condemn them as worthless.

This is just the very simple reality. Updates will never impress everyone.

I will admit that I'm looking forward to seeing the actual and complete update notes come update day.

 

[Uzor]

By saying they will suck and have low expectations, you won't be disappointed, and at the very least you can get surprised and say its better then you thought ;P

 

[NandabaNaota]

wheeee 25% magic attack bonus on puppet

 

[K. Ishitar]

oh well goodbye to possible new rdm spells, we're tough enough anyways

 

[NeogearzX]

this is bad ass man now im gona merit even more often as rdm/nin

 

[Flag]

I can already see the moronic Chuck Norris macros coming.

This.

 

[Auron X]

I can't stop watching your sig Neo...

 

[Javir]

Oh snap... thats a pretty hot update. I can actually merit Phalanx II and/or Blind II, hell and Bio III woohoo. Might actually merit RDM for this!

Still doesn't justify Phalanx II. I'm sorry, but double the cost, half the time unless you super merit it? no way. Maybe if it was 1.5x the cost and started off being as strong as Phalanx...

 

[Sharpe]

No need for Phalanx2 when there's SCHs around.