Job Adjustments and Additions: Part II (10/21/2009)

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Job Adjustments and Additions: Part II (10/21/2009)

Part II of our job adjustments and additions preview invites to center stage beastmasters and summoners, Vana'diel's wielders of animalistic and avatarial might!

Summoner

A new ability will be added for summoners, and with it, a brand new way for these masters of forbidden magic to lend their powers to party battles.

Avatar's Favor (Lv.55 Recast Time: 5 minutes Duration: 2 hours)
Channels the avatar's power towards a beneficial status effect for party members within range. Reduces perpetuation cost while active.
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By summoning an avatar while this ability is active, a corresponding beneficial effect from above table will be granted to all party members within range of the avatar. The effect's potency will gradually increase until the avatar is released, and at its peak, can be expected to reach levels equal to those granted by the corsair's lucky number roll.
While multiple favors of the same variety will not be stackable, a single party can benefit from as many types as there are summoners. Furthermore, enhancements received through this ability can be used in conjunction with those received via magic spells, songs, the Phantom Roll ability, and so forth.

Beastmaster

Adjustments and additions have been scheduled that will greatly enhance the effectiveness of pets called forth via the "Call Beast" ability.

- New Pet Command: "Ready"
When in control of a pet called forth via the "Call Beast" ability, the pet command "Sic" will be replaced with "Ready." By fulfilling the following conditions, "Ready" will allow you to select a specific ability for the pet to use from its arsenal.
* The pet's TP is at 100% or more.
* Sufficient charges have accumulated for the ability you wish to use.

- Charges
Regardless of the beastmaster's level, one charge will accumulate for every two minutes after a pet has been called, up to a maximum of three. The amount of charges required will vary depending on ability.

Example: Funguar Familiar
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We will continue to observe the beastmaster job following the release of the November version update, and as necessary, make adjustments to special abilities and calling items for each pet.
 
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

EDIT: Cancelling AV event, unless we can 1000 needle it to death
 
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Interesting but... gonna have to see how both of these really play out first.
 
lol, Refreshga effect from Garuda, anyone?
 
Revised AV Plan:

It was said that AV has 60000 HP after nerf.

If we can gather 50-60 BSTs together, and have them each leave Sabotender whatever up for 6 minutes (3 charges). We will send in 18 BSTs, have them deal as much damage as possible to AV, and wipe, the 2nd alliance will step in, and do the same, and then the 3rd should hopefully finish it.

Naturally this probably wouldn't work, so the plan has been... REVISED!

1. High end endgame shell to attempt AV
1a. We bribe this shell with a choice of 1 AV drop if they co-operate with us. Naturally this means said shell should have an army of KC DRKs or equivalent to "warm up" AV with
2. Preferably takes AV down to 80% or so HP
3. Preferably wipe (if 1a. is skipped)
4. We steal AV (if 1a. is skipped)
5. Commence kamikaze cactuar plan
6. ???
7. Win
8. I will use the shell to build me a Mythic Axe, and I still don't remember/know the name of it

I need 53 BSTs. May be able to go lower if 1 or 2 LSes team up and then throws everything they've got at AV before we take over.
 
Tristam Green said:
lol, Refreshga effect from Garuda, anyone?
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Im pretty sure thats not how it works.

I think u gotta use the favor thing then depending on what avatar u bring out u will get a different buff. So for refresh you would have to bring out diabolos. Now it states that its effect grows over time so u would have to leave out diabolos to get a good refresh which is "equal to that of a cors lucky number" meaning with it should be 4 a tic if u just leave diabolos out... theoretically.

As i said before tho .. we will have to see how this one plays out.
 
Dejavu said:
Im pretty sure thats not how it works.

I think u gotta use the favor thing then depending on what avatar u bring out u will get a different buff. So for refresh you would have to bring out diabolos. Now it states that its effect grows over time so u would have to leave out diabolos to get a good refresh which is "equal to that of a cors lucky number" meaning with it should be 4 a tic if u just leave diabolos out... theoretically.

As i said before tho .. we will have to see how this one plays out.
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1.) can't see the table.
2.) it was a joke.
3.) i want to see Myrrh get pissed because he'll likely never get the avatar he wanted for years :(
 
HEY WE GOT NO NEW JUG PETS EITHER =O
 
So much expected, so little delivered... I feel bad for Summoners and Beastmasters; while not one myself, this seems to me like it is quite the non-update.

Hopefully for Summoner, the JA will stay active through the swapping of avatars, so that one may summon Garuda, throw out Hastega and Predator Claws, then switch to Ifrit and maintain the Double Attack bonus until pacts have cooled down again. Or something to that effect.
 
Do you think this new JA will help get summoners xp parties?
 
Nyosan~ said:
So much expected, so little delivered... I feel bad for Summoners and Beastmasters; while not one myself, this seems to me like it is quite the non-update.
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Not sure why you feel sorry. I am a SMN and BST and this is exciting to me.
 
Nyosan~ said:
So much expected, so little delivered... I feel bad for Summoners and Beastmasters; while not one myself, this seems to me like it is quite the non-update.
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Can't really say I know enough about to BST to make a comment, but this SMN update looks pretty amazing to me - probably more useful during events like endgame. I doubt it'll be very useful during EXP parties, depending on how potent the perpetuation cost reduction is.
 
If you are expecting summons, then you as might as well give up. Didn't they announce new summons 2 years ago at Fanfest? Haven't gotten it in 2 years, might as well not expect it now. If they give a new summon, then cool. But I'm not surprised that SMN still hasn't gotten anything new.

On the flip side, the update is looking pretty nice for all 3 jobs.
 
Nyosan~ said:
Hopefully for Summoner, the JA will stay active through the swapping of avatars, so that one may summon Garuda, throw out Hastega and Predator Claws, then switch to Ifrit and maintain the Double Attack bonus until pacts have cooled down again. Or something to that effect.
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I can bet that the buff will wear off when you dismiss the avatar. Otherwise, you know, it'd be useful.
 
Avatar's Favor (Lv.55 Recast Time: 5 minutes Duration: 2 hours)
Channels the avatar's power towards a beneficial status effect for party members within range. Reduces perpetuation cost while active.

Don't forget about the bold print. Stacked w/ other perpetuation effects might be able to certain avatars out a lot longer, or maybe infinitely in the case of Diabolos.

Diabolos' Favor might be a new form of extra Refresh for PT's if used correctly.
 
My Name is Davion, High Summoner of Windurst [you can thank the GM that I called for this name]

I approve of this update.

This has a chance to get SMNs back into EXP parties if used correctly. I'd be happy just buffing, curing and light DDing. But that's just my personal want though.
 
Davion said:
My Name is Davion, High Summoner of Windurst [you can thank the GM that I called for this name]

I approve of this update.

This has a chance to get SMNs back into EXP parties if used correctly. I'd be happy just buffing, curing and light DDing. But that's just my personal want though.
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It could also give them situational spots in end-game too. RNG update was kinda cool, this was the 1st post about this update that made me "woot". =)
 
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