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A thought came to me recently when I was playing FFX and fighting Yunalesca. At some point during that battle, she casts Zombiega (not the official name, but you get the idea.)
As most of you probably know, Zombie is a status effect that reverses the effect of healing items and spells. Cure spells deal damage, Life spells instantly killed your enemy. (In FFX only as far as I know.)
Also while zombified, spells like Bio, Poison and Death had no effect on you. Giving you a double sided sword.
Well I was thinking of the many ways it could have been implemented in FFXI. Probably as a DRK spell but defenitly beneficial to the PLD. Which brings me to my point.Couldnt Zombie be a very possible spell in the game?
While zombified, mobs could take maybe double damage from divine magic and partial damage from healing magic, but gain resistance to Dark magic. Dia would be more effective while Bio would be less effective.
Im not saying Raise should be an instant death attack, but Cure III doing some nice damage. Which brings me to my next point.
Giving PLD zombie or, having a DRK support a PLD, would allow them to have a sort of DD option via their cure spells. A good PLD can keep hate using their own cure spells to heal themselves, so they could possibly gain even MORE hate by dealing damage with said heal spells.
Then given the PLDs Banish and Holy spells, it could turn the job in a new direction rather than the casual tank. PLD would actually be able to contribute to the damage factor and making them even BETTER tanks. Though this may put them ahead of NIN even more than usual.
Zombie has been one of my favorite spells and I never really realized how much PLD could benefiet from it in this game.
Of course...eventually you will start to see 5 WHM and a DRK or PLD in White Magic Manaburn Parties.
As most of you probably know, Zombie is a status effect that reverses the effect of healing items and spells. Cure spells deal damage, Life spells instantly killed your enemy. (In FFX only as far as I know.)
Also while zombified, spells like Bio, Poison and Death had no effect on you. Giving you a double sided sword.
Well I was thinking of the many ways it could have been implemented in FFXI. Probably as a DRK spell but defenitly beneficial to the PLD. Which brings me to my point.Couldnt Zombie be a very possible spell in the game?
While zombified, mobs could take maybe double damage from divine magic and partial damage from healing magic, but gain resistance to Dark magic. Dia would be more effective while Bio would be less effective.
Im not saying Raise should be an instant death attack, but Cure III doing some nice damage. Which brings me to my next point.
Giving PLD zombie or, having a DRK support a PLD, would allow them to have a sort of DD option via their cure spells. A good PLD can keep hate using their own cure spells to heal themselves, so they could possibly gain even MORE hate by dealing damage with said heal spells.
Then given the PLDs Banish and Holy spells, it could turn the job in a new direction rather than the casual tank. PLD would actually be able to contribute to the damage factor and making them even BETTER tanks. Though this may put them ahead of NIN even more than usual.
Zombie has been one of my favorite spells and I never really realized how much PLD could benefiet from it in this game.
Of course...eventually you will start to see 5 WHM and a DRK or PLD in White Magic Manaburn Parties.
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